Muni strikes pedestrian, who suffers serious head injury (update) 11.04.11
Photo by Ryan S.
Update (3:21 p.m.): Sad news, you guys. The victim, whose name hasn’t been released, has taken a turn for the worse. SFGate reports that her condition has gone from serious to critical.
Original post: An M-Ocean View struck a pedestrian at 19th Avenue and Junipero Serra yesterday evening. According to Bay City News (via SF Appeal):
The 19-year-old pedestrian was struck by a Muni vehicle on the M-Ocean View line. She suffered head trauma and was taken to San Francisco General Hospital, where she was in serious but stable condition as of this morning, according to police.
It’s unclear whether the vehicle was an M-Ocean View light-rail or shuttle bus; SF Weekly reports that it was a bus, while SF Appeal says it was an LRV. We’ll update as we learn more about the incident.
But what else does F stand for? 06.09.11
Photo by jon|k
Fun stuff in Twitterlandia @munidiaries: the alphabet according to Muni Metro.
@_mola_mola: #muni driver says: L is for late, M is for missing, T is for tardy.
@Bordash: is the N for never? i can’t come up with anything better.
@Owenchristoff: N: Non-existant. J: joke. K: Knocked-out :)
@simplelife9: And J and K is for Just Kidding, there really is no Muni in 5 minutes lol…
This all reminds us of that silly kerfuffle over T-shirts that mocked Muni routes.
Care to fill in the rest or add some to the list? F and S (Shuttle) are feeling left out of the party.
A new type of crime on Muni? 05.03.11
Photo by kurafire
Brian sends the following dispatch:
Just a quick note about a new (or new to me?) type of crime on Muni.
. then he came out later with a few items.. possibly the stack of transfers and something else? He was definitely NOT a MUNI employee. Afterwards he just sort of walked away, nonchalant like nothing happened. I think most of the other people on the platform were confused like me.. thinking, “Wait, did that guy just break into a active train?”
We’re checking with SFMTA and SFPD about whether this has been reported. Stay tuned.
Have you seen anything like this?
The M-Ocean View is for gentlemen 04.24.11
Flickr’s goofcitygoof has this to stay about her photo above:
I was heading for another car when I backtracked to this one so I could take a picture of these guys. Nice to see gentlemen wearing something other than jeans & running shoes.
We’re glad she went back.
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Photography Etiquette on Muni 05.20.10
Photo by Steve Rhodes
What’s proper etiquette when you take pictures of people on Muni?
Today rider Julia writes with a question concerning being photographed on Muni. She says:
I was waiting for the M at Forest Hill station on my way home. As the train pulled up to the stop, there was a seated guy who saw me and started staring at me. He was blatantly staring basically the whole time as I go on the train, found somewhere to stand, & put my bag down. I made occasional eye contact with him, which was the only time where he stopped staring. As the train entered West Portal station, he pulled out a DSLR, pointed it at me, and took four or five pictures of me. I had headphones so I guess he thought I couldn’t hear? But I was listening to Iron & Wine, so I could. Not cool, bro!
Time and time again I’ve been told that one of the most enjoyable aspects of reading Muni Diaries is stellar Muni pictures from photographers all around San Francisco. We rely a lot on people like the talented group at CaliberSF and the photographers in our Muni Flickr pool (eviloars, captin_nod, and Brian Brooks, to name just a few of the excellent folks we’ve found).
So dear photogs, what’s a good way of capturing a picture without being rude and weird?
Friendly Crush on Muni 05.04.10
Photo by Flickr user Rose Broome
Rider Rose Broome spotted this scene on the L some weeks back:
I’d just gotten on the M line at SF State heading downtown when I saw this group of students playing around sitting on each other (the M line is always packed!). I love the bright colors and the novelty of their muni-seat pile up!
I took it on February 1st 2009 using my Sony Ericsson S500i phone camera.
Thanks, Rose!
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Truck, M-Ocean View collide head-on at Randolph and Arch (update) 04.16.10
Update (3:53 p.m.): Chris tells us full service has resumed in this area.
Original post: Yet another “it just hasn’t been Muni’s day” post.
Rider Christopher Rogers tells us of an afternoon head-on collision between an M-Ocean View light-rail and a truck. According to Chris, there were no injuries. But the vehicles seem to have been damaged up real bad.
Chris adds: “They’re running shuttle buses on the outbound M route as of right now. LRVs are running inbound, though.”
Thanks, Chris!
How to really sleep on Muni 04.12.10
Photo by Flickr user SFNoob
We’ve posted about sleeping on the bus before — in fact, rider Kelsey reported that there is a special jacket to help you sleep on public transportation and even a Facebook group. One of my favorite sleeping on the bus moments was this adorable post of Muni Love. You know what, I love this picture so much that I am going to post it here again:
In any case, rider Alexia caught a picture of a rider who took sleeping on the bus to the next level (see her picture below). We really hope this passenger was just getting comfortable and not feeling unwell…
Raise a glass of OJ and wish Muni a better week 02.01.10
Because really, how could it be any worse? And when we say better for Muni, we really mean better for the hundreds of thousands of people who rely on the public transit system every day.
But before we get there, we’ve got a little catching up to do. Over the weekend, we received the following from Muni rider Darryl:
Although it’s probably not much of a surprise, but I think this week was probably one of Muni’s worst weeks for service since Brown was in office.
There were unexplained delays 3 out of 5 days headed between Castro Station and downtown. The usual 100-200 people waiting at rush hour.
[Friday] at 8:50am I took a snapshots [above] of almost the entire Muni fleet stuck between Van Ness and Embarcadero outbound at morning rush hour. Luckily got to work only 15 minutes late, but I feel sorry for anybody trying to get outbound or get anywhere later. No shuttles, no ETA, no explanation.
And to follow up on last Friday’s accident involving a pedestrian getting struck by and trapped under an M-Ocean View, Muni rider Allen showed us more from the scene, seen below. Go here for the original post, which includes photos sent in by Christopher. (The victim is alive, but reportedly in serious condition.)
The week was enough to dampen our attempt at keeping up rosy Muni dispositions. That’s saying a lot. At one point, we even condoned the use of taxis. Oh lord, forgive us, as we know not what we do.
So yes, here’s hoping the worst is behind us, and we can all get back to smelly, crowded, hot, wet trains and buses that get us to work only 12 minutes late.
Photos: Accident/backup at Randolph and Arch 01.29.10
We lied. We’re back, and with even more FAIL for you.
Christopher Rogers sent in the photos above and below. An M-Ocean View train struck and trapped a pedestrian at Randolph and Arch. MTA says the pedestrian has been transported to the hospital. The extent of that person’s injuries is unknown as of yet.
We’re hoping that Muni soon stops hurting people and we can go back to our normal telling of goofy stories that happen on buses and trains. Ugh.
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