Muni Metaphor of the Day
Photo by whitneykahl
From a very confusing posted sign at a bus stop:
“Muni buses are dogie playgrounds. Muni drivers love listen to dogs barking 24/7.”
Via whitneykahl on Instagram.
Giants Win the Pennant With Muni’s Support!
Photo by Joe Shmoe
Muni has been displaying the grammatically challenged “GO GIANTS !” for quite some time now, so we like to think that our transit system’s support of the hometeam had something to do with the celebration last night.
For the second time in three seasons, World Series baseball games will be played in San Francisco beginning tomorrow. Get ready, y’alls!
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Viral Marketing Tactic on Muni?
Photo by @trincia
Photo via rider @trincia, who said:
Well I guess that’s one way to do it. #marketing on #SFMUNI
By the way, Thadd Evans’s book is indeed on Amazon’s ebook store.
Geary Bus Rapid Transit: Ever-Elusive, Now Also Mysterious
Photo by Brandon Doran
So, for the curious minds wondering WTF we’re talking about:
San Francisco County Transportation Authority planners say that the bus rapid transit project would transform the line that carries 50,000 riders a day, the most in the system, into something more like a train. With a dedicated bus lane in each direction, low-floor buses would arrive at more regular intervals to carry passengers between the quiet west side of the city and downtown. It’s scheduled to open in 2019.
There you have it: it’ll happen seven years from now. The Bay Citizen explains the resources that are being spent on rider outreach about the project:
The authority is paying a pretty penny for publicizing the project. A total of $270,000 is going to two big-name consulting firms – Barbary Coast Consulting, based in San Francisco, and Circlepoint in Oakland – to handle communications and outreach from 2008 through 2013, according to the transportation authority.
The planners told the Bay Citizen that they have bought ads, sent mailings, hung posters, and held meetings to “more than 25 community groups this summer about the bus rapid transit on Geary.”
They’re looking to do something similar on Van Ness. Editor’s note: PLEASE GOD MAKE IT SO!
Punk Rock Posters, Starring Muni
Situationist pamphlet by David Jacobs, USA, 1973. Source: Punk: An Aesthetic.
Reader Meli (of Bikes and the City) found Muni in some unexpected places via this rad story on The Art of Punk and the Punk Aesthetic.
Here’s another familiar sighting in a Sex Pistols poster.
Sex Pistols, Pretty Vacant poster, UK, 1977. Design: Jamie Reid. Source: The Art of Punk (Omnibus Press)
Thanks, Meli!
