Comments on: Obituary: 26-Valencia, the Quiet Muni Cousin http://www.munidiaries.com/2009/12/04/obituary-26-valencia-the-quiet-muni-cousin/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=obituary-26-valencia-the-quiet-muni-cousin Tue, 14 Feb 2012 01:38:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: 26 rider http://www.munidiaries.com/2009/12/04/obituary-26-valencia-the-quiet-muni-cousin/comment-page-1/#comment-5000 26 rider Thu, 10 Dec 2009 01:28:34 +0000 http://www.munidiaries.com/?p=5910#comment-5000 well if money is the problem here, why are we not making sure that ALL riders pay their fares by "surprise" controlling buses and fine whoever is riding for free? I am so bummed out the 26 is gone, it was very safe and fast and so helpful for the elders too! The 14 is crime central and the 49 way too slow! I refuse to be punished because Muni cannot manage properly, hey fares are 2 dollars, for this price shouldn't I expect REAL service and security? well if money is the problem here, why are we not making sure that ALL riders pay their fares by “surprise” controlling buses and fine whoever is riding for free? I am so bummed out the 26 is gone, it was very safe and fast and so helpful for the elders too! The 14 is crime central and the 49 way too slow! I refuse to be punished because Muni cannot manage properly, hey fares are 2 dollars, for this price shouldn’t I expect REAL service and security?

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]]> By: Devin http://www.munidiaries.com/2009/12/04/obituary-26-valencia-the-quiet-muni-cousin/comment-page-1/#comment-4819 Devin Sat, 05 Dec 2009 09:38:09 +0000 http://www.munidiaries.com/?p=5910#comment-4819 I tried to think of an obituary for the 26, and couldn't come up with anything beyond a refrain of "You never came." It picks up pretty much in front of my door, and it goes to the Mission, where I need to go pretty often. And yet every time I checked to see if one was coming, it wasn't, and I'd end up taking BART instead (to give TEP some credit, they realized that Muni can't compete with BART and opted to stop trying.) I'd be more sad about the loss of the route if I hadn't already given up on it. The 26 was a route for when I was in a good mood and felt like staying aboveground in the sunshine and doing some people-watching. But out of a few dozen times I checked, there was never a 26 coming in a reasonable amount of time, so I went down to wait in the boring but far more prompt underground lair of BART trains. Which came, and so I got where I was going, unlike the 26. Not that I'm criticizing Muni for assigning fewer buses or drivers to the 26 line. It was redundant and underutilized. Other people and routes need those resources more. Oh well. Goodbye, 26, we had a handful of good rides. And a handful of other pre-nextbus occasions standing by a stop for an hour (mostly on principle) for you to not show up, and then take BART instead. May your resources be appreciated elsewhere. I tried to think of an obituary for the 26, and couldn’t come up with anything beyond a refrain of “You never came.” It picks up pretty much in front of my door, and it goes to the Mission, where I need to go pretty often. And yet every time I checked to see if one was coming, it wasn’t, and I’d end up taking BART instead (to give TEP some credit, they realized that Muni can’t compete with BART and opted to stop trying.)

I’d be more sad about the loss of the route if I hadn’t already given up on it. The 26 was a route for when I was in a good mood and felt like staying aboveground in the sunshine and doing some people-watching. But out of a few dozen times I checked, there was never a 26 coming in a reasonable amount of time, so I went down to wait in the boring but far more prompt underground lair of BART trains. Which came, and so I got where I was going, unlike the 26.

Not that I’m criticizing Muni for assigning fewer buses or drivers to the 26 line. It was redundant and underutilized. Other people and routes need those resources more. Oh well. Goodbye, 26, we had a handful of good rides. And a handful of other pre-nextbus occasions standing by a stop for an hour (mostly on principle) for you to not show up, and then take BART instead. May your resources be appreciated elsewhere.

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]]> By: one http://www.munidiaries.com/2009/12/04/obituary-26-valencia-the-quiet-muni-cousin/comment-page-1/#comment-4789 one Fri, 04 Dec 2009 18:47:31 +0000 http://www.munidiaries.com/?p=5910#comment-4789 with all the comments I've read about the 26, seems like there's still a need for it, because there IS. I guarantee you, none of the promises Muni makes about increasing buses along Mission are gonna happen. Goddam, I hate the stupid people in management making lazy solutions instead of real ones that would take some spine to implement. Like bust fare jumpers, just for one. That would eliminate the deficit. I also guarantee you that the fare jumping is going to go up, exponentially. with all the comments I’ve read about the 26, seems like there’s still a need for it, because there IS. I guarantee you, none of the promises Muni makes about increasing buses along Mission are gonna happen.

Goddam, I hate the stupid people in management making lazy solutions instead of real ones that would take some spine to implement. Like bust fare jumpers, just for one. That would eliminate the deficit.

I also guarantee you that the fare jumping is going to go up, exponentially.

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