Weekend Photos: Life on Muni 01.20.12
Enjoy these photos and see you tomorrow at the Elbo Room!
Photo by David Lytle
Photo by throgers
Drink to True Muni Stories Tomorrow at Muni Diaries Live! 01.20.12
Illustration by Jay Sacher
- Stephen Elliott, author of The Adderall Diaries and editor of The Rumpus.
- Sal Castaneda, longtime KTVU traffic reporter and radio host.
- Glynn Washington, executive producer of NPR’s Snap Judgment.
- Caitlin Gill, comedian and spoken-word artist.
- Chloe Veltman, host and producer of public radio’s VoiceBox.
- Pinched Nerve. San Francisco musician who will be performing his song, “Back Door, Step Down!”
- Jan Richman, author of Thrill-Bent, a new novel about roller coasters and Tourette’s syndrome.
And you can win goodies from Timbuk2, Tacolicious, and SFLocal.net.
Advanced tickets are on sale, so grab one today. We can’t wait to see you!
N-Judah, the Most Accident-Prone Muni Line? 01.17.12
Photo by JB
The N-Judah has just been found to be the most accident-prone Muni line, according the San Francisco Examiner.
The line, which carries passengers from Ocean Beach to the Caltrain station on Fourth and King streets, was involved in 84 collisions between 2008 and 2011, making it far more accident-prone than the five other Muni train lines.
The Examiner collected data from 2008 to 2011. But there may be a reason that the N-Judah has the most number of accidents, according to the SFMTA. From the Examiner:
The N-Judah carries more people and requires more service than any other Muni line, which is one reason it has so many accidents, said spokesman Paul Rose of the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency. He said the agency is seeking ways to make the line safer, and he noted that accidents have dropped for the past three years.
Read the rest of the San Francisco Examiner story.
Photo Diary: Erase Muni in 3, 2, … 01.17.12
Photo by Ryan S.
, who said:
This pic was the result of the auto-HDR app on my phone; the bus drove through the intersection while the app was taking bracketed-exposure shots, causing it to look like the bus is being erased.
If I were writing some hardboiled science fiction, this photo would be from 500 years into the future, where my memory of Muni is being projected onto an altered version of my self…
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Muni Diaries Live! This Saturday! 01.16.12
Illustration by Jay Sacher
- Stephen Elliott, author of The Adderall Diaries and editor of The Rumpus.
- Sal Castaneda, longtime KTVU traffic reporter and radio host.
- Glynn Washington, executive producer of NPR’s Snap Judgment.
- Caitlin Gill, comedian and spoken-word artist.
- Chloe Veltman, host and producer of public radio’s VoiceBox.
- Pinched Nerve. San Francisco musician who will be performing his song, “Back Door, Step Down!”
- Jan Richman, author of Thrill-Bent, a new novel about roller coasters and Tourette’s syndrome.
And you can win goodies from Timbuk2, Tacolicious, and SFLocal.net.
Advanced tickets are on sale now, so grab one quick before they’re gone. We can’t wait to see you!
Weekend Photos: Indian Winter 01.13.12
Photo by jcsnotes
Check out the nice action shot at the cable car turnaround below.
If you’re out and about tonight looking for something to do, don’t miss American Tripps: Berlin style ping pong tonight in the Lower Haight. Friday, Jan. 13, 8:30 p.m. at D-Structure. 520 Haight Street. Take Muni there: 6, 21, 22, 71
Enjoy these photos and your weekend!
Photo by Wayne Worden
Photo by Christina Castro
Photo by Robert B. Livingston
Hey, a camera on Muni shelters? 01.13.12
Muni rider “D” sent us a photo of what looks like a camera on one of the new “wave” Muni shelters: “Just noticed these cameras at the shelters with the large “video” ads. Kind of Orwellian don’t you think?”
What is that thing? We asked SFMTA spokesperson Paul Rose, and it turns out that the camera isn’t watching you, specifically.
“This is a camera, but it is not a surveillance or video camera. Clear Channel uses it to monitor vandalism/graffiti on the digital advertising panels. Only the shelters with digital advertising have them (about 90 right now). The camera takes a photo of the panel every 8 seconds or so and transmits it back to Clear Channel —- it does not take photos of people.”
There you have it. As most riders know, you may be filmed inside the bus, but not in the Muni shelters.
BART Plans to Order New Cars in May 01.12.12
Last summer we told you about the proposed new BART cars and seats. Today SFGate reports that BART plans to order the first batch of these cars in May.
BART plans to buy a slick new ride – 260 new rail cars – for about $1 billion in May. The cars will sport a sleek modern look, cleaner seats, digital information displays, even air conditioning that works on hot days. And if transit officials are pleased, and can come up with another $2 billion or so, they’ll buy another 515 cars.
Don’t get too excited, though. After BART orders the new cars and the contract is awarded, the first of the test batch of new cars may arrive at the beginning of 2015.
Read the rest of the report.
Three Bloggers Walk Into BART… 01.10.12
And the journey turns into the best BART ride ever.
From Brokeass Stuart, who always knows how to turn on the fun:
We were all coming back from Allan’s (from MissionMission) birthday in Oakland. Ariel (also from Mission Mission) started doing flips on BART and eventually there were like four people doing them at a time. It was awesome!
See the rest of the acrobatics (and the romantic connection they inspired) at MissionMission.
Muni Diaries Live Full Lineup 01.09.12
Illustration by Jay Sacher
- Stephen Elliott, author of The Adderall Diaries and editor of The Rumpus.
- Sal Castaneda, longtime KTVU traffic reporter and radio host.
- Glynn Washington, executive producer of NPR’s Snap Judgment.
- Caitlin Gill, comedian and spoken-word artist.
- Chloe Veltman, host and producer of public radio’s VoiceBox.
- Pinched Nerve. San Francisco musician who will be performing his song, “Back Door, Step Down!”
- Jan Richman, author of Thrill-Bent, a new novel about roller coasters and Tourette’s syndrome.
Don’t forget to ready your stories for the audience-participation portion. You might just win a bag from San Francisco’s own Timbuk2, a $50 gift card to Tacolicious, or cool (temporary) tattoos from SFLocal.net.
We’ll have transit goodies for sale by Secession Art and Design, and everyone in our audience gets a special show discount on Muni Diaries shirts and wallets.
This is gonna be good. We can’t wait to see you there.
Muni Diaries Live
Elbo Room
647 Valencia Street
San Francisco, CA 94110
Take Muni there: J-Church, 12, 14, 22, 33, 49, or BART: 16th or 24th St stations
Sat., Jan. 21, doors: 6:30, show: 7 p.m. Tickets: $12.
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Event photography by Right Angle Images.
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