Transit News: Muni murder arrest, E-Embarcadero, BART ridership boost, BART talks

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  • Lee Sullivan Is Third Suspect Arrested in Connection to Muni Murder (SF Weekly)
  • Muni E-Line — From Wharf to Ballpark — May Be Made Permanent (SF Weekly)
  • BART Ridership Jumps In Wake Of Bay Bridge Closure (SF Appeal)
  • BART unions file complaints to governor, attorney general over negotiations (SF Examiner)
  • BART Negotiations Stalled: Both Sides Make Bad Faith Allegations (SF Appeal)

A piggy bank filled with “Overheard on Muni”

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Photo by marc.flores

People collect things. It’s one of the things people do. It’s fun, and sometimes borders on sickness.

Grace collects things she overhears in San Francisco. She alerted us to the special room in her house of overheards: Overheard on Muni. Naturally, we bought in.

A sampling:

OH in SF (on the 14L):
Woman: Hey that’s knitting she’s doing! My Dr. says I should learn that cuz it’ll relax my mind, also I need to find an AA meeting.

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Muni rider allegedly stabs Muni driver

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Photo by backofthebuspodcast

Jesus, you guys. This happened last night, according to SF Appeal:

“A Muni bus driver was stabbed in the leg by a passenger in San Francisco’s Tenderloin neighborhood on Wednesday evening, a police spokesman said today.

“The stabbing was reported at 7:08 p.m. near Eddy and Taylor streets, where the driver had pulled over his 31-Balboa bus after a passenger said someone on board had a knife, police spokesman Officer Gordon Shyy said.”

Read the rest of the story at SF Appeal. And be careful out there!

Your Weekend Transit Advisory: Holiday Muni, concerts, bridge closure, construction, America’s Cup

Happy three-day weekend, you guys!

Labor Day Holiday Muni Service
On Monday, Labor Day holiday, Muni service will operate on Sunday schedule.

Live Nation Concerts
On Wednesday and Sunday, Live Nation Concerts will take place at the America’s Cup Pavilion at Piers 27/29 at 7 p.m. Doors will open an hour before the concerts begin.

The SFMTA will provide additional bus service on F Market & Wharves Line before and after each event:

Pre-concert
· F Line shuttle service will ONLY run between Don Chee Way and Pier 39 beginning at 5:05 p.m.

Post-concert
· Outbound shuttle service will begin at 10 p.m. and will pick up passengers at the Greenwich F Line station
· Regular F Market & Wharves Line service will not stop at the Greenwich station
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