Video: This year’s Cable Car Bell Ringing Contest winner back in 2004
Via Mister SF, here’s footage of the 2015 Cable Car Bell Ringing Contest champ, Byron Cobb, making mad music back in 2004.
Congrats, Byron! Keep ringin’!
Now kids can park their tricycles at Muni shelters
We’re not sure how this tricycle got on top of a Muni shelter, but the riders below seem completely oblivious to the bus stop feature just above them. I hope the tiny owner of the tricycle was able to recover it at some point. Kids gotta get from point A to point B, too.
Oh, and if you actually thought from the title that SFMTA installed bike parking for kids (or adults for that matter), my most sincere apologies. I know I’m on the fast lane to that special place in the afterlife for click baiters.
Photo by @fitzthereporter.
In 1955, Muni knew how to roll out its new rides
What isn’t there to love about this photo? A bus raised above stupid street level. An English bulldog, snorting and heh-heh-hehing. A bunch of white men in suits, some holding their top hats, showing off their shiny new public transit vehicle.
Via Muni Diaries Live alum and all around Mr. Awesome, Peter Hartlaub: “Give these 1955 @sfmta_muni execs credit: When they unveiled a new bus, they valued showmanship.”
Enhance:
Today at Noon: 52nd Annual Cable Car Bell Ringing Contest
I’m guessing that if you’re reading this, you are reading this. I’m good. I’m also gonna guess that if you’re reading this, you appreciate knowing about things like the 52nd annual Cable Car Bell Ringing Contest, which will take place tomorrow at noon in Union Square.
Current champ Trini Whittaker will go for his fourth victory in a row. From SFMTA:
“Whittaker will face stiff clapper competition from two three-time winners: Ken Lunardi (1997, 2002, 2006) and Leonard Oats (2007, 2008, 2009).
“In fact, expect Mr. Lunardi to pull out all the bells and whistles. The 35 year SFMTA employee has spent the last three-decades as a cable car gripman and will soon retire, so he’s looking to claim the crown and a place in bell ringing history.”
Fun. If you go, share your thoughts here.
Photo by geoff dude
Transit News: Muni station elevators, E-Embarcadero, Muni challenge
- Elderly Woman Beaten After Striking Passenger In Dispute Over Seat On Muni Bus (CBS Bay Area)
- City’s construction boom causes elevator replacement costs to skyrocket at Muni stations, agency says (SF Examiner)
- Op-cartoon: The San Francisco Transit Riders Muni Challenge (SF Examiner)
- E-Embarcadero Debut Now August 1 (Market Street Railway)
- State regulators seek stricter background checks for tech-transit companies (SF Examiner)
Brass section represented on Muni
Muni rider Ruth recently spotted this fine fellow and his travel companion, a tuba sousaphone. It made me want to gather all the people we’ve featured over the years on Muni with musical instruments (see below). They could have a show on a moving Muni vehicle. Or something.
Previously
A little music to accompany your Muni ride
Strange cargo on Muni: They call me yellow cello
An entertaining commute on the N-Judah
Strummin’ away on Muni
Muni driver toots his horn