A Note to BART Employees
Our commuting life is back to normal (ish). Coming to you via the Muni Diaries Facebook page, Carlos R found this note at the Balboa station.
Five Muni Moments: BART vs. Muni
The topic for this week is BART. Specifically, how the strike highlights the differences between BART and Muni. As usual, you guys don’t fail to heed the call:
1. As crappy as #sfmuni is sometimes today I’m glad I don’t commute on bart #bartstrike
2. OH: I have to leave early to mentally prepare for all the people, lines and crowds. Me: I HAVE TO DO THAT EVERY DAY #Muni
3. One day of the #bartstrike should give a tiny insight into how awful #sfmuni is daily.
4. Shoutout to #SFMuni for takin’ it enjoyably high up the ass for #Bart
5. Even with the strike, #BART is getting just as many people to their destinations on-time as #SFMuni is: zero.
These glorious insights are brought to you by @_curiousbob, @michesf, @ChloeBeazy, @illuminatities, and @chrismika. Remember to follow us on Twitter (fast approaching 10K followers!) and send your quips to @munidiaries!
Because there’s a giraffe’s leg on Muni, that’s why
BART Strike, Day 5: Service resumes Friday afternoon
Photo by Jed Sullivan
Good morning. Have you had your coffee yet? Either way, you’re reading that headline correctly: The transit agency and its unions agreed to a 30-day extension of the contract that expired last week and prompted this week’s shutdown. Trains will resume service at 3 p.m. today. Read this SFGate story for more details. Here’s SF Weekly’s story, and SF Appeal’s.
Here are some other BART-strike-related stories you can read while you’re stuck in traffic (don’t read if you’re driving!!!):
Residents near BART tracks enjoy peace, quiet for now (SFGate)
Who cares about labor issues? I can sleep!
BART Strike: AC Transit Running Extra Buses For Fourth Of July (SF Appeal)
Well that sure was nice of them.
BART Strike: Peninsula Commuters Pack Caltrain, SamTrans (SF Appeal)
Have other transit, will us it.
BART Strike Commute Mess: BART Adds Charter Buses, Caltrans Extends HOV Lanes (SF Appeal)
Still apparently in effect for this morning’s commute.
Happy Birthday, Nation
Photo by pbo31
Are you firing up the grill yet? If you’re going to see fireworks tonight, don’t forget to check our transit advisory before you head out the door.
From the Twitters:
Happy almost 4th of July, @munidiaries! This afternoon in early celebration, some jerk kids set off a firework on the 48. Neato…
— Erin Conger (@ErinConger) July 4, 2013
We’ll return to our regular programming tomorrow!
Attack of the Grape Turd
First rule of riding Muni: that’s not water on the seat. Here’s another important lesson, especially if you’re a newbie on Muni this week during the BART strike, as Muni rider D reports:
So I was headed home on an inboud 38L yesterday that was *extremely* crowded. As I made my way to the back I saw an open single seat and made my way over. Curiously, no one was willing to sit in it. On closer inspection I saw just *why* no one was grabbing such a coveted seat.
At first I thought that someone had somehow left a tiny turd but on a better look, I saw that it was nothing more than a squashed grape.
Ah, for the want of a napkin….
What happened on your commute today? Share it with your fellow riders!