Transit News: Muni attack acquittal, BART negotiator’s vacay, Van Ness BRT, cable car contest winner

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  • Tourist Acquitted Of Attacking Muni Driver Who Later Got Worker’s Comp (CBS Bay Area)
  • Lead BART Negotiator Goes On Vacation, Cancels BART Negotiations While Bay Area Is Left Hanging (Keep BART Running)
  • BART’s Lead Negotiator Has a History of Illegal Behavior (East Bay Express)
  • Van Ness BRT Delayed 2 More Years After Caltrans Pushes Wider Car Lanes (Streetsblog SF)
  • Champ Reclaims Title At Cable Car Bell Ringing Contest (SF Appeal)

Your Weekend Transit Advisory: America’s Cup, Market repaving, Clement farmer’s market

It even kinda (kinda) feels like summer, y’all.

America’s Cup
America’s Cup events will take place at the America’s Cup Park located at Pier 27 and America’s Cup Village located on Marina Green this weekend. Races are scheduled for approximately 12:15 p.m., Saturday and Sunday, each day.

Muni will continue to provide supplemental transportation services to welcome the America’s Cup sailing fans and to keep the city moving:

· MS-Marina-Pier 27 bus shuttles from Pier 27 to Bay & Fillmore near Marina Green will run between 11 a.m. and 7 p.m.
· MM-Market-Marina bus shuttles from Civic Center BART/Muni station to Bay & Fillmore near Marina Green will run between 10 a.m. and 7 p.m.
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Intercom Responds to BART Sex Couple, BART Police Investigates

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One more thing before you wipe the sight of two people boning on BART out of your memory: here’s the audio response (creatively borrowed from BART’s intercom) regarding banging on public transit.

Listen to the audio reply on the “BARTsex” section of Josh Ellingson’s blog.

And SFGate reports that “BART police probe porn video shot on train.”

(Is everyone in the SFGate newsroom still giggling about using the word “probe” in that headline there?)

By the way, if you want to hear more candid opinions from the BART PA system, here’s “the truth about BART.”

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