Neato: Stylin’ Golden Gate Bridge Clipper Card Now Available

It pays to wait on buying some things, as we can see right here. That’s right, everyone, this is a designer Clipper card. My friend and Muni Diaries Live photog, Kevin, just got this in the mail, and I hate him for it.

Go ahead and lament your boring blue one now.

Anyway, this special Clipper card is on sale now to commemorate the Golden Gate Bridge’s 75th anniversary year. You can get one at the Golden Gate Customer Service Center in the San Rafael Transit Center, or you can buy one online in the Golden Gate Bridge store for $25. It’s considerably more expensive than the blue ones, but we’re talking about the price of fashion (and local history), folks!

Update: The $25 actually includes $18 of pre-paid transit funds! This is a steal, everyone. Now if only it wasn’t a colossal pain in the ass to trade up.

Muni driver returns lost briefcase


Photo by MetaGrrrl

And then there are stories of Muni drivers being RAD.

Muni driver Kimberly Robinson found a briefcase left behind by a passenger on her bus in September. And lo and freaking behold, she did the right thing.

And here’s the best part: The briefcase contained a personal letter from Barack Obama to Michael Hackamack, the briefcase’s owner. Did the prez mention in this letter that he planned to mop the floor with Mitt Romney’s designer hair gel in last night’s debate?

Also, Hackamack is just a really fun name.

ABC 7 has the whole story.

Transit News: BART sister agency, sketchy BART bids, Transbay Tube walker, free Muni for kids is back


Photo by Confetti

  • BART and Shanghai Metro to Develop Sister Agency Affiliation (BART.gov)
  • Behind closed doors, BART closes, reopens bids on contested project (The Bay Citizen)
  • Editorial: Central Subway will move San Francisco in right direction (SF Examiner)
  • Man Tries to Walk to Oakland Through the Transbay Tube, Prompts BART Shutdown (SFist)
  • Supes Committee Approves Union Square Central Subway Plan (SF Appeal)
  • Free Muni youth plan could be revived with new funding from MTC (SF Examiner)
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