Sharp new designs, working air-condition, and clean seats are on the order for a slew of new test BART cars (an estimated 250 of them) that will go into production this May. The new trains will also have 50% more doors (making getting in and out easier), energy efficiency improvements, exterior digital displays with route color and destination, improved passenger information (audio and visual), easier to clean seats and floor (thank you!), more handholds to grab, more priority seating for seniors and disabled people, plenty of legroom in the back for guys to show off their penises to other guys in the last car (say what?), and more. more ›

Rik Panganiban captured these shots of moden-day San Francisco overlapped with old images of San Francisco. The results are impressive. yes? But it's much more complicated than that -- at least to us, anyway. He explains: more ›