‘Trains are moving, but moving slowly!’ 02.02.10
Goddammit, Muni! Please start working again, so we can get back to our regularly scheduled programming.*
Muni rider Christian reports on the scene this morning at Castro Street Station:
Everyone looks jaded as they experience more ‘inbound delays’ in the Castro.
The announcer says: “Trains are moving, but moving slowly!”
MTA released a statement indicating that, as of 7:55 a.m., N-Judah trains were backed up in the Sunset due to a “non-Muni accident” at Irving and Arguello. And the dominoes, they fall …
No word from MTA on reported backups at West Portal. At least it’s not raining? Yet.
* of course the irony here is that, were Muni to, you know, “work,” we’d lose half our content, especially lately.
Missed Connection: Work From Home Muni Girl 02.02.10
Photo by Flickr user revger
Photog “revger” snapped this picture on the shelter of a streetcar stop. The anonymous Muni Romeo said:
Work from home Muni Girl,
I should have asked you to join me for tea! Raincheck? (followed by phone number politely blurred by revger)
Yeah, you should have! Hope you got in touch with her, Muni Romeo.
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Who’s the Muni Love Bandit? 02.01.10
Last year I spotted the same sign on the 47, and just this week rider Jeff Schwartz sent in another one that he spotted on an outbound 71 bus. I just want to know: who is this romantic bandit changing the signs and making our day just a little bit brighter?
Raise a glass of OJ and wish Muni a better week 02.01.10
Because really, how could it be any worse? And when we say better for Muni, we really mean better for the hundreds of thousands of people who rely on the public transit system every day.
But before we get there, we’ve got a little catching up to do. Over the weekend, we received the following from Muni rider Darryl:
Although it’s probably not much of a surprise, but I think this week was probably one of Muni’s worst weeks for service since Brown was in office.
There were unexplained delays 3 out of 5 days headed between Castro Station and downtown. The usual 100-200 people waiting at rush hour.
[Friday] at 8:50am I took a snapshots [above] of almost the entire Muni fleet stuck between Van Ness and Embarcadero outbound at morning rush hour. Luckily got to work only 15 minutes late, but I feel sorry for anybody trying to get outbound or get anywhere later. No shuttles, no ETA, no explanation.
And to follow up on last Friday’s accident involving a pedestrian getting struck by and trapped under an M-Ocean View, Muni rider Allen showed us more from the scene, seen below. Go here for the original post, which includes photos sent in by Christopher. (The victim is alive, but reportedly in serious condition.)
The week was enough to dampen our attempt at keeping up rosy Muni dispositions. That’s saying a lot. At one point, we even condoned the use of taxis. Oh lord, forgive us, as we know not what we do.
So yes, here’s hoping the worst is behind us, and we can all get back to smelly, crowded, hot, wet trains and buses that get us to work only 12 minutes late.
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