Weekend photos: Heard It Comin’ 07.30.10
Photo by Jack ✌
In Muni news this week:
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Photo by Jaymi Heimbuch
Photo by SP8254
Photo by RevellRay / Chuck Revell
Rejected by Muni. Twice 07.30.10
Photo by shandopics
This diary teeters on the edge between tragic and comic. This driver is Tara’s Newman. The Muni system in the far northeast corner of San Francisco is her white whale. Read on …
Thursday after work, I saw the 47 idling at a red light before turning left at the corner of Beach and Powell. Great: I’m a few steps from the route’s origin, and the light’s still totally red. Surely, if I knock on the door (the bus was technically still touching its stop), I’ll be let on with plenty of time for everyone to be on schedule.
Nope.
The driver acknowledged my knock with a step-back motion, confusing me a bit, then continued to sit there for a few seconds until the light turned green.
And then she left.
I’ve booked it to the second stop before with good results (knowing that the bus has two more lefts to make before it gets there), so I indignantly jogged as best I could with a full gym bag, a yoga mat, and a purse. I was the horse and this bus was my carrot. Surprisingly, I made it to the outside back of the bus at that second stop. A guy stood on the stairs for a second before boarding, then I watched the doors close and the bus roll along.
There is no goddamn way she didn’t see me the second time, which made it even worse. I fumed via voicemail at the stop; yeah, I was that girl screaming obscenities into a phone while toting a peppy pink yoga mat. Welcome, tourists!
It got me thinking of what a driver once said to late arrivals; you can either get on the bus as it leaves a stop, or you can have the bus stay on schedule, but you can’t have both. Is it really one or the other? I’d hope it would be more case-by-case than that, personally.
Tara is saddened, almost to the point of tears on some days, that her only transit options away from Fisherman’s Wharf elude her so regularly.
Photo diary: Mutual Slump 07.29.10
N-Judah with an aversion to westward travel 07.29.10
9:09 p.m.: commotion in the N outbound.Door is stuck and power is out. Greaaaat!
9:16 p.m.: after rolling backwards for a sec the door has finally opened.
I’ve been on an M-Ocean View whose steps got stuck as they were being lowered (coming out of SF State and into Ingleside). We sat there, and sat there, and sat there, steps mid-retracted, doors flinging open and closed. Half of me wanted that Muni Metro car to go all Transformers, with me in it.
It’s never fun when Muni breaks. But sometimes we just have to make the most of our half-functional transit system.
Let us hear some of your more unusual breakdown stories in the comments.
Photo diary: Timeless Muni Streetcar 07.28.10
Photo by jonathanpercy
“San Francisco circa 2010″ is the photographer’s title for this photograph. Indeedily.
If Lady Gaga were two guys riding Muni Metro … 07.28.10
Caught site of this video in a tweet by @joshcreel yesterday. Like it or not, these fellas can sing!
A God’s-Eye View of Muni 07.27.10
Eric Fischer is up to no good again. Here, he’s posted an animated version of Muni vehicle movements for all of June 2010, with data provided by NextBus.
Why can’t I take my eyes off the 108-Treasure Island?
Can someone (or many of you) please set this to music and share with the rest of us? kthxbai
Let’s Play Muni Madlibs 07.27.10
Remember Muni Mad Libs from the opening party for the Outbound show at Secession Art and Design earlier this summer? We posted and tweeted some your best Muni Madlibs from the opening, and today we’ve got more for you from last Friday’s closing party:
“Riding Muni is like dating curdled milk who has a profound unattainable itch.” – Carey B.
“Riding Muni is like dating crow who stuck a big turkey in my bag.” – Henry and Kelli
“Riding Muni is better than getting tickets because I didn’t move my car in time … oh, wait, that still happens.” – Tara
“Riding Muni is better than walking down the road feeling bad.” (ouch) – Henry
“A wicked goose egg was found on Muni line eleventeen today in Bayview. Passengers on the bus were clucking when the discovery was made, making this the most curvaceous bus line in the city today.” Kelly
“A hellacious trumpet was found on Muni line 4012 today in Hunters Point. Passengers on the bus were crumping when the discovery was made, making this the most slaughtered bus line in the city today.” – Phil
“An elliptical piece of concrete was found on Muni line 50 today in Noe Valley. Passengers on the bus were flying when the discovery was made, making this the most lovely bus line in the city today.” – Johnny
“A hairy motorcycle was found on Muni line 461 today in Nopa. Passengers on the bus were crying when the discovery was made, making this the most hopeful bus line in the city today.” – Anita
“A bright button was found on Muni line 37 today in Bernal Heights. Passengers on the bus were skiing when the discovery was made, making this the most curvy bus line in the city today.” – Vidya
New Breed Found on Muni 07.26.10
Photo by Flickr user Janna Lauren
The mild summer of San Francisco brings the fascinating migration of many animals, including the Rainbow Munisaurus, which spends the season near the urban mountain ranges where food source is plentiful and the temperature is comfortable.
Found something else amazing on Muni in our urban jungle? Let us know.
About this weekend’s ‘detorus’ 07.26.10
Photo by chainsmokingbluemonkey
It was one of those errors introduced “upstream,” as they say, evidenced by lachtaylor‘s iPhone screenshot:
“Detorus,” eh? I think that’s Latin for “detour.”
Hey, maybe Sarah Palin should hire this Muni copywriter. You betcha!
Also, in case you missed it, another Muni-SF Marathon FAIL.
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