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Transit News: BART car builders, AC Transit BRT, Muni BRT

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  • Testy meeting over BART railcar contract (SFGate)
  • AC Transit approves bus rapid transit project in Oakland and San Leandro (SJ Mercury News)
  • Behold: Shiny, New Church Street Station Escalator (SFist)
  • Ex-Muni boss Nat Ford tops SF list with half-million payout (Matier & Ross)
  • Muni set to target fare dodgers (SF Examiner)
  • San Francisco is ready to commit to real BRT on Van Ness (Transbay Blog)
  • Man Critically Injured In Muni Stop Stabbing (BCN via SF Appeal)
  • Bruce Oka off Muni Board — Just Five Commissioners Left to Vote on Central Subway Bond (SF Weekly)
  • This Week: Van Ness BRT Plan Unveiled and Final TEP Workshops (Streetsblog SF)
  • BART unveils new draft bicycle plan, seeks public comment (BART.gov)
  • Backup plan crafted for central subway funding (SF Examiner)
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Muni Diaries Birthday Party Surprise

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Last Saturday we celebrated our fourth birthday with a party at the Make-Out Room where we shared margaritas and chicharoones and mugged in front of the Orange Photography photobooth, all to tunes from the golden age of hip hop.

One of the best surprises that evening came from rider Christa, who brought these cool Fast Pass name tags for everybody just for fun!You might remember Christa’s other crafty endeavor, a 22-Fillmore Moleskin notebook.

Here she is wearing one of the fun name tags.

So thoughtful! Reminds me of the time when Rachel brought these cute Muni line mini cupcakes to Muni Diaries Live.

Thanks Christa!

We have more photos from the party courtesy of Orange Photography. Stay tuned!

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Transit News: Central Subway funds, BART tiny tickets, bad week for Muni

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  • U.S. House bill might kill Central Subway funds (SF Examiner)
  • BART’s Tiny Tickets make lasting change (City Insider)
  • SF Puts Brakes on an App for Transit (The Bay Citizen)
  • BART Comes Under Fire For Choosing Canadian Firm For New Cars (SF Appeal)
  • Questions remain after death at Muni station (SF Examiner)
  • Putting Muni back on the right track (SF Examiner)
  • Muni’s Bad Luck Continues: N Judah Briefly Disrupted After Sunset Collision Thursday Morning (SF Appeal)
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Muni Rider Stabbed With a Fork

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A Muni rider was stabbed with a fork on the 22-Fillmore after an argument, the San Francisco Examiner reports:

The 23-year-old victim was sitting on the bus near 16th Street and Potrero Avenue just before 5 p.m. when a 51-year-old man sat down next to her and spread his legs wide, police Sgt. Daryl Fong said.

This made the woman uncomfortable, so she got up and stood next to the back door to get off at the next stop, Fong said.

The suspect got up and began yelling at her. The two engaged in an argument before the bus stopped in the 2100 block of 16th Street, Fong said. The suspect pushed past her to get off the bus. She pushed back, and he allegedly turned around and stabbed her in the hand with a fork before fleeing the scene.

Wait, so the seat hog (otherwise known as a mansitter) happened to have a dinner fork with him? Is a dinner fork the new self defense weapon?

This is not the first cutlery-related incident on Muni, mind you. Last year two drunk man got into it on Muni and one of them stabbed the other with a dinner fork. That particular trip ended in the hospital.

Look out for forks, folks.

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More Muni Service Proposal Workshops

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Streetsblog SF reports that Muni’s Transit Effectiveness Proposal (TEP) is now available in detail on SFMTA’s website.

According to Streetsblog, outreach meetings haven’t exactly gone according to plan.

A recent workshop on the 14 and 22 lines in the Mission was derailed by a small but vocal group who dominated the discussion with unrelated complaints, according to reports from some who attended. To help provide a more balanced and constructive conversation at future workshops, riders eager to see more reliable Muni service on these corridors must be well represented.

Wait. You’re saying that a Muni-related discussion was dominated by unrelated complaints? What city are we in, again?

Anyway, SFMTA will be holding five more TEP workshops, for the 28-19th Avenue, 30-Stockton, 8x-Bayshore Express, 14-Mission, 5-Fulton, and 22-Fillmore. Check SFMTA’s website for the schedule. And if you ride one of these lines, let your concerns be heard. And try to stay on target with your complaints.

Details of TEP can also be found on SFMTA’s site.

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Just Added: Free Margaritas at Muni Diaries Birthday DJ Party This Saturday

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We just added one more very good reason for you to come to our 4th birthday DJ party this Saturday: free margaritas!

The nice folks at Young’s Market and el Jimador are giving everyone free margs Saturday night while supplies last! So you can wash down the Chairman Bao buns you just bought, or the 4505 chicharonnes that we’ll have for the first 30 people who ask.

A couple of readers have asked us whether there will be storytelling at the party: unlike our regular events, the birthday party is just a DJ party to celebrate our birthday! Well, not just a DJ party but a DJ party with free margaritas, photobooth, and door prizes! Our regular spoken word events will be back in July.

Muni Diaries 4th Birthday DJ Party
April 28 6 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Free!
Make-Out Room
3225 22nd Street
Routes serving the area: BART 24th St. Station, 12, 14, 22, 33, 48, 49, 67

Come and toss one back with us!

* Free El Jimador margaritas while supplies last!
* Jam to 90s hip hop courtesy of DJ SMA of DEBASER.
* Look sharp and hop into the Orange Photography photo booth.
* Munch on free 4505 Meats chicharrones while supplies last.
* Enter to win prizes from Good Vibrations and Timbuk2
* The Chairman Bao truck will be right outside of the Make-Out Room!

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