First up is MUNI which is now using the 1 California to test out a new system to ensure busses are on time. Why the 1 California? Because Gavin got in a tiff when he waited for one and watched four go buy without stopping. So he called Nathaniel Ford himself to complain. See, it sometimes pays to be all Grampa Simpson like. The story doesn't say, however, whether Gavin was incognito when he awaited one or why he was riding the 1 at all. Hmmm...maybe the whole hair thing was just part of some elaborate disguise.

What's going to happen now is that they're going to beef up enforcement of parking laws and help the flow of traffic in busy intersections. MUNI will also assign someone to monitor the 1 and coordinate the busses that day. Wow, what an amazing idea. How did anyone ever come up with that? If this works, they'll start instituting it on other routes.

Now, onto BART where a new program has been set up that allows ticketless travel. We sort of mentioned this plan before but it's coming more and more into shape. The idea goes that they'll work something with your cell phone so that dealing with BART ticketing works much in the same way as those FastTrak things do on the highways. Don't ask us how it works because we are so not tech geeks, but it's being used in Europe and works swimmingly.

Picture from the Examiner