Weekend Photos: Will there be a Muni next Monday? 01.30.10
Photo by Flickr user Johnny Grim
Oh, man, oh, man. It sure was a nasty week for our beloved despised Muni system. It culminated with this morning’s total Muni breakdown and concurrent MTA board budget meeting. Ironic, eh?
Here are some other headlines from this grim week:
- SFGate lays out the numbers on the MTA budget deficits.
- MTA board member keeps pressure on mayor to extend parking meter hours to close budget gap.
- Pedestrian injured in N-Judah accident in the Inner Sunset. Earlier that day, the N-Judah and a car collided.
- 57 claims arise from last year’s West Portal collision.
- The Examiner reports on the closing of the Montgomery Station sales booth.
(it’s been such a nutty week, please let us know what stories we missed here or simply forgot about)
Looking ahead, you’ll have yet some more chances to give MTA your $0.02, at upcoming Feb. 6 and 9 town halls. Sharpen those pitchforks, people!
Seriously, though, have a great weekend! See you Monday.
P.S.: The photo at top was chosen for its symbolism given the current state of affairs for Muni. Please excuse our cynicism.
Photo by Stuart
Photo by Troy Holden
Photo by Flickr user GrimReynard
Photo by Flickr user Sharon Hahn Darlin
Photos: Accident/backup at Randolph and Arch 01.29.10
We lied. We’re back, and with even more FAIL for you.
Christopher Rogers sent in the photos above and below. An M-Ocean View train struck and trapped a pedestrian at Randolph and Arch. MTA says the pedestrian has been transported to the hospital. The extent of that person’s injuries is unknown as of yet.
We’re hoping that Muni soon stops hurting people and we can go back to our normal telling of goofy stories that happen on buses and trains. Ugh.
Angry CCSF mob waiting for the K 01.29.10
We interrupt today’s programming to bring you the latest from the battlefronts of your Muni war. Just another day, another front.
The above photo was sent in by Muni attempted-rider Christian, who has this to say:
Muni is being rediculous today. 3 trains have passed the stop going the other direction and the nextmuni time predictions are useless. Who knows when I’ll be home.
We’re not sure where all this week’s fail (operational and budgetary) will lead. We just hope there’s some way to salvage what could and should be a transit system worthy of its ridership.
Balloon Circus on the 49 01.29.10
A couple of days ago I posted about weird cargo on Muni, and Muni Diaries readers don’t disappoint! Commenters reported seeing a bed (headboard included), 8′ weather stripping, a sitar, and a walnut veneer speaker.
Today we received a short video clip from rider Mathieu, who spotted a lady carrying a whole zoo of balloon animals on the 49. Wonder where she’s going…
Thanks, Mathieu!
Got photos or videos of strange cargo or other happenings on the bus? You know where to send it.
Record Your Muni Trip on Your iPhone 01.28.10
We found via our Twitter feed that developer Aaron Tait has just made a new iPhone app called Muni Diary (unrelated, but we know a good name when we see one). You can use the app to record the lines you’ve been on and what happened on your bus ride.
Check out Muni Diary at the Apple App store! Link here. And if you’d like to write a review of this app for Muni Diaries, shoot us an email and let us know. muni.diaries.sf@gmail.com.
Casper the Cockatoo on the F 01.28.10
Muni rider Craig sent us this photo. No words. Just the pic. Let it speak for itself, I suppose. In fact, does this bird talk?
And could this be the same sweater-wearing avian creature spotted by Katie?
A plastic bag full of rotten fish guts 01.27.10
Photo by post author, Cameo
About a year and a half ago I was on my way to a party and I noticed a really rank smell. I ignored it because some people on Muni just reek. Soon afterward, the train got very full, and while I was sitting, I had people crammed up next to me and hovering over me. I then began to feel the drip. I could feel something cold and oozing slipping down my legs, down my neck, and into my armpit. At first I thought it was water from the train ceiling just dripping down, but when I spelled the stench of rotten fish, I knew it was something much, much worse.
I looked down, and I saw blood spattered on the ground, and when I looked up, I was staring into a bag of cut-up rotten fish guts. The little old lady holding the bag stared at me as the bag dripped on me, until I gave her the face of death. Her friend realized I was about to utterly destroy her friend with the bag of fish guts, and so she pulled her off at the next stop.
Who carries a leaky bag of fish guts on Muni!?
Fracas/Clusterfuck/Armageddon at Church Street Station 01.27.10
Photos by “Doot doot, bleep bleep!”
A Muni rider whose only identification (I shit you not) is “Doot doot, bleep bleep!” sent in this photo of this morning’s N/J Church Street Station free-for-all, along with this dispatch:
I took a few snapshots of the Church station this morning after the N and J started dumping people off before the tunnel. These were taken at around 8:15am – as you can see it looks more like New Years Eve.
We’re gladly accepting more accounts, be they written or photographed. Here, please.
Namaste on the 24-Divisadero 01.26.10
Photo by Flickr user Jeff Howard
Sarah of I’m writing, you’re reading sent us the following remarkable little slice of life on the 24-Divisadero.
I sat down on the bus (ran to catch it again thankyouverymuch) after my second 3-hour yoga session of the weekend. Yoga mat and eco-friendly water bottle in hands. Glance across the isle and spot the exact same eco-friendly water bottle in the hands of another girl.
Oh and what do you know, she’s holding a yoga mat too.
Well aren’t we just two identical San Francisco stereotypes. In the flesh. On the bus.
So we make eye contact and I first point at my water bottle, then to hers. Then to my mat, and to hers. Laughter.
Janet’s class?, she asks.
No, Dina’s workshop, I answer.
YogaTree junkies. Shoulda known.
We bond over our mutual love of Janet Stone’s flow classes at the Castro studio, and she knew exactly which workshop I was taking because she thought of taking it too. And is going to take it later.
What’s your name?, she asks.
I’m Sarah, I answer.She just shakes her head and laughs.
I’m Sarah too, she says.When Sarah got off the bus, the girl next to me confirmed what I was just thinking, “I’m sorry, but that was really cute.”
Now it’s your turn — tell us what happened to you on Muni today.
What’s the weirdest Muni cargo you’ve seen? 01.25.10
Photo by Flickr user real plastic trees
I found this photo while trolling Flickr for more Muni-related pictures. Is that a surf board and a …black board?
A while back we received a submission from a rider who found a clever way to transport a ladder on Muni. On the 47 the other day I saw a man with a bearded dragon who tried to charge me a dollar to take a photo of it. We’ve see rats, parrots, and a giant spider passing as passengers on our commutes.
Spot any odd cargo on Muni lately? Let us know.
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