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:

How is Muni’s back-door boarding working for you?


Photo by Devon Shaw

Muni began letting passengers enter through the back door in July. Go ahead — I’ll give you a minute to get the snickering out of your system (don’t worry — I’m laughing, too).

Five months into the program, we’re wondering what you think of it.

In a letter-to-the-editor-style email, Muni rider Nic lets his thoughts be known:

“[T}his City often lacks a certain amount of order and civility. One notable exception used to be the Muni express buses. Instead of the usual scrum jockeying for position to board the bus, the riders of these buses would wait in orderly lines to board in the order they arrived …

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Vigilante defends Muni against vagrant Facebook bus


Photo (not a Facebook bus) by Paul Sullivan

Ed tipped us to the following act of heroism (or idiocy? you decide):

“Holy crap, someone just yelled at a Facebook shuttle driver & blocked the door to fb’ers for stopping in muni stop. While no muni was around” (via @rotron)

Last we heard in the Public vs. Private Transportation Wars, a Muni operator was on the front lines laying down the law.

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