MONDAY IS A BIG DAY for BART as it finally transitions to 100 percent “Fleet of the Future” trains and a new schedule designed to “work for everyone, every day.” 

BART ran its last “legacy” train Sunday out of SFO and now will be using only its newer trains, which the agency describes as more reliable, cleaner and in need of less maintenance. The legacy trains go back over 50 years, when they emerged as sleek, futuristic examples of American ingenuity, so much so that then-president Richard Nixon said they were “just like NASA.” 

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Katy St. Clair got her start in journalism by working in the classifieds department at the East Bay Express during the height of alt weeklies, then sweet talked her way into becoming staff writer, submissions editor, and music editor. She has been a columnist in the East Bay Express, SF Weekly, and the San Francisco Examiner. Starting in 2015, she begrudgingly scaled the inverted pyramid at dailies such as the Vallejo Times-Herald, The Vacaville Reporter, and the Daily Republic. She has her own independent news site and blog that covers the delightfully dysfunctional town of Vallejo, California, where she also collaborates with the investigative team at Open Vallejo. A passionate advocate for people with developmental disabilities, she serves on both the Board of the Arc of Solano and the Arc of California. She lives in Vallejo.