“Vigilante” Muni Rider Speaks


Image by @rotron

Ed. note: Sorry for all the confusion with this story. There were confusing things happening. Read on.

Remember vigilante Muni justice from a couple days ago? @rotron described how a Muni rider took matters into his own hands, telling a Facebook shuttle to back up off our Muni stop. Turns out that @larrybobsf was that Muni rider, and he explained himself his confrontation last August in a comment on Muni Diaries:

…I’m the guy who yelled at the driver. This happened at the stop at the corner of Market and 8th. NextMuni was reporting both an 83x and a 19 within two minutes. Right next to the Muni stop are two parking meters which are covered over in the mornings with signs designating the space as a shuttle stop. But the shuttle drivers apparently prefer to pull up at the Muni stop instead. I did not move to block the shuttle entrance, but was standing at the Muni stop and the shuttle driver pulled up right in front of me.

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On Muni, Bring Your Own Chair. Lots of Them.


Photo by ltyote

Muni newbie lesson number one: that clear liquid on your seat? It’s not water. So what do experienced Muni riders do? Bring your own seats, of course. While running Muni Diaries from our living rooms the last few years, we have seen so many DIY seating submissions that I had to put them all together here just for pure amusement.

Here are all the chairs we’ve spotted on Muni. So. Many. Chairs! Read more

Project aims to document 24 hours in the lives of transportation workers

Friend of Muni Diaries Erich tips us off to the Global Lives Project latest goal:

“From bus fare collectors to flight attendants, mule packers to bicycle rickshaw drivers, we will faithfully capture 24 continuous hours of routines and rituals in the lives of 10 individuals instrumental in moving people and goods throughout our world. The production of Lives in Transit will bring together nearly 100 accomplished filmmakers and media artists to undertake a globally-collaborative work of art that raises questions about the relationship of human connection and disconnection, similarity and difference, distance and proximity.”

Pretty sure I see a cable car operator around 1:05 in the video above. Neato!

Read more about this film/fundraising effort at Global Lives Project’s Kickstarter page. And help them out if you can!

Shortest Break-Up Letter


Photo by courtchops

Kind of the opposite of “it’s not you, it’s me,” which of course means it’s really…you.

A random sticker spotted by courtchops on the 18-46th Avenue.

Other important messages found on Muni:

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