Category: News

Forget “where’s my bus??” Where in god’s name is my NextBus?!

An outage on Sunday at NextBus left thousands of riders extra clueless about when the bus was coming, according to a report in The Examiner. The outage meant that you couldn’t even use third-party apps to see when the next Muni was coming, because those apps and arrival signs pull from the system’s data.

Service was restored early afternoon, but not before lots of angry riders took to the Twitters with their WTF.

If you ever find yourself minus a bus and predictive technology, you can always rely on the most accurate Next Bus sign in the city to keep it 100.

Photo: San Francisco Examiner

That’s exactly what happened recently in New York City.

In the video above, NYC subway rider Crispin Michael Booker is heard telling fellow passengers about a recent, uplifting change in his life. He is then seen asking a specific rider to share his story. Here’s what Crispin has to say:

Tonight I was able to Subway brag.how many nights we get on the train with the weight of the world is on our shoulders after a long day. I got to share my luke cage truth lol and a random guy got to share his story #lukecagebrag #subwaybrag #changingthisworldwithlove #veronicasway

Brag away, sir. More of this, please!

Hear our best Muni stories live on stage! Muni Diaries Live is back on Nov. 5 at the Elbo Room. Tickets on sale now!

This strikes me as one of those “some do, most don’t” type of things.

The title of this post is a question based on this story of a young bloke who tried to get people talking to one another on the London Underground. The probably noble effort, however, didn’t go as planned:

Jonathan Dunne, who is originally from the US, says it was “difficult” to even get commuters to take one of the free pins.
“I think I could have been handing out £5 notes and the same amount of people would have taken them,” he tells Newsbeat.

The BBC’s Newsbeat has the story.

Free pin or not: Is random, spontaneous chatting on Muni or BART something you would do?

Pic courtesy BBC

The Muni muse just keeps on giving.

Epiphany Productions’ 13th Annual San Francisco Trolley Dances are back on this weekend, Sat., Oct. 15 and Sun., Oct. 16. The admission-free festival has been dubbed “a gift to the City” by past attendees; we are always down for reminders of our thriving creative scene.

The two-day dance festival features amazingly talented performers, including members of James Graham Dance Theater and drag queen Fauxnique, sharing their art with the world in, on, and around transit in the Castro and SoMA ‘hoods.

Admission is free with Muni fare.

For more information, visit www.epiphanydance.org.