BART riders are a busy bunch -- taking trains to work, to play, to meet friends and make deals. While they're on BART they're gaming, crocheting, listening to music, reading and people-watching. Here's a fresh batch of things people saw and talked about on BART this week: a concertina, a cowbell, mittens, swing dancers ... enjoy! We'll update this page every week so come back to see what people are doing on BART. We compile these from http://www.twitter.com/, the social networking and microblogging service where users share short messages or "tweets" about what they're doing. We're also looking for rider-contributed photos like the one on this page from Flickr user kismet_70, of a real old-fashioned pay phone at the Fruitvale BART Station. We're giving away $25 BART tickets periodically for our favorite contributions. Find out more about that promotion and about how to contribute photos.
Monday, Sept. 15:
http://twitpic.com/bp02 - what the-! legwarmersneakers on @SFBART
http://twitter.com/Mollena/statuses/922229718
Looking forward to the day when@sfbart gets wifi in East Bay tunnels.
http://twitter.com/carolinastew/statuses/922223809
Sunday, Sept. 14:
I can see the hanggliders off fort funston from outside the Daly City BART station
http://twitter.com/moyalynne/statuses/921566684
ever miss your bart stop because u were twittering?
http://twitter.com/jdavid/statuses/921250708
Today's BART ride brought to you by: the conductor who sounds exactly like Barack Obama. A 20-minute delay we can believe in!
http://twitter.com/coda/statuses/921339631
Saturday, Sept. 13:
Jere is watching a guy teach another guy how to do the splits while riding the BART
http://twitter.com/jereclancy/statuses/920829735
http://twitpic.com/bgc0 - Spur of the moment swing dancers bust moves to killer Barber Shop Quartet in Powell St. BART station. I love SF.
http://twitter.com/jacobmullins/statuses/920504178
Guy on BART train just broke out his cowbell. It was either go to the next car or somebody's eating cowbell for lunch.
http://twitter.com/Y_not/statuses/920394637
Guy @ the powell st. BART was just *killing* "Ain't No Sunshine" (in the good sense of the word!)
http://twitter.com/idontlikewords/statuses/920307611
Friday, Sept. 12
there's a guy at the entrance to the 24th BART station playing concertina, what sounds like eastern european traditional stuff. he's good.
http://twitter.com/ipickmynose/statuses/919633612
woman on bart reading only front and back of newspaper, hard to flip pages with mittens on eh?
http://twitter.com/Madametot/statuses/918979758
Thursday, Sept. 11:
Woman on BART behind me raving about great meal at Nopa. Tipoff: "scoop of smoky whiskey ice cream"
http://twitter.com/MetaGrrrl/statuses/918007495
Ew...there is a women plucking her leg hair on bart! But I suppose it's better than the people cutting thair toe nails!
http://twitter.com/kimbobo/statuses/918012415
It is not possible to maintain one's dignity while playing Spore on your ipod on BART.
http://twitter.com/smartyboots/statuses/917921834
Wednesday, Sept. 10:
Saw hipster on BART reading a "Choose Your Own Adventure." And they say irony is dead.
http://twitter.com/pollymarie/statuses/916589358
When strangers next to you on BART keep glancing at & reading your phone txts, wave the phone at them & say "Go ahead, YOU reply to her" :)
http://twitter.com/besz/statuses/916773910
Tuesday, Sept. 9:
Gallops northeast on an iron horse named BART, straight into the teeth of a monster called the grind! but why? why?
http://twitter.com/boycaught/statuses/915094961
Monday, Sept. 8:
A haiku for @SFBART: Daly City fog / I await a train's warm car / but the red signs lie.
http://twitter.com/Mollena/statuses/914579110
If I hop on BART now, maybe the Raiders can put me in at free safety in the fourth quarter. They're needing some help.
http://twitter.com/afightingfaith/statuses/914686278
In 20 years, we're gonna look back at pix from today and laugh at all these rectangular eyeglasses. The BART car looks like a Devo video.
http://twitter.com/jasonbentley/statuses/914648149
Some sax player at the bart station is mangling the theme to the godfather. Makes me wanna whack him.
http://twitter.com/tjcrowley/statuses/914619726
Hah I am reading Rolling Stone on BART and the guy next to me is reading The Importance of Being Earnest
http://twitter.com/alibomaye/statuses/914375321
Girl next to me on the Bart just got a call saying her best friend was killed. The whole train heard it and she is suffering alone. Weird.
http://twitter.com/jaxn/statuses/913891261
Photo credit, this page, pay phone at Fruitvale BART, by Flickr user kismet_70; homepage thumbnail of BART at sunset, by blmurch
