Imagine pulling out your laptop and writing e-mail or surfing the Web - all while you are commuting on a system of 104 miles of track. San Francisco area commuters will be able to do just that in the near future, going on-line while riding the rail or waiting in one of the 43 stations of Bay Area Rapid Transit. (BART).   The ...

  Anyone who buys groceries or patronizes certain fast-food eateries has probably noticed vending machines where you can rent a movie for $1 a night. Now commuters in the San Francisco Bay Area can check out books when riding the Bay Area Rapid Transit from an ATM-like machine - and it's free for all library card holders of the Contra ...

This morning, commuters going into downtown San Francisco toward the East Bay looked out the window and instead of seeing a dark tunnel wall, they saw a 15-second mini-movie advertisement. San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District (BART) launched today its one-month test of so-called motion picture advertising that uses old technology and ...