Author: eugenia

Eugenia Chien has been eavesdropping on the 47, 49, or 1 lines since the mid-90's. She lives by the adage, "Anything can happen on Muni" (and also, "That's not water.")

Late night commercial shoot in West Portal station

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West Portal Station
Photo by Flickr user Whole Wheat Toast

Rider Chris saw something “indelibly strange” at the West Portal station last night:

Around 10:30 p.m., a full film crew (lighting, boom mics, folding chairs chairs; the whole shmear) was shooting a T-Mobile commercial on the inbound platform of West Portal station. Apparently some high-caliber “account executives” were on-scene to watch the filming take place, explained a production assistant (who was very clearly amped on something stronger than mere caffeine.)

Now, as this film shoot was happening, passengers and trains kept filing onto the platform as normal. Grandmothers with laden grocery bags consistently strode stolidly past the unmoving security guys and directly through the shoot. Utter chaos.

I have no idea how this concept got OK-ed by anyone (both on the commercial “creatives” side and in MUNI) but the pure and obvious silliness of the logistical problems posed by the outgoing trains and the waves of passengers still issuing through the station made for depths of absurdity that even Muni rarely reaches.

Alas, Chris was caught without a camera (dude, camera phone!).  If you captured this silliness (which I would loved to have witnessed), send us the photos, please!

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Weekend Photos: Facing Forward

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Royal Crown
Photo by Troy Holden

A week into the service cuts, you’ve let us know in pictures and in stories how these cuts are affecting you. Meanwhile, new audit and cut backs on fare enforcement drove most of Muni news this week:

– St. Francis Circle Rail-Replacement project schedule changes to being Monday (SFMTA)
– Muni Says It Agrees With Its Audit, Still Wants to Rebut It (SFAppeal)
– Fare inspectors aren’t law enforcement officials (Bay City News via SFAppeal)
– Graffiti moniker helps solve Muni case (Examiner)
– Supervisors Prepared to Reject SFMTA Budget if Muni Service Cuts Stay (StreetsBlog SF)
– Muni cuts back on fare enforcement in light of profiling concerns (Examiner)
– New Muni attendance policy in the works (Examiner)
– City Audit Slams Muni Labor, Management (SFWeekly)
– Suspicious package (burrito) disrupts the N (CBS5)

This Sunday is Bay to Breakers so if you’re not running/walking/stumbling under the influence, be sure to check out the impacted Muni schedule due to the race.

Oh hey, is that a Muni Banksy in that photo below?

Enjoy the pictures and your weekend. And if you take any Bay to Breaker photos on Muni, we want to know, like, asap!

Go Humans Go
Photo by Thomas Hawk

(Inverted) Muni Banksy
Photo by Flickr user dumbeast

urban blur #3
Photo by Flickr user optimal tweezer

Category: diaries

Best Wedding Exit Ever from Car-Free Challenge

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Sure, yesterday was bike-to-work day, but for a lot of us, every day is bus-to-work day. To celebrate being car-free and to raise some funds, an organization called TransForm is holding a “car-free challenge” whereby you can set a personal low-mileage goal and have the chance to win some movie passes, a goodie bag, and moral points for the environment. Transform’s promo video, “The Best Wedding Exit Ever,” is pretty hilarious too.

Category: News

Debating the What and Where of Caltrain’s ‘Pimp Seat’

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short ride to someplace
Photo by Flickr user jovenjames

Over the past couple of weeks, we’ve seen a variety of tweets from Caltrain riders who expressed glee in nabbing the “pimp seat” on the train. This made us wonder: What is the pimp seat on the train? So we took to Twitter to find out.

Luckily, readers and riders were happy to help; consensus is that the pimp seat is on the upper level of an old-school car. It’s the double seat at the very back, giving riders room to stretch out and store their stuff, too.

There also appears to be a decoy pimp seat:

And thoughts on if it’s fair for shorties to grab this special spot:

Finally, @Ryan sent a picture of how awesome the pimp seat can be:

Are these guys right? Is this the best seat on the train?

Category: Caltrain
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