Lockers (not bike) in BART/Muni stations?
David Pratt
and plan to use public transit to get into the city. I'm
wondering if there are lockers available to store baggage in
BART and/or Muni stations in the center of town (near Union
Square) for the better part of a day. I have a very faint
memory that there are some but everything has likely changed
due to the terrorist threats.
Any guidance appreciated,
Thanks.
Silas Warner
David Pratt wrote:
>
> I'm planning a trip to San Francisco in a couple of weeks
> and plan to use public transit to get into the city. I'm
> wondering if there are lockers available to store baggage in
> BART and/or Muni stations in the center of town (near Union
> Square) for the better part of a day.
No.
More accurately, HELL, NO! Any lockers that existed in Caltrain
or BART stations went away long before September 11. In fact,
I don't think there have been any storage spaces in downtown
San Francisco (outside of hotel checkrooms) since 1995, unless
it is the option of storing baggage (for about a $3 fee) at the
Greyhound station baggage room in the Transbay Terminal.
There weren't even baggage lockers at SFO after 1995: the only
option there is a baggage storage concession at the International
Terminal.
Silas Warner
John David Galt
The only lockers they have ever had at BART stations, other than
for employees, are bicycle lockers that require long-term
subscription (and pretty much sold out before they were built).
I'd suggest leaving the bags where you are staying, wherever that
may be. If you're staying far away and need access to this
baggage during the day, I'd suggest renting a car (in spite of
the difficulty parking in SF; Union Square does have a garage but
it costs).
Scott Mace
> The only lockers they have ever had at BART stations, other than
> for employees, are bicycle lockers that require long-term
> subscription (and pretty much sold out before they were built).
An incomplete history of the subject. In the late 90s BART installed some
experimental day-use bicycle lockers at several stations. Due to faulty
design some were destroyed by vandals and then the rest were removed.
Although better designs do exist, the prospects for them to be deployed are
now vanishingly small in the post 9/11 world.
Scott Mace
Doug Faunt N6TQS +1-510-655-8604
Actually, the possibility of a bomb in a bike locker was discussed
more than a year ago.
The on-demand lockers that were designed for El Cerrito, with several
failed experiments to learn from, add no more vulnerability, but I
don't know the current status of them.
73, doug
Bill Zaumen
david...@libero.it (David Pratt) wrote:
Keep in mind that you will not be in Europe (or even Italy :-)
and can't expect the sort of amenities you would have in that
part of the world. It has nothing to do with terrorist threats
either. The idea that someone might need a place to store luggage
before checking in or out of a hotel, or due to only visiting
for a day, is something that is not understood in the U.S. You
are expected to keep such personal possessions in the trunk of
your car.
Bill
PS The 'europe verus italy' wisecrack was the result of seeing
am incredibly funny animated short with a similar title, produced
by an Italian, in last spring's Spike and Mike's Animation
Festival.
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Aaron Priven
John David Galt <j...@diogenes.sacramento.ca.us> wrote:
> The only lockers they have ever had at BART stations, other than
> for employees, are bicycle lockers that require long-term
> subscription (and pretty much sold out before they were built).
It's pretty much irrelevant now, but there were lockers in various
stations, including Montgomery BART, in the early '80s.
> I'd suggest leaving the bags where you are staying, wherever that
> may be. If you're staying far away and need access to this
> baggage during the day, I'd suggest renting a car (in spite of
> the difficulty parking in SF; Union Square does have a garage but
> it costs).
I really don't have a better suggestion, I'm afraid.
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