SFist: More Fun On BART MARTA

brittney

Wed, 07 May 2008 15:06:05 -0800

I made a post of some pretty funny videos shot on BART, if you want some local hilarity.

dolemite43

Wed, 07 May 2008 11:34:41 -0800

"Marta wearing the ketchup sash and mustard socks" - Mr. T

Spencer Williams

Wed, 07 May 2008 10:38:56 -0800

"I'm Pressing Charges" should be Soulja Boy's new hit... If anything this youtube video should be remixed, stat. I want the techno version.

martooni

Wed, 07 May 2008 09:52:30 -0800

"I'm pressing charges" and "Where's my do rag?" Priceless.

Tweety

Wed, 07 May 2008 09:04:36 -0800

MARTA stands for "Metro Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority" and NOTHING ELSE. afish, you are disgusting. And for all you Atlanta haters out there, it has its share of problems, just like SF. At least workin' folk can afford to buy property there.

wsanders

Wed, 07 May 2008 09:02:48 -0800

Something like this happened on the Pittsburg line a while back, but it got physical. We held for 3 minutes at Rockridge while the fight continued, then just as we pulled away 2 or 3 BART police cars screeched up to the station. Than, at Orinda and Lafayette, more holds, then BART Police repeated their impeccable arrival timing just as the train pulled out. I got out, and the train continued on its merry way.

largo01

Wed, 07 May 2008 06:05:24 -0800

Actually SFHope, your idea about BART going over onto the Caltrain tracks is a cool one. Unfortunately BART uses wider tracks than does Caltrain.

Generic

Wed, 07 May 2008 00:45:49 -0800

Me pale face no under stand your talk.

SFHope

Tue, 06 May 2008 23:52:27 -0800

Actually my experience on MARTA has been really positive. Like BART, it leaves from the airport buildings, without the strict necessity of a peoplemover or bus in between (something that's always bugged me about places like NYC or Boston). Both SFO and ATL have peoplemovers, but they're for getting around inside the airport, and don't take you on long journeys to a distant transit station. Unlike BART, it actually takes you directly downtown without any detours or meandering. Imagine if BART curved onto the Caltrain tracks before diving straight down into Powell or Montgomery stations when it hit downtown. If your ATL layover is long enough, you can actually head downtown to lunch and make it back on MARTA in time to catch your flight. =)

DagoUno

Tue, 06 May 2008 22:49:57 -0800

carol, from accounting? what are you doing in atlanta?

RinconHillSF

Tue, 06 May 2008 22:45:12 -0800

That older lady should have took a shoe off, stood up, and split that idiot's mouth open with the shoe.

dolemite43

Tue, 06 May 2008 21:59:42 -0800

I didn't know anyone listened to the other tracks off Soulja Boy's album, but this woman quotes two of them.

troymccluresf

Tue, 06 May 2008 21:52:55 -0800

FWIW, I took BART home from Concord last Saturday (don't ask) and ended up on the same car as the Nesquik Rabbit (and his very cute assistant).

afish

Tue, 06 May 2008 21:39:06 -0800

Sorry, I beat you to it. Learned that one miserable night at the Atlanta Airport....What a shit hole that town is!!!!!!

Jimbrowski

Tue, 06 May 2008 21:32:44 -0800

Oh, I hate that I'm the only one that knows it: MARTA: Moving Africans Rapidly Through Atlanta

afish

Tue, 06 May 2008 21:32:13 -0800

M A R T A = Moving Africans Rapidly Through Atlanta

Brock Keeling

Tue, 06 May 2008 20:54:27 -0800

you know what's atlanta's transit system is called? MARTA. first Designing Women, now this. awesome.

Syringe Mouth

Tue, 06 May 2008 20:45:57 -0800

It's pretty obvious this isn't a BART car from the interior and besides who talks to one another on the BART? That's right, no one...

Greg

Tue, 06 May 2008 20:37:58 -0800

quickly! for 10000 points name the system Nate Ford used to run before coming to San Francisco! MARTA! and for 100000 non-pc points, what does that stand for?

Executionsinfo

Tue, 06 May 2008 20:20:27 -0800

dude...

katerose26

Tue, 06 May 2008 20:16:42 -0800

Crack is whack.

judd870

Tue, 06 May 2008 20:10:56 -0800

Hey Brock, I don't think this happened on BART, the video says this is a train in atlanta

KatyG

Tue, 06 May 2008 19:56:45 -0800

Transit first!