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Yesterday rider Ben R. sent us a story of a guy trying to teach the value of “just say no” to a young Muni rider. Today we have yet another thumbs up from a fellow passenger for exemplary nice-guy behavior . From trappfotos on Instagram.
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Because baseball, real baseball (kinda) starts tonight. The World Champion* San Francisco Giants will host their Bay Bridge rival Oakland Athletics for an exhibition game at AT&T Park at 7:15. And I cannot go, and that just sucks.
Anyhoo, SFMTA is encouraging you to take Muni to the ballpark tonight and for the next six months. Hey, it beats driving!
*Fact.
Update: The artist reveals himself. Good on ya, @jamisonsf, for dressing up this lemonade stand and making a two-year-old’s day.
At least those whose parents teach them the virtues of public transportation …
Far cuter than a slightly different Muni ABC lesson. All together now: Awwwwwwwww!
Via NoeSoCute
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Something about riding the bus gives you that “it takes a village” feeling. When a rider saw a kid on the bus doing something he shouldn’t be doing, he took matters into his own hands. Rider Ben R. sent us this story.
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Update, Thursday, 10:49 a.m.: According to SF Appeal, the fatality appears to have been a suicide. Go to SF Appeal to learn more.
Original post (Wednesday): A man was found under the BART train in Glen Park and pronounced dead at the scene, reports the Contra Costa Times. Police and paramedics arrived on the scene around 3:52 p.m. today, according to the Contra Costa Times report. The man’s identity has not been released, and police did not have details about how the man ended up under the train.
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Rider Evan S. noticed a rider in distress:
So the other day I got off at the Van Ness station and saw a woman frantically running between turnstiles. It looked like she was tapping her Clipper Card over and over again. She seemed very upset. It might have had something to do with the fact that she was trying to tap her paper transfer ticket from the bus…#thestruggle
It’d be pretty cool if you could tap your paper transfer, though.
p.s. Unrelated question: what is the appropriate usage of hashtags in non-tweet sentences or regular speech?