Muni Diaries

Found: Muni Rider With the Most Tweed

July 19, 2012 eugenia Leave a comment

This gentleman’s knickerbockers and wing tips deserve sartorial respect and the award for Tweediest Muni Rider of the Month. Although this fine lad’s tweed hat is a close contender.

Category: diaries, Photos

Attack of the BART water heater!

July 19, 2012 jeff Leave a comment

Seriously, we hope no one was injured. And we hope the authoritehs caught this nasty culprit.

@Barz33 claims this is a water heater. We think she might be an accomplice to the crime.

Category: BART

Muni Eyes Spy a Ghost

July 18, 2012 Tara One comment

Well, I’d be alarmed, too, thanks to that ghost in the window.

@ellingson called our attention back to the googly-eyed emergency button, spotted on the outbound N-Judah. We last enjoyed Muni Metro googly eyes in June (and every other time we thought about it and opened that post). Googly eyes make everything funnier, including and especially the Metro.

Thanks for sharing, Josh.

Category: diaries Tags: N-Judah

NYC Subway Riders Grab Suspected Groper

July 18, 2012 yarbs 2 comments

Sometimes, tolerating big-city transit requires imagining your happy place or staring a hole through your iPhone. That’s why we love this story about New York City subway Good Samaritans who jumped into action and dragged a passenger from the train after a woman accused him of groping her. Does the Muni humper ring a bell?

The video of the whole takedown is above, including the accused perp getting arrested.

We know, we know, innocent until proven guilty. But don’t you just love the idea of a little subway justice?

Category: News

Transit News: BART elevators, Embarcadero streetcars, Muni cameras, sketch Muni bonuses

July 18, 2012 jeff Leave a comment

Photo by Doctor Gage

Surprise: BART Elevators Are Filthy and Poorly Serviced (SF Weekly)
Massive bus facility under contruction at Islais Creek (Examiner.com)
Decision on free Muni for youth still to come (SF Examiner)
Downtown Muni Lines Rerouted For Central Subway Construction (SF Appeal)
Former Muni Exec Defends Decision Not To Brake After Striking Pedestrian (SF Appeal)
Muni to expand historic streetcar service for America’s Cup events in August (SF Examiner)
Muni eyeing plan to install new digital cameras on buses (SF Examiner)
Streetcars needed for America’s Cup now 16 months late (Market Street Railway Blog)
Central Subway work starts amid problems (SFGate)
Muni paid bonuses tied to inflated on-time rate (The Bay Citizen)