Muni Rider Stabbed In Neck After Intervening In Argument

A Muni passenger was stabbed in the neck with scissors when the passenger tried to intervene in an argument between a suspect and the Muni driver Friday afternoon, reports Bay City News (via SF Appeal). This happened near Market and Hayes streets.

According to the report, the suspect and the bus driver were arguing when the passenger tried to calm the suspect down and was then stabbed in the neck, according to San Francisco police Sgt. Michael Andraychak.

The rider suffered “superficial injuries,” and the suspect was taken into custody, says the SF Appeal.

Scary stuff.

Your Weekend Transit Advisory: Last Sunday Streets of 2012

This Sunday marks the last Sunday Streets of this year. Sad face! Does this mean our Indian summer is really over? There are a few more street fairs affecting Muni routes this weekend.

Potrero Hill Festival and Street Fair

On Saturday the 23rd annual Potrero Hill Festival and Street Fair will be held from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on 20th Street between Wisconsin and Missouri streets. For event details, please visit http://potrerofestival.com.

The 10 Townsend Muni route will be affected.

Urban Air Market

On Saturday the Urban Air Market will be on Haight Street between Webster and Pierce streets from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.

The following Muni routes will be affected:

  • 6 Parnassus
  • 71 Haight-Noriega

Fiesta on the Hill

On Sunday the 24th annual Fiesta on the Hill Bernal Heights’ Street Fair will be held from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. For event details, please visit www.sresproductions.com/fiestaonthehill.html

The 24 Divisadero Muni route will be affected.

Sunday Streets Excelsior District

The final Sunday Streets event this year will be held this Sunday in the Excelsior District. The route includes the bustling outer Mission merchant corridor from Silver to Seneca avenues and connects with Balboa BART station half block from the southern start of the route at Seneca and San Jose avenues. The route (see attached map) will be available for recreational activities from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. The event is free to all participants.

For further event details, please visit www.sundaystreetssf.com.

The following Muni routes will be affected:

  • 14 Mission
  • 14L Mission Limited
  • 29 Sunset
  • 49 Van Ness-Mission
  • 52 Felton

Excelsior Arts and Music Festival

On Sunday the 10th annual Excelsior Arts and Music Festival will be held from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Mission Street For event details, please visit www.excelsiorfestival.org

The following Muni routes will be affected:

  • 14 Mission
  • 14L Mission Limited
  • 49 Mission-Van Ness

Neato: Stylin’ Golden Gate Bridge Clipper Card Now Available

It pays to wait on buying some things, as we can see right here. That’s right, everyone, this is a designer Clipper card. My friend and Muni Diaries Live photog, Kevin, just got this in the mail, and I hate him for it.

Go ahead and lament your boring blue one now.

Anyway, this special Clipper card is on sale now to commemorate the Golden Gate Bridge’s 75th anniversary year. You can get one at the Golden Gate Customer Service Center in the San Rafael Transit Center, or you can buy one online in the Golden Gate Bridge store for $25. It’s considerably more expensive than the blue ones, but we’re talking about the price of fashion (and local history), folks!

Update: The $25 actually includes $18 of pre-paid transit funds! This is a steal, everyone. Now if only it wasn’t a colossal pain in the ass to trade up.

Muni driver returns lost briefcase


Photo by MetaGrrrl

And then there are stories of Muni drivers being RAD.

Muni driver Kimberly Robinson found a briefcase left behind by a passenger on her bus in September. And lo and freaking behold, she did the right thing.

And here’s the best part: The briefcase contained a personal letter from Barack Obama to Michael Hackamack, the briefcase’s owner. Did the prez mention in this letter that he planned to mop the floor with Mitt Romney’s designer hair gel in last night’s debate?

Also, Hackamack is just a really fun name.

ABC 7 has the whole story.

Transit News: BART sister agency, sketchy BART bids, Transbay Tube walker, free Muni for kids is back


Photo by Confetti

  • BART and Shanghai Metro to Develop Sister Agency Affiliation (BART.gov)
  • Behind closed doors, BART closes, reopens bids on contested project (The Bay Citizen)
  • Editorial: Central Subway will move San Francisco in right direction (SF Examiner)
  • Man Tries to Walk to Oakland Through the Transbay Tube, Prompts BART Shutdown (SFist)
  • Supes Committee Approves Union Square Central Subway Plan (SF Appeal)
  • Free Muni youth plan could be revived with new funding from MTC (SF Examiner)

Your Weekend Transit Advisory

San Francisco Bulls Hockey Games
On Friday and Saturday the SF Bulls will play two home games against Bakersfield Condors at the Cow Palace. Each game will begin at 7:15 p.m. For event details, please visit sfbulls.com.

