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The fine folks at SF Appeal have alerted us to Saturday’s Muni dance troop, Trolley Dances. True, they won’t exactly be dancing on Muni, but if you’re still looking for things to do, check this out and report back to us here at Muni Diaries.
Photo by Flickr user sftrajan
Update (9:04 a.m., Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2009): Transbayblog has a recap of last night’s City Council meeting, in which the council approved the OAC, with a caveat or two.
Original post: Things could come to a boil at tonight’s Oakland City Council meeting, when the council will vote on a resolution rejecting a proposal for an elevated line connecting the Dublin/Pleasanton and Fremont lines to the Oakland International Airport. The estimated cost of the project: $522 million.
We at BART Diaries see both sides of a fairly complicated and certainly expensive project. But we want to know how you, dear reader/BART rider, feel about this. Let us know in the comments.
Oh, and if you’re so inspired, Transbay Blog is awarding prizes to anyone who shows up to tonight’s City Council meeting to speak about the OAC (Oakland Airport Connector).
Photo by Troy Holden
We’ve had plenty of public speculation as to SFPD’s patrolling of Muni, or lack thereof. Monday, though, the Ingleside police station chief’s daily report included a tagger getting arrested by a cop who wasn’t actually on the bus at all:
7:59 pm Mission @ Trumbull Graffiti arrest
Officer Hurwitz was on undercover patrol. The officer was stopped at a red light next to a bus. The officer looked up and saw a suspect writing on the rear window of the bus. The officer quickly stopped the bus and took the suspect into custody. Report number 091022362
Photo by Flickr user myelectricsheep
SF Weekly has a nifty play-by-play of sorts detailing the long, drawn-out drama involving our broken public transportation system, and suggested studies of ways to keep the thing afloat.
Muni Diaries isn’t taking sides in all of this, of course. We’d simply like public transportation to be affordable. That, and we feel like good ideas are worth exploring further. Good ideas like extending parking-meter hours in an effort to let those who choose to drive help pay the way for those unable to do the same, which his Gavination seems to be against. Even studying the aforementioned.
Oh, and the obligatory Gavin joke: Wait, he’s still the mayor?
Photo by Flickr user bionyce
In case you’re still searching for inspiration for our first erotic short-fiction contest (“How did the condom end up on the bus?“), here’s some exciting news to get your quill dipped in ink: a goodie bag from Good Vibrations!
Yes, the awesome folks who brought you the Good Vibrations Guide To Sex, the Indie Erotic Film Festival, and of course many delightful naughty toys, are giving away a goodie bag to our contest winner! So stop being bashful, get those creative juices flowin’, and send us 250 words’ worth of your best hypothesis on how the condom ended up on Muni.
If you think our favorite mode of transportation doesn’t jive well with “business time,” consider this:
– Perhaps you’ve been flirting with the handsome stranger sitting next to you on the N when the train pulls an emergency stop underground, all lights go off, and you feel a hand on your thigh…
– Or perhaps you and your new girl had a couple of drinks one night and decided to scale the fence of the Muni yard, where you found an unlocked bus and got down to business, only to be discovered by the security guard, who decides that…
– Maybe you’re coming back home from a late late night at the office on an empty bus, and the bus driver, who looks surprisingly like Clive Owen, asked you if it’s ok to take a shortcut to your stop…
Well, you tell us the rest 😉
So let us know, in 250 words or less by Oct. 28, how you think the condom ended up on the bus. We will read the winning entry and award the prize at the next Muni Diaries spoken-word party on Oct. 30.
To jog your memory, here are the real pictures that prompted this contest:
Exhibit A: a cherry condom and a cherry cough drop nestled in the corner of the door of the 21.
Exhibit B: a used (we think) love glove hanging off of the ceiling (!) of the 47.
Exhibit C: lonely Jimmy Hat chillin’ across the seat on the T-Third (via plug1).
What steamy scenarios could have possibly led to these pictures? We eagerly await your imaginative prose …
Okay, we missed the live event last week (sorry!). But we’re here, this week, promoting this pretty nifty giveaway. Check it out:
Win a FREE year of commuting with the Commuter Nation RIDE FREE Sweepstakes!
What: Commuter Nation campaign, is giving away over 10 years of free commuting during the Commuter Nation RIDE FREE Sweepstakes!
When: Monday, September 21, through Saturday, October 17. On October 7, Commuter Nation teams will be at Fourth and King Street Station from 6:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. and Embarcadero Station from 4:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
Where: Commuter Nation website: http://www.commuternation.com.
Why: With the current Muni & BART fares, you might be unaware that you could decrease the burden of commuting costs by participating in commuter benefits through your employer. The Commuter Nation RIDE FREE Sweepstakes is giving commuters a chance to win free commuting, and learn about how they can save each month by participating in their employer’s commuter benefits program.