BART now goes to Florida, SoCal

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Or so Universal Studios would have you believe. Or, upon closer inspection, this looks like a BART train in the worst disguise in the world—as a Golden Gate Transit … train?

The ride is called Earthquake in California and Disaster in Florida. Thanks for the distinction, Universal!

Devin got a wee bit obsessed on a recent visit down south. The following are his dispatches.

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Check out the bad ‘ol days from this 1940s Muni Map

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The good people at Curbed have combed through lots of old San Francisco maps, including this 1940s Muni map (courtesy of our favorite map nerd, Eric Fischer). You’ll see that the F used to go through the Stockton tunnel, and there was no M line at the time. Click here to see a bigger version of the map. Oh, and here are some more Muni maps from 1920s and 1930s.

The Curbed story has lots more old fascinating maps of our city. Go on and check ’em out!

h/t our friends at Tiny Rides. thanks, guys!