Time Capsule: 1920-1930 Muni Maps 03.09.12
Photo by Eric Fischer
Over at Muni Time Capsule this morning, we posted a photo of some Muni maps from the decade leading up to the Great Depression. The charm here is anything but depressing.
Have a look — there’s even an instance of “Muny” as an actual acronym!
Muni Diaries, now on Pinterest and Tumblr! 03.07.12
Are you on Pinterest or Tumblr? So are we!
On the Muni Diaries Pinterest account, you can follow boards like Muni pets, strange cargo, or Muni wedding (and lots of other stuff that’s…only on Muni).
On the Muni Diaries Tumblr blog, we’re curating the best of transit life from the Bay Area and beyond. Way beyond. Like this hilariously lazy DC Metro cop on his Segway, riding on the escalator.
So if you’re on Pinterest or Tumblr, come on over and keep us company.
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Tell SXSW: What’s on your Muni Wishlist? 03.01.12
Photo by Agent Akit
We don’t have to tell you that our public transit system is far from perfect. So what do you do to make up for what our bus system lacks?
This year we’re honored to be on a panel at South by Southwest to talk about data solutions for public transportation. We’ve seen the many ways that Muni riders use social media to communicate about what’s happening on the bus in real time when the official information isn’t fast enough. So tell us how you think Muni and other transit systems can use technology to improve our commute:
What’s on your Muni wishlist?
More bus shelters with NextBus data? Better arrival prediction? Yet another Muni mobile app? Throw your wish in the hat!
And if you’re going to be at South by Southwest, please come to our panel:
Sexy* Data Solutions for Public Transit
Monday, March 12
11:00AM -12:00PM
AT&T Conference Hotel
Salon D
*according to SXSW
Muni Time Capsule: Tug-Metro Pulls Its Predecessor to Pasture 02.10.12
Image from a video by Jeremy W.
Over at Muni Time Capsule this morning, we bring video and photos of a scene earlier in the week. Using a two-car Breda LRV, Muni tugged one of its few remaining old Boeing streetcars from Mint Yard (behind Safeway on Market) to Metro Yard (near Balboa Park).
Click on over to Muni Time Capsule to learn more of Muni’s past.
Hot Valentine’s Day Contest on our Facebook Page 02.08.12
Photo by David Lytle
Hey you. Yeah, you. The one making come hither eyes at me across the aisle on the J-Church. Muni Diaries is looking for your tales of love and lust aboard public transit. Aside from instant fame and exhibitionism, you could win a goodie bag from Good Vibrations. Yep. Mhm.
Head over to the Muni Diaries Facebook, like us, and let the e-ink spill. Post your best fatal attraction story there, tell your friends to like your story, then hold your breath.
You have until midnight on Feb. 13 to enter. The winner will be announced on Valentine’s Day, Feb. 14.
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!
The Accordion Files — Cool Things in Muni’s Squishy Part 01.05.12
Photo by Frank Deanrdo
Then, @SF_CableCar offered this suggestion:
Fun! Maybe you should start a section dedicated to unusual happenings in the accordion part of the bus & call it ‘The Accordion Files.’
Cable cars have the best ideas. Ask and ye shall receive.
Forget the back of the bus; sit in the gooey center and tell us what’s happening in it. You, too, might find great shoes or, as Jeff did a few years ago, a guy who rubs his snot on the handrail. Ew!
This idea couldn’t have come at a better time. On the 38 recently, I sat in the accordion and wondered what would happen if I and the three others had to make like Sandra Bullock and save the bus or even the world. Indeed, what if I, the lady praying her rosary, the girl with 80 shopping bags in the aisle, and the impeccably dressed older gentleman were humanity’s only hope? The accordion does wacky things to a lone rider with a dead phone.
Though we may never see that level of excitement, we still want to hear about it. Email us, tweet us @munidiaries, or chat us up on the Muni Diaries Facebook Page.
TEP Environmental Review Meetings Today and Tomorrow 12.06.11
SFMTA has announced that it has prepared its Transit Effectiveness Project (TEP) for environmental review. It is holding public meetings this evening and tomorrow so you can get a sense of the proposal as it exists today.
Details:
One South Van Ness Ave., Floor 2
6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, December 6, and Wednesday, December 7
More info on the meetings here. More on TEP here.
Art Show Tonight, Starring Muni 12.01.11
You can see her show all December. The opening party starts at 5:30 p.m. tonight.
Reuse, Recycle, Refurbish
Opening reception on Thursday, December 1st, 5:30-7:30 pm
625 Sutter Street Gallery
625 Sutter Street, San Francisco
Take Muni there: 2, 3, 38, 76, or the cable car if you feel fancy
Photographers Wanted: Step Up to Shoot for ‘I Live Here: SF’ 11.29.11
Photo: Julie Michelle/tangobaby
As big believers in the shared urban experience, as well as the idea that everyone has a story to tell, we’re all peas in a curious pod.
Now, Julie turns the lens inward as she navigates troubled waters, sharing a little about herself:
I love this city. I love it for all of the things that make it visually and emotionally beautiful. I even love the unpleasant things about the city, in a way. Because no thing shines as brightly without a shadow somewhere in the picture.
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I realize now that this project is not just mine, but part of the bigger community here: the one that has encouraged and supported me, and also one that wanted to share and be discovered.
There are people who have written stories and are waiting on me to photograph them, and I simply cannot say when that will happen again. But I want their stories and images to be shared here, and perhaps some of you would like to join in.
Photographers: if this sounds like you, let Julie know you’re interested in stepping up to the plate for an installment of I Live Here: SF. Here’s contact info for Julie Michelle, plus additional details, toward the bottom of her post.
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