Category: News

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• Muni F-Market streetcar hits big rig; four sent to the hospital (SF Examiner)
• Muni To Approve Tech Buses At Muni Stops (Mission Local)
• SF fee for tech shuttles is based on state law (SF Examiner)
• Muni Rider Impersonates Cop to Get Free Bus Rides (SF Weekly)
• San Franciscans deserve a reliable, safe and affordable world-class transportation system for the 21st century, by Ed Lee (SF Examiner)
• BART: Suspect on PCP arrested after trying to take over train, police say (SJ Merc)
• BART offers peek at new railcars – canopy test OKd (SFGate)

Derek from Network Osaka sent us this well-thought-out collection of new designs for Muni. Derek started with the beloved Muni worm, which apparently lost its holiday weight already, and worked his way through redesigning entire vehicles, uniforms, signs, stations, and even passes.

The last time we visited a Muni redesign experiment, Robert Padbury went in an entirely different direction (and one I didn’t care for at all). I liked Jeremiah’s Muni tweak more.

Take a look at Derek’s Muni redesign page and let us know what you think.

Photo by Lynn Friedman

• NTSB Reacts To BART Deaths With “Urgent” Safety Recommendations (SF Appeal)
• Tentative Agreement Averts AC Transit Strike (SF Appeal)
• Oakland airport BART tram to open in fall 2014 (SFGate)
• Man with knife steals Muni transfers (SFGate)
• San Francisco at 1 million: Focus turns to Muni reliability and funding as population swells (SF Examiner)

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Offering further proof that dogs are THEE BEST, a guide dog named Orlando is being credited with helping to save his owner, who fainted in a New York City subway station, sending the two tumbling onto the subway tracks.

According to the Associated Press, Cecil Williams is still unsure why he passed out. He said that Orlando tried to hold him up, barking frantically before they both went over the edge. Bystanders called for help, the subway driver was able to slow the train, and Cecil and Orlando suffered only minor injuries.

Who’s a good boy? A very good boy?

Via Yahoo News.

Pictured above: An adorable dog in a backpack in a BART station, not the dog or the human mentioned in the story. But, cute!

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• Muni trolley wire ‘visual pollution’ electrifies debate (SFGate)
• Muni NX buses to be replaced with hybrids (SF Examiner)
• BART fares to rise 5.2 percent in 2014 (KTVU)
• Killed BART workers had backs turned to oncoming train (SFGate)
• Muni could collect millions in fines against private shuttles — but it won’t (SF Bay Guardian)
• Bay Area sets transit spending targets (SFGate)
• Pitch to voters: no BART strikes allowed (SFGate)
• AC Transit sees progress in contract talks (Contra Costa County Times)