Your Weekend Transit Advisory: Parades, Sunday Streets, and Daylight Savings Time!

Ruth Jackson Family Day Parade and Festival
On Saturday the 14th annual Ruth Jackson Family, Friends and Community Day Festival will take place.

Beginning at 10:45 a.m. parade participants will gather at Santos Street and Velasco Avenue. At 11:30 a.m. the parade will move north on Santos Street, east on Sunnydale Avenue, north on Peabody Street, west on Leland Avenue, south on Cora Street, then west on Visitation Avenue to Hahn Street. The parade will end at approximately 1:30 p.m. at Herz Playground.

The following Muni routes will be affected by the parade as early as 10 a.m.:

· 8X San Bruno Express
· 9 San Bruno
· 56 Rutland

Little League Parade
On Saturday San Francisco Little League Baseball will open the 2013 season with a parade from the Presidio to Marina Middle School.

Beginning at 10 a.m. the parade will leave the Presidio Main Post through the Gorgas Gate, turn south on Lyon Street and proceed east on Union Street to Laguna Street, north to Chestnut Street, west to Divisadero, through the neighborhood and back to Bay Street to disband in the school parking lot.

The following Muni routes will be affected:

· 22 Fillmore
· 28 19th Avenue
· 30 Stockton
· 43 Masonic
· 45 Union

Sunday Streets
The first Sunday Streets events will be held this Sunday along the northbound Embarcadero from King Street to Fisherman’s Wharf and down 3rd Street to Mission Bay. The 3.3-mile route will be available to pedestrians and bicyclists for recreational activities from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. These events are free to all participants.

The headquarters for the event will be located at Harry Bridges Plaza in front of the Ferry Building, where participants can get details about activities along the event route as well as free bike rentals and maintenance. Other key locations are Fisherman’s Wharf, East Park (south of Pier 39), Rincon Park, South Beach Park and Mission Bay Park (near Pier 52). For further event details, please visit www.sundaystreetssf.com.

The following Muni lines and routes will be affected:

· Powell-Hyde Cable Car
· Powell-Mason Cable Car
· F Market and Fisherman’s Wharf
· T Third
· 1 California
· 2 Clement
· 5 Fulton
· 6 Parnassus
· 8X Bayshore Express
· 9 San Bruno
· 10 Townsend
· 12 Folsom-Pacific
· 14 Mission
· 14L Mission Ltd.
· 21 Hayes
· 30 Stockton
· 31 Balboa
· 38 Geary
· 38L Geary Ltd.
· 39 Coit
· 45 Union-Stockton
· 47 Van Ness
· 71 Haight-Noriega
· 76 Marin Headlands
· 108 Treasure Island

Participants can take the following Muni routes and lines for easy access to Sunday Streets fun:
· F Market
· Metro Lines (J, K, L, M, N, T)
· 10 Townsend
· 22 Fillmore
· 30 Stockton
· 45 Union-Stockton

Start of Daylight Saving Time
On Sunday daylight saving time will commence at 2 a.m., requiring clocks to be set forward one hour.

All Muni service will continue to operate on standard time through the end of Owl service. Muni schedules will adjust to daylight saving time with the start of regular service on Sunday.

Five Muni Moments This Week

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Photo by Jeremy Brooks

Please take a moment to admire this stunning picture by Jeremy Brooks. Done? Ok, here are five of the biggest moments that happened on Muni this week:

1. A Muni driver is brushing his teeth on the bus. Yay for dental hygiene?
2. A rider ran into her ex-boyfriend from Modesto with his “new boo” on the 14-Mission. I hope you were looking hot, girl.
3. Rider Kim got proposed to by an old man on Muni. “Would you marry me for my money? Think about it.” TEMPTING!
4. More things to do on the bus? Practicing your xylophone. True story.
5. Two guys in long trench coats recited a best-of version of Dr. Who episodes to kill time on the 38-Geary. I’d pay to see that.

This week’s Muni Moments were brought to you by @abadmeow, @1131991h, @kimsabi, @franoero, and @loveoz13. What are the big important moments in your life on Muni this week? Tweet it to us @munidiaries, won’t you please?

Black Out Nights on Muni

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These photos of a night on Muni were cute enough without a story, but the way rider J-World found these pictures of himself was even better.

Met this random girl on Muni when I was going home late at night from the bars. I don’t remember this at all, but it looks like we are having fun and are best friends. I just woke up and found these photos in my phone. Umm….? I LOVE MUNI!

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Welcome Muni’s thrill-ridden boring machines: Big Alma and Mom Chung

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Mom Chung, one of the Central Subway’s two tunnel boring machines. Photo courtesy The Robbins Company

We’re not quite sure why these earth-moving beasts deserve names, either. But we like the fun.

From SFMTA’s press release:

The first of the machines, Mom Chung, is expected to arrive in San Francisco in April. The 300-foot-long machine will be assembled within an excavation on 4th Street between Harrison and Bryant streets and will start building the tunnel for southbound trains about two months later. Big Alma will arrive soon after Mom Chung to construct the northbound tunnel.

Perhaps most importantly, follow the tunnel-boring machines on Twitter at @BigAlmatheTBM and @MomChungtheTBM (curiously, Mom Chung has more followers as of this writing).

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POW! Go Get ’em, Muni Riders

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Muni muses are kind of the best. Especially those prompting us to do more than wish we were in a car. Like, perhaps, to be a superhero in our own way.

Sez Muni sketcher @katyatch:

today’s bus sketch inspired by a girl on the 38L wearing a super hero backpack. POW!

We know it’s now Thursday, but go get ’em today, too.

What inspired you on Muni today? Be cool like Katy and send them to us on Twitter @munidiaries.

Ghost riding of sorts on the M-Ocean View

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Muni rider Annette sees the upside to an otherwise Muni fail.

“On the M coming from SF State and we’re stopped at Castro Station. The Muni driver is hollering for people to stand back and let the doors close. Except no one was standing in the doorway, it wasn’t at all crowded. I see the driver walking down past our car to the next to inspect the doors. A few minutes later we’re rocking again full speed ahead through the tunnel. We get to Church Station and once again the doors aren’t closing. The guy next to me is curious about what’s happening and goes outside to investigate. Turns out that squeaky door from the car behind me FELL OFF THE HINGES during the tunnel. Gone. Vanished. No mas! Needless to say, the train went out of service. Another Muni fail for on time departures, but a win for entertainment!”

Pretty sure she’s describing this story, via SFGate. We’re glad everyone is safe!

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