Yesterday, Krista, Don (friends of mine) and I went out on an excursion of the new
BART line that goes out to SFO. It was fun to get out, especially to do so with
friends. I wasn't sure how many would show up for a new BART line -- does one
have to be a BART geek to trek out there? I was pleased to see families do the
BART tour -- I hope that this bodes well for a new generation of BART riders.
(Get them while they are young!)

The central disappointment was the lack of interesting developments around
the new station -- at least the parking lot around the Milbrae station did not
strike me as an attractive destination -- unlike what I understand the Fruitvale
Transit Village to be. Maybe it doesn't make a lot of sense to make the
end of the line a destination spot; it'd have to incredibly hot to get folks
to travel about an hour to reach the station.

At any rate, access to SFO is the main attraction; looking forward to using
it soon (providing the hours are right.) I just downloaded the new Palm-based
BART schedule. I realized yesterday that I didn't have a schedule for the
new station.

See the SF Chronicle coverage of the tour date of BART for something more journalistic. Darn, I missed being on the train with Nancy P.....