Transit News: BART says ‘no’ to poo and pee, Muni vs. private shuttles, Muni overtime

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  • With packed vehicles people opt for private cars, SFMTA says (SF Examiner)
  • BART to (Finally) Ban Peeing and Pooping Criminals From Riding its Trains (SF Weekly)
  • Supervisors call payment plan to BART a ripoff (SF Examiner)
  • New loading zone proposed on Van Ness Avenue to ease issues with private shuttles and Muni (SF Examiner)
  • New Audit Uncovers Irregularities, Lack Of Oversight Of SF Muni Overtime (CBS)

49er pride and Muni’s plans for the Super Bowl

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Photo courtesy eze415 via @verbalcupcake

The Super Bowl is tomorrow. The San Francisco 49ers will play some football team or another in the Super Bowl. You will probably watch the game on TV, because you either a) are a 49ers fan, b) love commercials, c) both, d) are laid up in bed with that flu that’s going around, and have no choice but to watch the Super Bowl. Wait, are we allowed to write “Super Bowl”? I guess we have to hope so.

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Five Mini Muni Moments This Week

muni escalator by smelania
Photo by smelania

What happened on Muni this week? Kai the chocolatier rode the 22-Fillmore with a backpack full of 15 pounds of cooked bacon, which made the bus smell like bacon. In related delicious smells, a woman’s bag broke on the 1-California, and a bottle of maple syrup shattered on the floor. Elsewhere, Sara was reading a textbook for her Emerging Diseases class while riding Muni and diagnosed some likely cases around her. “I like your haircut, but you should dye it,” a stranger said to an unassuming woman with a salt and pepper pixie cut.

And finally, here’s a song relating to an important Muni etiquette:
“Close, close, close your legs/when you ride the bus/Verily, verily, verily, verily/your junk can’t be THAT large.”

This week’s Muni moments are from @noshthis, @bozzygoestowork, @happysara89, @dewright07, and @CAwkward.

Don’t forget to follow and @ us your best Muni moments at @munidiaries!

Your Weekend Transit Advisory: Lunar New Year flowers, construction reroutes, the so-called big game

Lots going on this weekend. And some sort of “football” game or something, or the other. Check it out:

Chinese New Year Flower Fair
On Saturday and Sunday the Chinese New Year Flower Fair will be held in Chinatown from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., Saturday and 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., Sunday. For more event details, please visit www.sanfranciscochinatown.com.

The following Muni routes will be affected:
10 Townsend
12 Folsom-Pacific

Street Closure for Building Construction
Beginning 11 p.m., Friday until 5 a.m., Monday, 5th Street between Market and Mission streets will be closed for building construction work.

To direct traffic during the closure, there will be flaggers or SF Police Officers will be on site at the intersection of Market, Mission and Howard streets on 5th Street. Motorists travelling in this area are advised to allow extra travel time and to use alternate routes including 4th, 6th and Howard streets.

The following Muni routes will be affected:
27 Bryant
8X Bayshore Express
30 Stockton
45 Union-Stockton
91 Owl

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