Category: News

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• Second Rewired PCC Accepted by Muni (Market Street Railway)
• Church Station Escalator Maintenance Through March (SFMTA)
• Muni communications system could receive funding boost next week (SF Examiner)
• SFMTA identifies $24 billion in long-term project needs (SF Examiner)
• BART to San Jose appears set to get federal OK (AP via SFGate)
• BART plans to order test batch of new cars in May (SFGate)
• BART’s Fleet of the Future: Update on key features for new train cars (BART.gov)

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Matthew Friedman of SFPD’s Mission Station writes us to say:

Greetings,

If at all possible we have a page on our site devoted to Muni safety. If there is any chance you could provide a link I would be most grateful.

No problem. Tips include:

• Passengers are reminded to be aware of their surroundings while traveling on Muni.
• Suspects prey on victims using these devices knowing they are distracted while texting or listening to music on PDAs, using laptops, and talking on cellular phones.
• Passengers should be careful to limit the use of these devices and always be aware of other passengers on the vehicle.

Great reminders here, folks. People are stealing phones on Muni all over town lately. Be careful out there.

PS: You can follow the Mission station on Twitter

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Another piece of news from the “you can’t make this shit up” files, SF Weekly reports that a drunk passenger stabbed another drunk man on Muni in the nose…with a fork.

From SFWeekly:

According to police, one rider’s tip through North Beach ended in a trip to the hospital after two drunk men got into a brawl, which involved, of all things, a dinner fork.

At about 2:30 a.m., an inebriated man was “yelling and screaming” on the bus, which was traveling along Columbus Avenue. The loud man was getting on his neighbor’s nerves and another drunk man told him to shut the hell up.

And because alcohol, testosterone, and Muni don’t seem to mix well, it wasn’t surprising that the two drunk passengers got into a fight. Instead of pulling out a knife, the suspect brandished a fork and stabbed the victim in the nose.

SFWeekly has the exciting conclusion to this story. Hint: it’s meal-themed.