Muni Fashion Trend Twitter Alert


Photo by David Lytle

100 Muni StoriesScrew Fashion Week. The latest fashion trends can be spotted on Muni, as a sharp-eyed Twitter correspondent observes.

@SheEatsWell: There’s a guy on my bus rocking a headband. And he looks good. Oh #dirtythirty #sfmuni #100MuniStories

Disclaimer: That’s an older photo of another guy rocking a headband on Muni and possibly not the same guy rocking the headband on Muni in @SheEatsWell’s tweet. But I think this young man is also wearing his headband with lots of swagger.

100 Days, 100 Muni Stories” is our way of celebrating Muni’s centennial year. We want to put your stories and tweets on an advertisement in the bus! Check out on other stories competing for the ad spotlight, and send us your story or clever tweet. Remember to use the hashtag #100MuniStories!

Today Only: Win a Handsome Muni Streetcar Poster

Want this beautiful new poster of the F-Market on your wall? We’re giving this poster away today to one lucky Facebook fan on the Muni Diaries facebook page! You don’t have to be a new fan; all our Facebook fans are eligible to win. But if you’re not following us on Facebook already (ahem, what?), today’s the day!

This poster is courtesy of @khayreebutler, who also has other great posters that showcase Muni’s fleet of vintage streetcars. The posters are up on ThirtySecondExposure’s Etsy site.

The contest closes at 11:59 p.m. tonight, so go over to the Muni Diaries Facebook page and join us. We’ll announce the winner on Facebook tomorrow.

Memorial for Jimmy the Civic Center Busker

We may have lost another busker whose music served as a staple for our commute hours. Reader Laura and her young child often enjoyed Jimmy’s music when he played at Civic Center station. But, one morning last week, her husband found this poster, put up by Jimmy’s friend, noting the busker’s passing.

My husband Darryl took this picture in the southeast corner of Civic Center station on last Thursday morning, of a poster apparently put up in Jimmy’s honor. Later that day the poster was removed when he’d brought flowers to put under it. Jimmy was just a gentle-seeming person with kind eyes who played guitar most mornings in the southeast corner of Civic Center station.

We gave him money sometimes, and our four-year-old son sometimes danced to his music if we had time to stop for a few minutes on the way to preschool. We didn’t know anything else about him – even his name, until last week – but were shocked and saddened to see the poster (also shocked and saddened that the poster came down so fast.) We would love to make a donation in his honor at a social service provider if we could find out which one might have been helping him. Otherwise we’ll just pick one…

Last year, we saw an amazing outpouring of support for beloved busker Jesse Morris. If you have more information about Jimmy, or memories of seeing him play at Civic Center, please comment and let us know.

Your Weekend Muni Transit Advisory — Happy Birthday, Golden Gate Bridge!


Photo by rocketdogphoto

As you might already know, the “long shutdown” of rail service to the N-Judah will start in about three hours. Muni will provide bus shuttles to service that and other affected routes. The agency is also encouraging walking and cycling over this holiday weekend and the entire span of 10 days that the line will be shut off to LRV service. For more info, click here.

Here are the rest of your Memorial Day weekend transit advisories:

Carnaval Parade

On Sunday the Carnaval Parade will begin at 9:30 a.m. The staging area for the parade will be on Bryant Street between 18th and Cesar Chavez streets. Assembly for the parade will begin at 5 a.m. and the parade will finish by 4 p.m.

The parade will proceed west on 24th Street from Harrison Street, north on Mission Street and east on 17th Street to the dispersal area along 17th Street, South Van Ness Avenue and 15th Street.

Cross traffic along Bryant Street where parade staging is will be allowed until 9 a.m.

Streets will be opened to traffic after the parade passes.

No public parking will be available for this event. Event and parade participants are encouraged to take public transportation.

The following Muni routes will be affected:

· 12 Folsom
· 14 Mission
· 14L Mission Limited
· 27 Bryant
· 33 Stanyan
· 48 Quintara-24th Street
· 49 Van Ness/Mission
· 67 Bernal Heights

Golden Gate Bridge 75th Anniversary Celebration and Fireworks

On Sunday the Golden Gate Bridge 75th anniversary celebration will take place. Celebration activities will start at 11 a.m. in the area from Fort Point to Pier 39. Fireworks showcasing the bridge, bay and surrounding parks will begin at 9:30 p.m. and can only be seen between the Golden Gate Bridge and Fort Mason. Please visit Golden Gate Bridge 75th Anniversary website for more details.

The Golden Gate Bridge will be closed from approximately 9 p.m. until after the firework show ends.

Supplemental Bus Service
SFMTA will provide supplemental bus service on the following bus routes to the event area from 1 p.m. until after the event:

· 22 Fillmore
· 28L 19th Avenue Limited
· 30 Stockton
· 43 Masonic (6 to 8 p.m. only)

Special Bus Service
The 47L Van Ness Limited special bus service will be provided beginning at 1 p.m. between Civic Center and the Marina. This bus route will only serve the following stops:

· Civic Center BART/Muni Station, Grove and Larkin streets
· Van Ness Avenue and Geary Street
· Van Ness Avenue and Sacramento Street
· Fillmore Street and Bay Street

Regular Muni fares will apply.

The 47L buses will provide pre-event service from the Civic Center BART/Muni station (Grove and Larkin streets) until 8:30 p.m.; post-event service from Fillmore and Bay streets back to the Civic Center BART/Muni station will be available from approximately 9:50 p.m. until midnight.

Passengers who wish to board at Civic Center station should take the Grove Street exit from the Civic Center BART/Muni station. SFMTA staff will be on site to assist customers.

The last bus will depart Fillmore and Bay streets stop at midnight.

Event participants are encouraged to walk, bike and take public transportation to the event. Delays are expected due to heavy pedestrian activity and traffic congestion throughout the celebration and after the firework show.

Muni Diaries reader Susan points us to more info for the bridge celebration.

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