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Photo of Forest Hill Station in 1955 via SFMTA archive photos
Underground Muni stations have personality. I like to imagine what each station was like when it opened when I roll through Forest Hill, Castro, Church, and the others.
Over at Muniverse, Jamison posts photos of Forest Hill Station, then, then, and now. Neato.
Check out the entire post over at Muniverse. And buy the nifty Muni app of the same name while you’re there!
Photo by christiantimeless
…if this is what peeps were dealing with on the 38-Geary (AKA rolling drunk tank) Friday night.
Drunk girl sprayed half of 38 with vomit. Bus smells like dead rat. Everybody evacuated but one guy who passed out. Oh #friday @munidiaries
— Hugo N. (@loveoz13) August 3, 2013
Muni is your cheapest chariot of choice if you’re painting the town red, but please refrain from painting said chariot with your vomit. At least BYOBB (barf bag)?
Photo by Jed Sullivan
Update (10:34 p.m.): SFGate is now reporting that Gov. Jerry Brown ordered an investigation into the negotiations between BART management and its unions, thus averting a strike for at least one week. BART trains should run on their normal schedules tomorrow and throughout the week. We’ll update here if more news breaks.
Original post: BART and labor unions representing BART workers still haven’t reached an agreement on key issues involving wages, pension contribution and health insurance. With only a few hours left for negotiations, we could be facing the second BART strike this year on Monday.
SFGate reports that a few agreements were made at the table today but no major changes from last month’s contentions. Read more
Sergio R. asks on the Muni Diaries Facebook page about the unidentified matter on the window of this bus:
Placenta, Prosciutto di Parma, or fruit roll-up?
Praying that it’s B or C.
A 38-Geary bus caught on fire in the Outer Richmond this morning, reports SF Appeal and Bay City News.
The fire was reported at 6:46 a.m. in the engine of a 38-Geary bus parked at Point Lobos Avenue and 48th Avenue near Lands End, Muni spokesman Paul Rose said.
The fire damaged the left rear side of the bus and was extinguished a couple of minutes later, Rose said.
Rose said the bus driver and one passenger were on board at the time but were not injured.
The cause of the fire isn’t clear yet but we will keep you updated.
BART busted out its trademark lawyers and told a local t-shirt maker that he can’t make shirts and onesies featuring a modified version of a BART ticket any more. The t-shirt maker happens to be Nate Tan, who creates Muni Diaries’ shirts.
You might remember that back in 2009, New York’s Metropolitan Transit Agency used similar reasoning to shut down a local t-shirt maker for using the letter logo of Muni’s metro trains.