Lyft-Muni hybrid in our midst

So you only want to spend $2.50 but also want the alluring cachet of escaping the hoi polloi (gasp)?

Dreams do come true (with a healthy sense of humor and a dash of imagination) on this 7-Haight, the driver of which updated its LED sign in the lower-left corner to say Lyft.

Thanks, @edmeng, for spotting this gem and posting it on Instagram.

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Official-looking BART ad implores riders: Get your shit together

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Someone with crafty Photoshop fingers made these official-looking ads on BART, and I think we can all approve of this message:

“Attention BART riders: Racism, Sexism, Islamophobia, Homophobia, Transphobia and Zenophobia are prohibited in the BART system at all times. Get your shit together.”

A good message at any time, especially now.

Here are some more creative hacks of Muni and BART signs:

h/t SFist

Photo by @yearofthefilm

Bernal dads race Muni-themed car for 16 hours

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Taking “dadcore” to the next level, a group of dads in Bernal Heights hacked their 1991 Volvo station wagon into a Muni-themed race car and drove it around the track in a 16-hour race over the weekend. Why? More like, why not??!

“We’ve always raced Volvo wagons, which are obviously rather bus-like. But when it came time to build a new car, we ended up with an old Volvo that just happened to be… Muni gray. Once we realized that, it took about one nanosecond for everyone the team to agree that a Muni race car was the way to go,” says Todd Lappin, one of the Bernal Dads, whom you may also know from Bernalwood.

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Muni driver returns lost briefcase


Photo by MetaGrrrl

And then there are stories of Muni drivers being RAD.

Muni driver Kimberly Robinson found a briefcase left behind by a passenger on her bus in September. And lo and freaking behold, she did the right thing.

And here’s the best part: The briefcase contained a personal letter from Barack Obama to Michael Hackamack, the briefcase’s owner. Did the prez mention in this letter that he planned to mop the floor with Mitt Romney’s designer hair gel in last night’s debate?

Also, Hackamack is just a really fun name.

ABC 7 has the whole story.

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