The word on the street is that David Chiu, our new president of the Board of Supervisors, is a Muni rider like the rest of us. The Chronicle’s City Insider reports that Chiu doesn’t own a car and gets around town on foot, bike, and Muni:
He said he gets around town biking, walking, using a car-share program and riding Muni. He has a monthly Muni FastPass and regularly rides the 1-California, 19-Polk and Van Ness Avenue lines.
I’ll be keeping my eyes peeled for the supervisor on the 47 and 49! Let us know if you have other sightings of our city employees.
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I’ve actually heard that when he was campaigning for supervisor, he doesn’t have a car, so he needs Muni to get around. Sometimes he relies on CityCarShare or something like that.
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ahem.
dudes.
me and david chiu have not a lot in common. but I endorsed him because he walked the talk on MUNI and Bicycles.
http://www.gregdewar.com/2008/08/david_chiu_rides_a_bike.html
As Vincent Vega might say “That’s a bold statement.” And yet, unlike the state legislators from San Francisco who have consistently voted to kill MUNI and BART funds….David, like Tom Ammiano, lives the misery and fun of MUNI we all do!
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We did an interview with him over on Streetsblog SF when he was sworn in. He gives more details in the podcast:
http://sf.streetsblog.org/2009/01/12/streetscast-an-interview-with-david-chiu/
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matthew – thanks for the link! It’s great to see a supervisor really think about our streets and public transit. I don’t want to be a cynic but I really hope he does continue to take public transportation so he knows what we experience.
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I once rode the LRV underground with Bevan Dufty and Jose Cisneros. Friendly guys on their way to lunch downtown.
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