The Urban Legend

BART President Rebecca Saltzman on Lateefah Simon seat shenanigans

Cedar Makhijani, Opinions Editor, Community Outreach Manager • April 26, 2022

On March 10, the Bay Area Rapid Transit District (BART) announced that Director Lateefah Simon—the only Black board member—had been removed from her seat. Simon represents BART District Seven, which...

Emeryville’s blueprint to a better Bay Area

Cedar Makhijani, Opinions Editor • January 21, 2022

The Bay Area is in trouble. Rents which, according to apartment listing website Zumper, are the second-highest in the country, continue to rise. Rising rents are pricing the artists, craftsmen, immigrants...

Exploring Urban’s transit trends

Griffin Bianchi, Staff Writer • June 4, 2015

The roar of cars, lurching of busses, and screeching of bicycle brakes are all emblematic of the ways in which Urban students travel to school. Some take 20 minute bus rides. Others, 10 minute walks...

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