Rad guy sings, strums the blues at Montgomery Station
My god, we need more people like this. So sweet.
We had trouble figuring out what song this is. Anyone know? Could it be … gulp … an original?
Video via Beth
28-19th Avenue passenger rides the bus hard
Helen describes the scene above.
This guy was listening to his boombox with headphones on the 28. And jamming out. Hard.
Boombox and headphones. Boombox and headphones … maybe his jams were so loud, like a helicopter passenger, he had to cover his ears to protect them and be able to communicate with fellow passengers …
Ah, never mind. I give up.
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The NYC Subway, a Horrible Place for Bad Ideas
Photo by Steve Rhodes
Had it with the transit poop talk? Well, we’re not quite there yet. Definitely not, if there’s a strange utterly mind-boggling story involved.
According to Gawker, a New York man was killed last month after he fell onto the tracks while trying to create a makeshift toilet between two cars of a moving subway.
The story gets ever weirder. Shortly before that, another man was found in the same station, bloodied, with “severe buttocks injuries” and a broken pelvis. Police believe he had climbed up from the tracks and although it was unclear what exactly happened to him. He was, most certainly, very drunk.
Via Gawker.
The Twists and Turns of a Single OH on Muni
Photo by davitydave
Matt got it all down:
A nicely dressed 40-something woman is riding Muni talking into her phone.
“Listen, I’m trying to move blocks around and schedule meetings.”
[…] <— that means she's listening to words I can't hear, because that's how phones work. "Just how much coffee have you had?" […] "Just what exactly are you seeing?" […] "Listen, I'm trying to win us a vacation to Greece and Taiwan. Honey, I'm going to get us on that boat. Greece… and Taiwan!” Read more
Fantasy Muni Stations
Descending down the Van Ness station escalator is like entering the eye of Sauron, am I right? It’d be even more apt if we had stations that look like these fantastical subway stations in Stockholm. Stockholm’s metro system has been called “the world’s longest art exhibition,” and each station is an amazing rendition of an artist’s imagination of an underground world. Bob H at AllCitySF.com hipped us to these surreal subway stations that will pretty much blow your mind.
Transit News: BART says ‘no’ to poo and pee, Muni vs. private shuttles, Muni overtime
Photo by Confetti
- With packed vehicles people opt for private cars, SFMTA says (SF Examiner)
- BART to (Finally) Ban Peeing and Pooping Criminals From Riding its Trains (SF Weekly)
- Supervisors call payment plan to BART a ripoff (SF Examiner)
- New loading zone proposed on Van Ness Avenue to ease issues with private shuttles and Muni (SF Examiner)
- New Audit Uncovers Irregularities, Lack Of Oversight Of SF Muni Overtime (CBS)