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But what else does F stand for?

June 9, 2011 Tara 5 comments

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.

Category: diaries, Funny: Muni LOLs Tags: F-Market/Wharves, J-Church, K-Ingleside, L-Taraval, M-Ocean View, N-Judah, T-Third

Ramon Abad’s Muni Monsters

June 9, 2011 jeff Leave a comment

Via The Bold Italic, we found Ramon Abad‘s lovely little illustrations, like the one above. For more, check out Ramon’s site. Maybe SFMTA can adorn underground stations with this art, kinda like how BART did with Josh Ellingson‘s.

Category: diaries, reflection

Ballad for the quarante-neuf-Van Ness

June 8, 2011 Tara 5 comments

49 Van Ness from Jon Reyes on Vimeo.

I believe there’s an international school or a hostel on Van Ness, because I often hear hip, young French folks parlez les français. Last week, I watched a group of French students tote a ridiculously large graduation balloon on a full bus. One of them asked me if we had a name for the pinchy chip-clip thing that’s often attached to mylar balloons. I called it a clip, but perhaps balloon enthusiasts will know more. Though I sadly couldn’t get a photo of that one, we at least have this: more French stuff on a Van Ness line.

I take 47s and 49s — pardon, les quarante-septs et les quarante-neufs — all the time and it’s always a treat when I come up on such students. It helps me think dreamily of Paris instead of the yelling guy who shows up on the 47 in the early evenings.

This rules.

Thx: @stankpalmer

Category: diaries, reflection Tags: 49-Van Ness

Open Thread: Love, hate, and etiquette

June 8, 2011 jeff 22 comments

Photo by (Erica)

The Bold Italic has a post up today about proper behavior on Muni that they say was inspired by Muni Diaries. That means that their post was inspired by you, yes you. Muni Diaries is yours, baby. We just turn the lights on and off.

And now it’s time for another open thread. Have at it. Talk about whatever you want, so long as it’s Muni-related. Possible topics include, but are not limited to:

Next week’s inauguration of the NX-Judah express bus
Next month’s Fast Pass and cable car fare increases
SFMTA says its cameras cut accidents
Driver training gone horribly awry (via Akit’s Complaint Department)

Category: diaries, WTF: Weirdness on Muni Tags: open-thread