Jawa on Muni Wants Your Droids
Aren’t you a little tall for a Jawa?
Via @brhau. Of course, this isn’t the first Star Wars character to be spotted on the slowest-moving vehicles in the galaxy. Who can forget the Ewok or Obi-Wan?
Baby Strollers on Muni
Photo by visnup
Two San Francisco supervisors have proposed new laws that would force Muni operators to allow baby strollers on Muni unfolded. According to SFGate, it currently is up to the driver whether to allow strollers (news to us). More from SFGate on the current situation:
If it is allowed, the baby must be removed and the stroller must be folded up. The policy also prohibits parents with strollers from using wheelchair lifts and “special ramped platforms” for boarding a bus.
Families are apparently leaving the city, and the supervisors hope that this policy change will slow that phenomenon down.
Read the rest of the report on SFGate. And let us know what you think about this proposal.
Art Imitates Muni in SF Opera Project
Image: ODC Theater in San Francisco
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Muni as art: New opera starts at a San Francisco bus stop.
Really? Yep: it’s called, fittingly, LOVE/HATE. Billed as a modern love story, the show is presented in association with the San Francisco Opera Center. It premiers at the ODC Theater in San Francisco on April 12, 14, and 15.
According to Marina Boudart Harris, in a blog post from Backstage at San Francisco Opera:
The bus stop. It’s a place I often find myself spending time as an Adler Fellow. I currently live in the Inner Richmond area, which is a good forty minutes from the opera house, but you can’t beat the rent or the myriad of multicultural cuisine just steps from your door. Every morning, I wait for the 38 bus with my fellow passengers in silence, and it never ceases to shock me when someone speaks to me. “How strange!” I think to myself, and wonder what it is about me or my demeanor that invites conversation. What gives people the courage to strike up a chat? Such is the subject matter of LOVE/HATE, a modern love story about two people who meet at…you guessed it…the bus stop. And just as life imitates art, art often imitates life.
Interesting subject matter, indeed. For more info and to purchase tickets, visit the ODC Theater website. And send us your own stories about real-life stuff happening on Muni.
Mixology on Muni
Josiah just sent this dispatch: “Cuervo Silver & San Pellegrino on the 33-Stanyan.” Hmmm, never tried that.
Birthday DJ Party Time! Celebrate 4 Years of Muni Diaries
Illustration by Jay Sacher
So come party with us on Saturday, April 28, at the Make-Out Room! We’ve lined up great 90s hip hop, free margaritas, a photo booth, and door prizes. Mark it on your calendars!
Muni Diaries 4th Birthday DJ Party
April 28 6 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Free!
Make-Out Room
3225 22nd Street
Routes serving the area: BART 24th St. Station, 12, 14, 22, 33, 48, 49, 67
Get down with your fellow riders and celebrate life on the bus!
*Jam to 90s hip hop courtesy of DJ SMA of DEBASER.
* Free el Jimador margaritas!
* Look sharp and hop into the Orange Photography photo booth.
* Munch on free 4505 Meats chicharrones while supplies last.
* All attendees are entered to win prizes from Good Vibrations and Timbuk2
* The Chairman Bao truck will be parked in front of the Make-Out Room! Can you say pork belly?
Disease-Free BART Seats Are Here! (update)
Photo by @kwpianist
Update:
If you’re one of the few riders who’s been lucky enough to sit on the new seats, tweet us about it!
Before:
Photo by the_gain_card
Original post: BART seats are about to become a lot less disgusting. BART has announced a trial run for its new, easier-to-clean, not-cloth-and-cushion seats. Cars with the new seats will be labeled with a decal, and riders are encouraged to participate in a survey to let the agency know what you think.
One hundred BART train cars have been fitted with the new seats and will be integrated into the fleet gradually.
From BART.gov:
Before BART purchases more seats, on-board surveys will be conducted to determine whether or not customers give the new material a thumbs up. The survey period is expected to run between April 21 and May 2.
If you are lucky enough to ride on one of these cars, let BART know about the experience. Feel free to share your thoughts here, too.
And we have to wonder: Once the entire fleet is fitted with vinyl seats, what will the BART Poop Bandit do?