Elderly Woman Dies After Bus Attack

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The grandmother who was beaten as she exited Muni on Mother’s Day has passed died, NBC Bay Area reports.

Earlier this week we learned about the attack, which happened near Japantown or Chinatown – the details still aren’t clear. Police and the victim’s family are asking for the public’s help in finding the attacker, as well as a witness who helped the victim get off the bus.

Anyone who witnessed the incident or has information about the suspect or the Good Samaritan, should also contact investigators and may do so via an email to San Francisco police Sgt. Trevor Kelly at Trevor.Kelly@sfgov.org, or via the Anonymous Tip Line at 415-575-4444 or Text-A-Tip to TIP411 and include “SFPD” at the beginning of the message.

Watch Japanese Crew Clean a Train in 7 Minutes

How fast can you clean a Muni or BART train? Dateline journalist Charli James went on the Shinkansen bullet train in Japan to film how the crew cleans the train in just 7 minutes. The crew even has a secret button to turn all the chairs around. At the Tokyo train station, 323 trains arrive daily to carry 400,000 passengers.

I can only imagine the Herculean task to clean our trains and buses, knowing what goes on the seats and floors. Is it just me, or are we all fantasizing about this for Muni and BART?

Coolest bus shelters in a tiny Austrian town

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A tiny Austrian town has built some of the most intriguing bus stops we’ve ever seen. The town of Krumbach (population 1,000) approached some international architects to design bus stops in exchange for a free vacation, and the results are pretty delightful. The bus stop above is from Ensamble Studio from Spain. More from City Lab:

Association kultur krumbach, the village’s nascent cultural organization, approached seven international architects with an unusual proposition: design a bus stop for us and we’ll give you a free vacation in Krumbach.

Every single one of them said “yes.”

By summer 2013, all the designs had been submitted and construction began. The international architects — Sou Fujimoto (Japan), Wang Shu (China), Rintala Eggertsson Architects (Norway) , Ensamble Studio (Spain), Smiljan Radic (Chile), Architecten de Vylder Vinck Taillieu (Belgium), and Alexander Brodsky (Russia) — collaborated with over 200 local designers and craftsmen to erect each distinct structure.

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Bus stop by Smiljan Radic (Chile)

See the rest of the photos at City Lab.

H/t: Muni Diaries reader Charlie L.
Photo credit: Yuri Palmin, Adolf Bereuter

Elderly woman beaten after exiting Muni bus in Chinatown

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Police are asking for your help in finding the assailant who attacked an elderly woman as she got off a bus in Chinatown last week. The victim’s granddaughter is also posting on social media, hoping to find the attacker who struck her grandmother on Mother’s Day, ABC7 reports.

According to police, the 77-year-old victim was struck at least twice in the head as she was getting off a Muni bus in the Chinatown area on May 10. The assault occurred sometime between noon and 2:30 p.m., possibly on Stockton Street, and the victim remains hospitalized with life-threatening injuries. According to police reports, the suspect was described to be a black female.

The victim’s family has agreed to release these photos to the public in hopes of finding the attacker.

Investigators believe a Good Samaritan led the injured woman away from the side of the bus after the attack and helped her sit down on the sidewalk. Police would like to talk to him or anyone else who may have witnessed the crime.

The victim is a frequent rider of the 2 Clement, 3 Jackson, 30 Stockton and the 45 Union/ Stockton lines, and often travels between the Japantown and the Chinatown.

If you have any information, email Sergeant Trevor Kelly at Trevor.Kelly@sfgov.org, the Anonymous Tip Line at (415) 575-4444.

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