It appears that the big public transportation trend in the Bay Area these days seems to be death. Mainly the death of people being hit by either bus or by train. This is all rather sad and tragic and of course it becomes painfully obvious that SOMETHING MUST BE DONE ABOUT THIS!

But really, should we? Isn't there a level of Darwin involved in all of this? I mean, shouldn't it be kind of obvious that trains move really, really fast and that one shouldn't lollygag crossing the tracks. Or crossing the tracks at all. Or doing anything that could possibly involve being hit by a speeding train? Same thing with being hit by a bus. MUNI busses are rather big and rather loud and kind of hard to not see. Unless you're not paying attention or have the iPod cranked so you can't even hear the bus. And yes, MUNI busses do have a tendency to lurch into intersections or around corners when you don't think they should, but shouldn't you always look both ways before crossing?

And another point is about the MUNI bus going after the light turns. You know why they do that? Because they sit and wait to pick up lots of passengers, or late passengers, and have to scramble through the intersection so they won't fall too far behind. Because if they do fall too far behind by waiting through another light, everyone yells at them for being late.