New Muni ‘ad’ sorta says it all
Most days, anyway. And unlike the rad “Fuckin Muni” shirts, this message is unambiguous.
Photo by Muni rider Corey.
At least you didn’t get into a fight with a Muni sign today
Unless that’s your thing, of course.
This probably wasted dude in London just wasn’t having it. The UK’s Express reports from eyewitnesses:
“He started punching the sign and miming getting hit back by it. His acting skills were quite admirable and he completely threw himself into his little crazy role-play. We were rooting for him.”
I wonder who rooted for the sign.
How Not to Make a Three-Point Turn
Photo by Gary via Muni rider Deb
UPDATE: Photog and submitter say this was a training bus: Double oof, if so.
In all fairness, it is really, really hard to make a three-point turn in the city.
Muni rider Deb shared this photo by Gary on the Muni Diaries Facebook page. Oof, right on the busy corner of Stockton and Columbus, too, where I wouldn’t even want to drive a Smart car, much less an articulated bus.
Apparently, after a couple more tries (blocking traffic all the while), the bus driver finally was able to get out of the way without taking down the tree or the building. No word on whether his or her pride was intact.
A collection of Muni head-scratchers
Photo by breylane
Muni moments that make you go, “Huh.” Be careful scratching your head, though. A fellow rider might be there to tweet about it.
- riding #sfmuni while this lady is blatantly picking her nose … as she holds a tissue in the other hand.
- apparently my driver misses his former life as AM news radio host.
- Vagrant dude scaling the dead skin off his feet right onto the bus floor. It really smells. #sf
- A man on the 38 AX just brought a tree onto the bus. A tree. #sfmuni #munidiaries
- Nothing makes me feel more put together than this woman who just ran into the bus in a shower cap. SHOWER CAP. #5fulton
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Transit News: Muni on-time, shuttles, pols must ride Muni, Van Ness BRT hearing
Photo by sarahann211
- Time to tie pay to Muni’s on-time performance (SF Examiner)
- Owner of Private Commuter Shuttle to Be Charged After Bus Blocks J-Church (CBS Bay Area)
- Mayor, Board of Supervisors Actually Required By Law to Ride Muni (SFist)
- Muni sickout: Too ill to work, but just fine for payday (Matier and Ross)
- Muni returns to school schedules as SFUSD year begins (SF Examiner)
- Public Hearing Friday For Van Ness Rapid Transit Project (Hoodline)
- It’s a race for two BART director seats in November; two others get a free ride (Contra Costa County Times)
SF Examiner: A Day in the Life of a Muni Fare Inspector
Photo by Joe Gratz
Muni fare inspector might be the most thankless job since meter maid. And it probably generates something close to the same level of anger, annoyance, and utter disdain.
But sometimes, you need to put yourself in their shoes. The Examiner’s Jessica Kwong takes a look at what it’s like trying to enforce Muni’s fare system.
“You’re f—ing this, you’re f—ing that,” said Sgt. Larry Nichol, supervisor for the other two men. “I used to keep a journal of what people say to me.”
In the nine months that [Stan] Lui, 33, has been a fare inspector, his impression from the public he has direct contact with is they generally don’t like him and his colleagues in the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency’s Proof of Payment Unit.
“I hear from people that the No. 1 hated ones are parking control officers, police officers and fare inspectors,” Lui said. “That’s how I see it, because when people verbally abuse you, that means they don’t like you.”
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Inspectors are catching fare evaders throughout The City and offenders aren’t race-, gender-, age- or income-specific. They’ve cited homeless individuals to men in fancy suits who keep a charged Clipper cards but don’t tag them.
“Sometimes you hear people go, ‘Do I look like a fare evader?’ And I say, ‘I don’t know, what does a fare evader look like?'” Nichol said.
Fare evasion results in an estimated $19 million of lost revenue annually for the SFMTA, and without the $6.5 million fare inspector program, that amount of money lost would be “much worse,” according to SFMTA spokesman Paul Rose.
Check out the rest of Kwong’s article at SFExaminer.com. And don’t forget to pay your fare!