Are There Quiet Freakouts on Muni?
The Tenderloin Geographic Society posted this one today, pointing out the irony of quietly freaking out on a 71.
Who is freaking out on your Muni? Send us a Muni diary today.
Muni News: New BART cars, Muni savings, speedier Muni, Caltrain upgrades
Photo by eviloars
- Wage talks to be either a boost or bust for SFMTA (SF Examiner)
- New Train Car Project (BART.gov)
- Cuts to Top Brass Will Save Muni $2 Million (Bay Citizen)
- Half of SF’s Traffic Signals to Get Transit Priority Within Two Years (Streetsblog SF)
- SFMTA’s plan to speed Muni service (SF Gate)
- Muni budget deficit ballooning (SF Examiner)
- Caltrain upgrades a step toward high-speed rail (SFGate)
- Muni chief takes aim at swollen overtime budget (SF Public Press)
Muni emergency exit for the taking
Feeling trapped on Muni Metro? Stuck on a 30-Stockton or 45-Union/Stockton in Chinatown? What you need is your own emergency exit. Kelsey found one for you on Van Ness.
Happy Thursday!
Bus Top Gardens: Why Not?
They did it on the roof at the Academy of Sciences, so why not bring the idea of the living roof to the top of buses?
We found this cool project called Bus Roots, which brings living gardens to the tops of city buses. A prototype is currently traveling around New York City.
What do you think: Yay or nay for Muni?
Ode to (Not Muni) Transit
Photo: Staś Małolepszy
Muni rider Jessica has had it with Muni. She writes:
I had been a long time Muni commuter until a job took me to Oakland and forced me to start commuting via bicycle/BART. Now I’m back in the city and at the mercy of Muni when it rains. Last week was particularly bad, and inspired me to start rhyming.
This commuter’s frustration culminated in a very Seuss-ian poem, “An Ode to Independent Transportation.”
I do not miss you Muni bus, who squished and threw and jostled us
I do not miss you 45, recycling and chickens (live!)
I do not miss you 41, iPhone in hands of everyone
I do not miss you 19, too, you smell of B.O. and of poo
I do not miss your route through town, drivers wearing tan and brown
I do not miss your speed, a crawl; I do not miss you, not at all!
Send us your Muni musings, rhyming or otherwise, today.
The BART Poop Bandit Strikes (Again?)
Photo by Jessa-Minnie
Muni Diaries Live alum Kelly Beardsley shared the following tale recently. Kelly is a BART operator, you see:
Man, I’m just not even fazed anymore.