Didgeridoos (and don’ts) on Muni
Didgeridoos: Using public transit to get to your next musical adventure.
Didgeridon’ts: Riding Muni barefoot, ever, for any reason, regardless of cargo.
Via @archijoey: “barefoot dude on 45 union with didgerido.”
Transit News: Waterfront transit, Caltrain depot, Muni switchbacks, bikes on BART
Photo by chris.chabot
- Big waterfront projects prompt study of new transportation ideas (SF Examiner)
- Muni Plan Will Give Bernal Heights the Short Bus (Bernalwood)
- Muni working to enroll more San Francisco youths in free transit program (SF Examiner)
- Supervisor Wiener: S.F. must prioritize public transit funds (SFGate)
- City Hall Fights Caltrain Over Future of the 4th/King Railyard (Streetsblog SF)
- Muni switchbacks on decline as San Francisco supervisors cry foul (SF Examiner)
- BART Investigators Still Trying To Figure Out How Man Was Crushed By Elevator (BCN via SF Appeal)
- Muni to Start Rolling Out 62 New Low-Floor Hybrid Buses This Month (Streetsblog SF)
- Rush Hour? No Problem: BART Wants Your Bikes On Their Trains (BCN via SF Appeal)
Photo Diary: Free Advice, This Way Please
PHoto by shepmoose
Hey important PSA. We also came across another, more positive message for guys recently.
Happy hump day, everybody.
Controversial “Jihad” Ads Are Back on Muni
Controversial “Jihad” ads are back on Muni again, but city officials want you to know that they don’t like it. The ads feature quotes by Osama bin Laden, the alleged Fort Hood shooter Maj. Nidal Hassan, and other Muslims, reports KQED. KQED also reports that the ads were purchased by Pamela Geller and the American Freedom Defense Initiative, who also put ads critical of Islam on Muni buses in 2012.
From SFWeekly:
Readers may have noticed the Osama bin Bus motoring around the city this week and stridently pro-Israel ads on buses last year. Muni claims it must take these paid ads from anti-Muslim extremists or end up on the losing side of a First Amendment case — as New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority did last year.
SFWeekly says that the ads appear on the 16X, 31BX, 52, and 108 lines.
You might remember that last year, Muni decided to donate the proceeds from the ads. Supervisor David Chiu is again proposing a resolution that the proceeds from this round of advertisement be donated to fund a study on the impact of post 9-11 hate and discrimination on Arab and Muslim communities, reports KQED.
Have you seen these ads and what do you think the SFMTA should do with the ad proceeds?
Photo Diary: Muni Shelter To Go
Photo by meredithob
Hey wait, what are you going?
More of the old Muni shelters going off to some far away land, to be replaced by ones that don’t shelter you from the elements.
Photo via meredithob.
Photo Diary: Just Checking My Muni Schedule
Photo by Eric Wilson
Wouldn’t want to be late for Chinese opera!
Awesome photo by Eric Wilson in the Muni Diaries Flickr group.