Free New Year’s Eve Muni Service 12.30.11
Photo by Shawn Thrope
So, celebrate and send us any crazy stories on the bus.
Here are the details from SFMTA:
On December 31, New Year’s Eve:
- Muni travel, including cable cars, is free from 8 p.m. New Year’s Eve until 6 a.m. New Year’s Day.
- Customers are encouraged to use the Metro to get into and out of the Downtown area.
- Additional Metro service from 9 p.m. to 2:15 a.m. from West Portal to Caltrain and until 4 a.m. from Embarcadero to West Portal Station.
- J, K, L, M, and N Metro lines are operating on their regular schedule, until shortly before 1 a.m.
- Owl service: Extra service on Muni Owl Lines (1 to 5 a.m service): 5 Fulton, 14 Mission, 22 Fillmore, 24 Divisadero, 38 Geary, 90 Owl, 91 Owl, and L and N Owl motor coach service. Frequency will be shortened from 30 to 15 minutes.
- Extra Owl service is subject to change, based on operating conditions.
- The San Francisco 311 Customer Service Center, is open all night, as usual, for travel assistance.
- The F Market and Wharves service will be provided by motor coaches after approximately 4 p.m. There will be reroutes only if necessary.
- Caltrain will operate on a Saturday schedule and add four extra trains. Southbound trains leave at 7:15, 8:15, 9:15 and 10:15 p.m.; 12:01, 12:45, 1:15, 1:45 and 2:15 a.m.
Rickroll, Tattoos, and Love Stories: Count Down 2011 in Muni Tales 12.29.11
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Photo by Bhautik Joshi
- Real Live Rick Roll on Muni. Genius.
- Girl With the Muni Tattoo. This story is probably better than the movie.
- “I ran into my dad and he was driving Muni!” True story.
- Muni Drinking Game. More dangerous than riding the bus.
- Wil’s Muni love story warms the coldest of hearts. I’m waiting for the wedding invitation any day now.
- RIP Jesse Morris. A incredible talent that touched many lives.
- J-Church Got Meat. You never know what you’re gonna find, do you?
- Old School Dance Moves on Muni. These kids can move.
- Muni monsters. Watch out!
- Cops, Muni, Occupy SF. The comedy writes itself.
- Big Buck Hunter on Muni. Mobile version needs some work.
- Best Muni themed wedding ever? Even the chocolate is shaped like the bus!
Photographer on Documenting the Subway Life 12.29.11
I found this story via one of our favorite San Francisco photographers, Troy Holden. Davidson’s book, Subway, documents a world that we are familiar with, where public transit is a part of our daily lives. He writes:
From all over the earth, people come into the subway. It’s a great social equaliser. As our being is exposed, we confront our mortality, contemplate our destiny, and experience both the beauty and the beast. From the moving train above ground, we see glimpses of the city, and as the trains move into the tunnels, sterile fluorescent light reaches into the stony gloom, and we, trapped inside, all hang on together.
So well said. Head over to Wayne Ford’s blog to see more of Bruce Davidson’s photos and read about the rest of the Subway series and this amazing photography project.
Best Muni Stories of 2011, Take One 12.28.11
Why Tara loved this story: “With WTF-inducing uniqueness and comical enormity, this simple photo had it all. Bonus WTF points for taking a disabled seat on a crowded bus.”
Editor Jeff (and majority-of-the-time the @munidiaries Twitter master) loves “Contagious Laughter on the 33 Stanyan,” submitted by rider Kevin Murphy. Jeff said: “Probably because I’m a big fan of laughing for no real reason. And because so many stone-faced bus rides could use the lightening up. Seriously, had I been on the bus in this diary, I would’ve doubled over and choked and spit and stuff.”
The contagious laughter started out like any other bus ride:
It was Thursday night in the Mission on the first cold evening of the season. I was sitting on the 33 bus heading home from yoga. She gets on at 16th and Mission but I don’t really notice her because I’m listening to Slowdive and looking at whatever my phone is showing me. I only start becoming aware of her when I hear this deep-chested “HA HA HA” laugh. On the third round of “HA HA HA,” I look up to see who’s having such a good time.
She’s sitting mid-bus: a tiny woman in an anorak jacket with the hood pulled up to her chin, giving her a weeble–like look. She’s talking a mile a minute to no one I can see, punctuating her monologue with the “HA HA HA” laugh. It’s a big laugh for such a little lady. There’s a definite twinkle in her eye.
Read the rest of “Contagious Laughter on the 33 Stanyan.”
We’ll return tomorrow with more favorites. Did you read an unforgettable Muni story this year that you think deserve accolades? Drop me a line.
Best Muni Photos of 2011 12.27.11
Photo by Sergio
Muni rebels captured on Instagram by Kiki Spaulding (loverlykiki):
A moment of rest, photo by bleuman
Watchful eyes, photo by Doc Pop
My parents on Muni, the sweetest story from Alfredo M.:
BART musicians, photo by Peter Taylor.
Did I miss your favorite photo? Comment away, or even better, drop your own photos in the Muni Flickr pool.
Photo Diary: Last Bloom of the Year 12.27.11
More Celebs on the Subway 12.26.11
Neo has such good subway manners! Watch Keanu Reeves move robotically to give up his seat. Warms my heart.
Everyone is good enough to ride public transportation. Celebrities On The Subway proves the point with yet more celeb pics snapped in the subway in New York. Check it out.
Babs!
Mr. Silver Fox. Does anybody remember him from Channel One?
Now, I’m still waiting to see Danny Glover on Muni…
Christmas Night on Muni 12.26.11
How was your Christmas on the bus? For once uneventful, let’s hope?
Muni News: Hella Clipper card users, free Muni on NYE 12.24.11
Photo by Lynn Friedman
- Bay Area Clipper card users top 1 million (SF Examiner)
- Two Muni Muggings Reported Sunday (BCN via SF Appeal)
- It Ain’t Easy Being Muni (Huffington Post San Francisco)
- Ride Muni Free On New Year’s Eve (SFist)
- SF officer pepper-sprayed during scuffle with Muni rider (KTVU News)
- Bay Area transit projects lose out on federal cash (SF Examiner)
- Muni police cracking down on fare cheats (Nevius at SFGate)
- Starting in 2012, Aaron Bialick Will Be Steering Streetsblog SF (Streetsblog SF) Congrats, Aaron!
Weekend Photos: Our $2 Holiday Chariot 12.23.11
Photo by Steve Rhodes
If you’re looking for something fun to do, Broke Ass Stuart is hosting “It’s a Jewish Christmas” on Christmas Day from 5 p.m. to 11 p.m. at the Make-Out Room on 3225 22nd Street between Mission and Valencia. There will be Chinese food, Woody Allen films, and of course, Stuart himself. I’ll see you there.
Happy holidays, everybody. Enjoy these photos and your (we hope) long weekend!
Photo by Lynn Friedman
Photo by Lorcan Keating
Photo by Robert B. Livingston
Ride Muni like a boss. Our Fast Pass Clipper card holders and Muni Diaries T-shirts are all on sale 
