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Sometimes you see a tender moment on Muni and it just really makes your day, like this sweet dad braiding his little girl’s hair. Thanks to @kirinqueen on Instagram for sharing this! And in case you missed it, for Father’s day, we have a new podcast episode featuring comedian Dhaya Lakshminarayanan on her dad’s take on Muni weirdos.
Feature image by @josephbergen on Flickr
Pic by Flickr user Christina B. Castro
They came for our Fast Passes, and we revolted by hoarding our local transit ephemera like Elaine Benes on her last box of sponges. In an attempt at modernizing the fare box experience, they are now coming for our Muni Transfers. SFist has the scoop on the uglier transfers set to replace our cheap-and-cheerful transit kaleidoscope.
I mean, I guess.
We wore Muni transfers. We used them as bookmarks. We turned the transfer into art. So excuse us for tipping our hats to another era gone by.
Just when you think Monday is getting you down, this Muni driver’s random kindness can cheer anyone up. From the Muni Diaries Instagram submission box, @Bloom_reports says:
My Muni driver was handing out 🍒 earlier today. Carried ’em home in my pocket. Love this city.
A few years ago a Muni operator told us that he would hand out candy when he’s driving on Halloween night to sooth the mood on the bus if anyone belligerent gets on. So sweet. Do you have a driver story to share? Someone who made your day? Tag us on Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter. Our email inbox muni.diaries.sf@gmail.com is always open!
More like the 14-Rrrrrrruff.
By the looks of it, this is a brand-spanking new bed — and a very lucky pooch. Hats off to these dog owners for creating a jealously comfortable Muni ride for their pet.
The Muni menagerie never disappoints — so much so, we have a whole category teeming with odes to the four-legged, the feathered, and even the scaly that have joined humans on our adventures through town.
h/t to sender-inner James Robinson. Wanna be cool like James? Tag us on Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter with the haps on your bus. Plus, our email inbox, muni.diaries.sf@gmail.com, is always open!
Are you seeing this too, or is that just the edibles talking?
Thanks to Amy at Capp Street Crap for pointing us to to this delightful situation posted by @nevona on Twitter. Hilarious Twitter comments to this BART moment: Read more
Your daily $2.25 chariot is about to become your daily $2.50 ride, and more if you don’t use a Clipper card. The upcoming fare increase is a part of the Automatic Fare Indexing Policy that started in 2009, which means that prices are determined by a formula based on monetary inflation and operations costs. The nitty gritty formula is in the fare indexing policy page here.
This year’s fare hike details from the SFMTA:
| Single-Trip Fares | Current | July 1, 2017 |
| Regular Adult: Cash and Limited-Use Tickets (from Metro station machines) | $2.50 | $2.75 |
| Regular Adult: Clipper Card and MuniMobile App | $2.25 | $2.50 |
| Discount* Adult: Cash and Limited-Use Tickets | $1.25 | $1.35 |
| Discount* Adult: Clipper Card or MuniMobile App | $1.00 | $1.25 |
| Monthly Passes | Current | July 1, 2017 |
| Adult “A” Monthly Pass (Muni + BART within San Francisco) | $91.00 | $94.00 |
| Adult “M” Monthly Pass (Muni only) | $73.00 | $75.00 |
| Adult Lifeline Monthly Pass (Low income) | $36.00 | $38.00 |
| Discount* Monthly Pass (Muni only) | $36.00 | $38.00 |
*Discounted rates are available for youth (5-18), seniors (65+), people with disabilities and Medicare recipients.
If this seems more frequent than usual, you’re correct: the last fare increase in January was not a part of Automatic Fare Indexing but a change to the fare policy. Get more of those quarters (or your Clipper card) ready, folks. And remember the right currency: Muni no longer takes magic beans!