Your place to share stories on and off the bus.
J.B. Davis snapped this photo of a sleek, new Muni bus sitting at one of the bus yards. Here’s what J.B. had to say about the bus:
Guess Muni were testing this new thing out, but after speaking to someone who works at the yard, it turns out the refueling box (top) is too big and the bus wont clear the standard garage/bus washes. Looks a hell of a look better than the current hybrids SF has.
We agree. And, too bad. We’re ready for the future to arrive, already.
“38 Geary, 6 a.m.: I see this guy on the bus every morning when I used to work at a coffee shop. He’d always sit in the front of the bus, and when I would get on, I would sometimes thumble a bit because I never had an easy time getting my dollar bill to fit into the fare machine. Anyway, this guy would watch me, close his eyes, and shake his head, because clearly I was the biggest moron who everwalked the earth.”
I love his animation and storytelling, so I highly recommend checking out his short clip above. The Rumpus also did an excellent interview with Yilmaz last year.
Hat tip: Milk and Cookies.
Photo by Jayne
Kind of reminds me of this photo that we’ve seen before of a man waiting for the bus on his own comfy seat:
Photo by davitydave
And this sodden couch for anyone waiting for the 22-Fillmore:
Photo by Jason
Or if you’d like to swivel around while you wait…
Photo by Danny Howard
Some people aren’t satisfied with the seating once they get on the bus…
Photo by @amber_kit
Photo by Tina
Photo by John C
These crafty knitters in Philly took it a step further (via Wooster Collective)
Wow. Well, I guess even though Muni seats are less gross than BART seats, you can never be too careful!
As Andrew says:
It was like Bring Your Son to Work Day, only with a 28-year-old kid. I asked if I could take the wheel, but he slapped my hands. Some things never change.
Also, per Andrew, this fun fact: It requires tons of torque to move the steering wheel on most Muni buses, in case there was any doubt. That’s why lots of drivers wear gloves.
This post was too good NOT to be considered for our 100 Days, 100 Muni Stories feature. We’re asking you to share your best Muni stories, and the four best will appear in ads on every single bus in town later this year. Send us your stories, or tag your best Muni tweets #100MuniStories!
Photo by Jamison Wieser
Not quite. But that didn’t stop a gaggle of tweeters yesterday evening from fantasizing.
It started with a casual tweet from @murphstahoe:
Bars should be able to get a Clipper reader, and give $2 off your first drink if you rode Muni in the last 20 minutes.
We spawned a hashtag: #clipperbooze, and from there, imagination ran wild. Here are some of the musings:
and free rides over a certain BAC %! the drivers can get those portable breathalyzers 😀 — @cripsahoy
bars should just take Clipper. Would speed adoption! — @jcsnotes
I think the breathalyzers would be better used on the #muni drivers… — @duggi
They’d have to put a breathalyzer on the clipper card, though. #clipperbooze — @geekpondering
Yes! To alleviate IRS on pretax $$$, bars name drinks after lines “I’ll have a K-Ingleside straight up” #clipperbooze — @jcsnotes
Broken Clipper fare readers in bars = free drink! #clipperbooze — @LSH
Ah, San Francisco. This all reminds us of another creative use for Clipper Cards. If you’ve got other creative, alcohol-infused ideas for Clipper, don’t forget to use “#clipperbooze” on Twitter.