The gate agent explained that the new boarding procedure saves 10 minutes --After years of boarding from the back to the plane to the front, NWA is now practicing the CHAOS theory of boarding. As soon as all their ELITE passengers are save and sound in their primo seasts, the rest of us board en mass. While it may save money it doesn't feel right--yet.
Monday was "Spare The Air Day" in San Francisco-- all BART and muni rides were free.Monday was my third day riding the BART-- a system I found confusing at best.
They don't make it easy for out of towners. The signage is awful. The confusion starts from the gitgo and doesn't leave until you get off the train
After purchasing my ticket, I looked for a sign telling me which platform I should take to get downtown. There was no sign.--that I could see. There were a lot of people on one side of the track and so that's where I decided to go but if there hadn't been people around I certainly wouldn't have known.
It doesn't get better on the train --the sound system was so poor on the car that there was no way of hearing which stop was approaching and a few of the stops had signage so understated that it would have been easy to miss the name of the stop unless you were really looking for it. Net Net-- if you are traveling on the BART take a map-- you'll need it.
As to the MUNI -- the one I was supposed to take to 3200 California Ave broke down by the Embarcadero. The driver had no idea how long it would take for the next bus to get there. So instead of Sparing The Air-- I got to spend $15 dollar for a taxi cab.
Finally, the next time I need to rent a car ,the chances of getting lost will be greatly reduced-- just saw a commercial that I can now upload Verizon's VZ NAVIGATOR on my phone. For those of us directionally challenged, the $9 month fee ( plus airtime) will be well worth avoiding the wrong turns, stops to gas stations and that pit in your stomach that you are lost--again.
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