On My Way Home

On the platform of the BART stations, as you're waiting for your train, occasionally they announce over the PA and the displays when the next trains will be. I can take trains from two different lines so I don't have to pay attention to any timetable. I know a train I can ride will come along every 5 or 10 minutes with the trains from the other two lines in between.

Tonight when I reached the platform around 5:15 I was shocked when the displays announced the next train to arrive (one I could ride) was 13 minutes away. There was a delay right during the highest commuting times. Yippee!

When my train finally pulled up, it looked pretty full already but I was one of the first ones in so I wasn't pressed too closely to my fellow travellers. And I must be having good karma cuz two stops later, a guy got up to exit and I got a seat. Good thing too as I'm reading a hardcover and you know they're not the easiest to read while standing and holding on at the same time.

There are several routes I can take driving from the BART station to my house. At one point I can go either straight or right. There's no left turn lane at this intersection so when there's a long line in the left lane I normally take the right turn option to avoid getting caught behind slow vehicles turning left. That's what I did today. Might not have been the best choice.

A couple intersections later traffic was really heavy. I didn't think that much of it since it was around 6 and there are a lot of cars on the roads at that time of day. But then I saw the flashing lights and the fire truck. The right lane ahead of me was blocked and a sheriff's bubble-top was blocking the left turn lane facing me. I was glad I was in the left lane and I made it through with not too much delay. I hope whoever it was is okay.

Later I crossed under the highway and then drove parallel to it for a few hundred yards. Boy, I'm sure glad I didn't take the highway option home. There were flashers and ambulances up there too. It looked like traffic was down to one or two lanes. People sure weren't getting home on time for dinner tonight.