Transit News: BART surplus, Muni communications upgrade, AC Transit “Made in the USA”

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  • BART budget surplus boosts plans for future (SF Examiner)
  • Switchback setbacks reduced on Muni lines (SF Examiner)
  • Push made for ‘Made in America’ transit vehicles (CC Times)
  • Taking the train to the Transbay Terminal (City Insider)
  • Muni board to approve upgrading communications system (SF Examiner)
  • BART worker may lose job over act of ‘benevolence’ (SFGate)
  • Bill bars cell service shutdown by public agencies (SFGate)
Category: News

Transit Art: Can You Spot BART?

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Can you spot pieces of Bay Area transit in this piece of mixed media art by reader Tofu St. John? You might remember him from “Project Art a Day.” His newest piece incorporates pieces of transit ephemera from public transportation systems across the country.

Here’s what he has to say about the new piece (available at Society6):

I love public transportation. When I travel to different cities I always seek out the adventure of public transportation. There is something magical about emerging from a subway station in a strange city for the first time. This new piece is made up of public transportation maps from around the world. From the San Francisco Bay Area’s Muni, AC Transit and BART to DC’s Metro, to London’s Underground and many more.

How do other artists incorporate public transit into their work? Check out our Muni Art Pinterest Board!

Category: diaries

NYC Subway-Riding Goat Steals the Show

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You have go(a)t to be kidding me.

Appropriately, our friends at Tiny Rides sent us this New York City Subway-riding goat, Cocoa. Cocoa (!) loves people, and she can’t sleep at night unless owner and Joisey resident Cyrus Fakroddin is in eyeshot. In a Reuters photo shoot by Allison Joyce, Cocoa is doing everything from hanging in Central Park to catching the C train from Columbus Circle. What a polite-seeming passenger, no? Check out Cocoa’s adventures on Buzzfeed.

Muni has its share of cute animals on the bus, but I don’t think we’ve ever seen a goat. Unless you have? Send us any and all cute Muni cargo today.

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Free Muni for Low-Income Kids Passes SFMTA Board

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According to reports from Tuesday’s SFMTA board meeting, something like free Muni for kids has made it onto the budget for the next couple of years.

The board favored a free youth pass program for low-income students, but members weren’t convinced that expanding the proposal to include anyone under 17 would be worth the trade-offs in cuts to Muni maintenance that staff presented to the board — at least in this budget cycle.

The two-year budget must now be approved by the Board of Supervisors before going into effect. Read Streetsblog SF for more.

Category: News

Oscar Grant BART Shooting To Be Made Into Movie

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Coming to a movie theater near you: the Oscar Grant fatal BART shooting. The movie is called “Fruitvale” and is being produced by Forrest Whitaker. Academy Award winner Octavia Spencer (The Help) and former Friday Night Lights actor Michael B. Jordan are in talks to star in the movie. The movie is still in negotiation.

SFist has more details about the story.

What do you think — do you want to watch a movie about Oscar Grant or are the news reports enough to do it justice? I’m personally curious about how the events will be portrayed on the big screen.

Category: BART, News
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