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A sea of people

The commute in was interesting today. I took the bus from the pad to the MUNI station in the Castro. That went normally; plenty of room and seats for everyone.

When I got to the station, though, the platform was a solid mass of people running the length of the waiting area.

I let one full train go by before I decided to elbow my way into the next car, also totally packed.

I ended up riding all the way to Embarcadero (where I transfer to BART) wedged up into a corner by the door, my left arm in an awkward, almost-dislocated position.

That said, I still like living somewhere with public transportation. :-)

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  • Rachel June 23rd, 2005 at 3:15 pm

    Did they look like they were headed for eBay Live? :-p
    (Or was that the normal Thursday traffic?)

  • Kevin June 23rd, 2005 at 3:35 pm

    It was by far the largest morning crowd I’ve seen so far.

    Coming home, I’ve transferred at Embarcadero a few times just after 5pm when the throngs were that massive, but that’s to be expected at the downtown station that’s the start of almost every MUNI run.

    I was surprised to run into it at a station in the middle of the city at a time after what I’d have guessed to be the morning rush.

    Though there was this crazy guy that kept shouting about “no reserve”… ;-)

  • Aki June 23rd, 2005 at 5:15 pm

    My man, you haven’t really travelled by train until you’ve done this.

    :)

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