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Best Transit Map Alternative on Apple’s iOS6

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With the removal of transit maps from Apple’s iOS6, what are you using to navigate Muni/BART/Caltrain? An app? Ask a stranger? A compass and sextant? What’s your solution to navigating around town?

We asked on Facebook and Twitter, and so far our commenters equally recommend Nextbus, Routesy, and paper maps (remember those)? The tally, in order of popularity:

  • Nextbus
  • Routesy
  • Paper maps
  • Maps.google.com
  • Map on the bus shelter
  • Lumatic City Maps
  • Hop Stop
  • The Transit App

What will you use on your iPhone to get around?

HT: Ed Casey of @BARTDiaries. Follow him on Twitter for all the BART hilarity you can get.

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Pro Level Muni Makeup Station

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Photo by @LeJazzHOT

This is, hands down, the most impressive makeup application on Muni that I have ever seen. I mean, you see a girl putting on eyeliner on the bus and you think, how dangerous and skillful! But check out what @LeJazzHOT busted out on the bus.

LeJazzHOt: Muni make up station. I’ve gotten far too good at this.

Can you make me over too? I’ve always wanted to learn how to do a smokey eye.

HT: @BunnyPistol.

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Bus Advertising That Stinks

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Talk about a captive audience. Dunkin’ Donuts has launched a unique olfactory ad campaign on buses in South Korea, spritzing morning commuters with smell of coffee. The campaign uses air freshener-like devices that squirt the coffee aroma when activated by a jingle in Dunkin’ Donuts radio ads that play on the buses. The ads are timed to air right before you roll up to a bus stop with Dunkin’ Donut ads and a Dunkin’ Donut shop located conveniently across the street.

The company says it has seen a 16 percent increase in visits to its stores. I guess the smell of coffee beats lots of other possible smells on the bus. What do you think of the ad campaign? Too creepy or kind of cool?

via Huffington Post

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Muni Trivia: Name This Mystery Gauge Thing

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Photo by @Shanna

Shanna asks on Twitter: “Any idea what this is measuring? Found it under the seat on Muni.”

We had no idea either, until we asked our Muni driver friend, who has an answer for us. “This is a measure for how much sand is left in the bags on the Light Rail Vehicles. The LRVs use a lot of sand on rainy days or for hard braking.”

The LRVs carry sand under the seats and drops sand onto the tracks for traction on rainy days or for hard braking in other situations.

One mystery solved.

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