Re: USAGE: subway

Constructed Languages List <CONLANG@...> writes:
>Subway systems in general are confined to, or just outside, the city
>limits, and are meant for general transportation.  Surburban train
>systems extend into the suburbs, obviously, and are meant primarily
>to serve commuters coming into the city or returning to the suburbs.
>Some systems, like Washington D.C.'s Metro, serve both functions.
San Francisco has such a system, although it serves not just the city of
San Franscisco, but it serves the San Francisco Bay area from Pittsburg in
the north, to Colma along the peninsula, and down the east bay to Fremont.
This system is called "Bay Area Rapid Transit" or "BART". It goes under
the southern part of the bay as well, which is cool to a lot of new
passengers :).

It has just one main route and doesnt branch except around Oakland where
it splits into the Richmond lines and the Pittsburg lines. But in San
Francisco it mostly follows Market St. There is talk of extending it down
to San Jose which would make it accessible to all parts of the southern
bay area (at least the east side).

The other system which is partly underground and partly above, which is a
Subway in the inner city sense is the metro system, which follows the BART
routes in San Francisco, but branches off and hits main parts of the city.
The metro is part of the Muni system, which is the public transit system
in San Franscisco and includes busses, cable cars, and street cars.

The Muni system as a whole is pretty good in SF. It's so much easier to
get around that city on the muni system than it is to drive.

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