public transportation

New BART car design allows long bikes to fit without blocking doors
Originally uploaded by Rock The Bike

Heading home last night I spotted a new blue print of a bicycle on the wall of one of the BART cars. I wheeled my Xtracycle

OK, maybe this will seem like a small thing to you, but it meant a lot to me.

I was coming home from the workshop on my racing bike with the Envy Green DLG, and I hit the West Oakland BART stop as usual. The BART attendant was walking back to her booth, and she stopped and said "Ooohhh, that's a nice light! I don't think I've ever seen one like that."

So I told her a little about it and gave her a card. She said "that looks like a great gift for father's day."

Does that thing fit on the bike shuttle?
Originally uploaded to Flickr by Rock The Bike.

We often get this question from peope who use BART and the bike shuttle. And I'm happy to say, yes. An Xtracycle fits on both BART elevators (tipped up) and on the bike shuttle. It takes a little finesse to go on Caltrain with an Xtracycle, because it exceeds the 80 inch length limit, and many conductors are strict. City buses can work if you remove the front wheel, and place the hook over the top tube of the bike.