The following Muni routes will be affected:

8X Bayshore Express
8BX Bayshore B Express
9 San Bruno

Outer Noriega Merchants Street Fair
On Saturday the 2nd annual Outer Noriega Merchants Street Fair will take place from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the Sunset District.

Noriega Street between 45th and 46th avenues will be closed from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m.

The 71 Haight-Noriega Muni route will be affected.

Nike Women’s Marathon
On Sunday the 9th annual Nike Women’s Marathon will be held throughout San Francisco, beginning with staggered start times at 5:30 a.m. for walkers and 7 a.m. for runners at Union Square and finishing at The Great Highway between Lincoln Way and JFK Drive by 4 p.m. For event details, please visit www.halfmarathons.net.

The following Muni lines and routes and lines will be affected:

Starting at 11 p.m., Saturday
3 Jackson
18 46th Avenue
38 Geary (including Owl)

Sunday
Powell-Hyde Cable Car
Powell-Mason Cable Car
California Cable Car
F Market & Wharves
1 California
2 Clement
3 Jackson
5 Fulton
8X Bayshore Express
10 Townsend
12 Folsom-Pacific
18 46th Avenue
19 Polk
23 Monterey
28 19th Avenue
29 Sunset
30 Stockton
38 Geary
43 Masonic
47 Van Ness
49 Van Ness-Market
91 Owl

The only Muni re-routes will be in the Union Square area from 4 to 10 a.m., Sunday; however, there may be some delays at other locations on the course.

Inner Sunset Sundays
On Sunday the Inner Sunset Sundays will take place on Irving Street from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m.

Irving Street between 9th and 10th avenues will be closed from 6 a.m. to 11 p.m.

Heavy ridership is expected on Muni bus lines and routes around the event area.

49ers Football Game
The San Francisco 49ers will host their sixth home game on Sunday, against the New York Giants starting at 1:25 p.m. at the Candlestick Park.

Muni offers several ways to get to Candlestick Park from locations throughout San Francisco. There are four Muni Express routes and two Shuttles.

The Muni Express route is Special Event Fare Service
· Adult fare: $12 roundtrip
· Youth/Senior/Disabled fare: $10 roundtrip
· Muni monthly pass, Passport or CityPass Special Event Add-on fare: $8 roundtrip (adult and discount pass holders)

The Candlestick Shuttles are regular fare service, $2 adult per trip and $.75 for youth/senior/disabled per trip.

In order for Clipper customers with a monthly pass to obtain the add-on fare discount, at least $8 in cash value must be loaded to their Clipper cards prior to boarding the special event Muni service.

Customers can load their cards online at www.clippercard.com (please allow at least five days for processing), or at one of the participating Clipper vendors or ticket vending machines in a Muni Metro station. Please go to www.sfmta.com for fare details.

For service to and from the game, T Third customers should transfer at the Gilman/Paul station to the 87 Candlestick Shuttle, which operates directly between the station and Candlestick Park.

Muni customers may purchase their fare in advance. SFMTA staff will sell Muni fares from 10:25 a.m. at the following locations:

· Balboa Park BART Station
· Sutter Street/Sansome Street

Pre-game Service:
· 75X Candlestick Express – from Balboa Park BART
· 77X Candlestick Express – from California and Van Ness
· 78X Candlestick Express – from California and Funston
· 79X Candlestick Express – from Sutter and Sansome
· 86 Candlestick Shuttle – from Bacon and San Bruno
· 87 Candlestick Shuttle – from Third Street and Gillman, T Third Station

Post-game Service:
· 75X Candlestick Express – to Balboa Park BART
· 77X Candlestick Express – to Van Ness and North Point
· 78X Candlestick Express – to California and Funston
· 79X Candlestick Express – to Kearny and Sutter
· 86 Candlestick Shuttle – to Bacon and San Bruno
· 87 Candlestick Shuttle – to Third Street and Gillman, T Third Station

79X Candlestick Express Re-route
The southbound 79X Candlestick Express, which provides express service to the 49ers game from downtown, will be re-routed all season due to Central Subway construction on Stockton and 4th streets. Customers traveling to the game can board the 79X Candlestick Express at the following locations:

· Sutter and Sansome
· Sutter and Kearny

79X Candlestick Express Re-route continued

· Mason and Geary
· Cyril Magnin and Market
· 5th Street and Mission
· 5th Street and Howard
· 5th Street and Folsom

The southbound buses will then travel express to Candlestick Park from 5th and Folsom. Northbound buses will remain on their regular route.

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