The Mercury News

BRAINSTORM­ING

- Contact Erin Baldassari at 510-208-6428.

To get you started, here are some ideas from Twitter users:

• A-BART-ments

• Art installati­on, either permanent or temporary

• A prop to be used in a drag show performanc­e

• An enormous structure that can be installed at Burning Man

• As cable cars to the new A’s stadium at Howard Terminal (if it gets built)

• Cable cars to the Greek Theater in Berkeley

• Play structures and parklets

• Weather-protected bike storage

• Voltron

• Box seating at the A’s Howard Terminal ballpark

• For use in a major motion picture

• Selling seats, doors and other parts to restaurant­s and bars

• Turning the cars into bars, diners or other eateries

• Keep 20 cars to run two “nostalgia trains” during the holidays

• Accessory dwelling units

• Tiny home village

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