Month: April 2010

Saving Muni From Itself

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Ignoring The Space Between Windows
Photo by eviloars

Finally.

SF Weekly’s cover story this week is a bajillion-word feature that finally does the myriad ills affecting Muni some justice. We won’t spill too many words here, so as to save your retinas. But please, if you ride and/or care about the future of public transit in your city, read this article.

The feature comes on the heels of the Board of Supervisors yesterday rejecting a motion to strike next month’s 10 percent service cuts (via Streetsblog SF) based on violations of state environmental regulations. And, for what it’s worth, Matier and Ross blame the operators union (exactly the kind of finger-pointing and blame-gaming the SF Weekly article disparages … the problems with Muni are as complex as navigating SF streets in a 40-foot articulated, you guys).

(We apologize for yet another interruption from our regular, storytelling programming. We feel this to be important enough. Plus, we’ll be back shortly with more wild tales of life aboard the mobile circus that is Muni.)

Category: News

Sonic Enhancement on Muni

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Video by RobotGirlAttacks

Yesterday, we tweeted SFist’s Afternoon Palette Cleanser, “Opera” on the Muni. There’s so much to say about that, but I think SFist’s Jay summed it up just fine:

“[T]his is a town that loves wackiness and loves to interact on public transportation.”

Damn, that would make a nice Muni Diaries tagline, dontcha think?

Anyhow, to continue that theme, we bring you this (improv) ditty from the back of the bus. My favorite part is the girl near the camera, who seems none too thrilled, but then starts bobbing her head around 0:36. Rhythms can be infectious that way, eh?

Category: diaries, reflection

Muni Service Cuts: Illegal?

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Rain, rain, go away
Photo by Flickr user ecastro

Is Muni’s proposed service reduction legal? That’s the topic of discussion at Tuesday’s Board of Supervisors meeting, the Examiner reports.

Transit activist David Pilpel filed an appeal with the Board of Supervisors saying the cuts, which save about $29 million, violate the California Environmental Quality Act guidelines, according to KCBS.

In a nutshell, Pilpel’s appeal says that the SFMTA should have conducted a state-mandated environmental review of the proposed 10 percent service cuts. Meanwhile, the MTA says that they don’t need to because they’ve declared a fiscal emergency. We’ll keep you updated.
Category: News

How to really sleep on Muni

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Sleep Guy
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…

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Weekend Photos: Gone Fishin’

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Take Your Work More Seriouslly
Photo by Troy Holden

By sheer coincidence, both of your editors are starting the weekend early, namely by getting eff outta town. We both left this morning. But the robots that really run the site were nice enough to promise us they’d publish this post for us in our absence. (Note to robot: please also do my taxes and laundry by the time I get back. Thanks!)

If you’re a Muni Diaries regular, and haven’t already, please take a couple minutes this weekend to fill out our redesign survey. We’re about to tweak the way the site looks just a little, and we want your input. Doing so might get you a free drink.

Car 130 San Francisco
Photo by Flickr user Nick Fisher

Muni tracks
Photo by Flickr user apasciuto


Photo by Flickr user contrasts

Category: diaries, Photos

Cars of 2-Car N-Judah Separate (w/more photos)

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Oh shit! @immunoqueen was on the scene. She sent us these photos. Cra-zay! From immunoqueen:

It’s kinda awesome that after weeks of reading posts about strange disasters on Muni that I get to add my own, even though it means I’m stuck on my commute home. Here are some pics I took with my iPhone; I have some other blurry shots of the tunnel where you can see the surrounding stalled trains as well if you want them. The last one is of the wall next to the tiny space in the tunnel we had to walk along to evacuate.

Update: Default Attorney, whom you may recognize from comments on Muni Diaries, and who tells us he’s started a new site Between the Lines about what people are reading on Muni, sends us this photo of the fiasco:

@immunoqueen’s photos (also, the top photo is from her):

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