The Agonizing Potential of the Bay Area’s Public Transit

During this past winter vacation, an old friend from Atlanta visited San Francisco. We ate dinner at Chinatown and explored the night view of downtown SF — all cherished memories. My friend took an Uber ride back to her hotel at Millbrae. After I bid her goodbye, I stepped into the BART station at Powell Street to wait for my train ride home. The time was around 9 PM; not too late into the night. When I arrived on the platform, the timetable sign displayed ‘10-car train to Antioch in 26 minutes’. I must have just missed the previous train for Antioch, I realized. So, I waited, pacing around the massive platforms. <a href="https://medium.com/@bimrayyau/the-agonizing-potential-of-the-bay-areas-public-transit-7810bddfc534">Learn More</a>