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  • Man Arrested For Masturbating At Muni Stop (SF Appeal)
  • BART Board Votes To Relax Rush Hour Bike Ban For Five Month Trial Period (SF Appeal)
  • Muni Presents Hideous Numbers at Transit Hearing (SF Weekly)

Attack at Grove/Van Ness Muni Stop

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Muni rider Erin and her friend told us that they were attacked last Friday at the Grove and Van Ness Muni stop. She sent us her account of the harrowing experience.

Last Friday at 12:30 a.m., my friend and I were walking back from a concert on Fell street up Van Ness. When we crossed to walk in front of City Hall, a group of guys attacked us at the Muni stop on Grove and Van Ness. I think it’s the 47/49 stop right behind City Hall. It was about five or six boys, all looked like teenagers or young adults. It seemed like they had it planned, and they just started beating the crap out of my friend as I tried to call for help. Read more

What if BART ran Muni?

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Last week, a thought occurred to us: What if the agency that runs BART took its turn running Muni? It’s not necessarily a new question, but it’s a fun thought experiment nonetheless.

Would BART make Muni better? Worse? The same? Would running San Francisco’s buses, metro trains, streetcars, and cable cars actually make BART worse?

Here’s the mixed bag of what some of you had to say (responding to the question over at @munidiaries):

  • “all for it. Especially if they bring the BART robot voice to MUNI bus announcements.” @jcsnotes
  • “what would be better is if we had a comprehensive Bay Area wide transit system instead of a dozen transit fiefdoms” @biohzrd
  • “anything would be better than Muni running muni.” @Jynx69637
  • “cons: very noisy underground & wouldnt run 24/7. Pros: much much faster” @Medium_Matt
  • “it’d be harder to get pee off the cushioned seats” @CrusaderMaximus
  • “if muni could be a closed system with its own right of ways… This is like comparing apples to a shitstorm.” @cripsahoy
  • “you would have shorter buses during commute hours for no apparent reason” @bellacantare
  • “likely the better of two evils. I’m convinced mta is ran by a chimp who’s addicted to meth.” @richardsondh

What do you think? What if BART ran Muni?

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