BART – Capp Street Crap

Nice rack! BART installing new system to thwart bike thefts

May 8, 2017

BART is considering high-tech means to ensure its riders’ locked bikes stay put. The transit agency is getting ready to test out a new high-security bike rack inside the 16th and Mission station that will allow users to secure their bikes with a swipe of their Clipper cards. A solar-powered version of the system is […]

It’s no hamster wheel but …

February 28, 2017

OMG, you guys, a BART escalator was actually working!

Don’t get hung up on the third rail

August 26, 2016

BART’s little known “Land line.”

Denied by BART, artist stages guerrilla art exhibition

October 30, 2015

After months of work, Vic De La Rosa wasn’t about to let BART put the brakes on his art installation. Denied permission after he was scheduled to display his controversial woven posters in cases at the 16th and Mission Street BART plaza, De La Rosa hung them there anyway on Tuesday for two hours during […]

Cranky new pee walls bite you back

July 24, 2015

Gentlemen, be careful where you point that thing. The Mission now has three new “pee walls” coated with a special repellant paint that returns urine to its sender. Modeled after a program in Hamburg, Germany, the walls are among nine locations in the city that have been treated with Ultra-Ever Dry hydrophobic coating that deters […]

What a relief! City working to boost bathroom options near 16th and Mission

May 21, 2015

Breathe easy, the Mission’s poop problem might soon be a thing of the past. Last week, with help from employees from the San Francisco Clean City Coalition, the city began staffing the green self-cleaning toilet outside the 16th and Mission BART station and installed used needle and dog waste receptacles nearby. Like the similarly named […]