Muni Diaries

Muni News: Possible Caltrain fare hike, Powell Station work

January 17, 2012 jeff Leave a comment

Stockton Bus Riders Take a Back Seat to Central Subway Construction (Streetsblog SF)
Cash fares could be going up for Caltrain passengers (SF Examiner)
Bevan Dufty in talks with Mayor Ed Lee about potential city job (SF Examiner)
Muni making plans on how to remove troublesome bus shelters (SF Examiner)
Powell Street Station modernization continues through Sept. 2012 (BART.gov)
BART to run limited all-night service during Bay Bridge westbound closure (BART.gov)

Category: News

Photo Diary: Erase Muni in 3, 2, …

January 17, 2012 eugenia One comment

Sometimes photo geekery can lead to the beginning of a pretty cool urban novel. I found this photo via Ryan S. on Flickr, who said:

This pic was the result of the auto-HDR app on my phone; the bus drove through the intersection while the app was taking bracketed-exposure shots, causing it to look like the bus is being erased.

If I were writing some hardboiled science fiction, this photo would be from 500 years into the future, where my memory of Muni is being projected onto an altered version of my self…

Got a cool Muni photo? Drop it in our Muni Photos Flickr pool and help document a very essential part of living in San Francisco.

Category: diaries, Photos

File: Department of Muni Seat Fluids

January 16, 2012 jeff Leave a comment

As @archijoey says, “Sometimes visible ass sweat stops you from taking the good seat on Muni.” No matter how badly you might want to take a seat, too.

What are you seeing on Muni today? Share.

Category: diaries, Photos

Muni Diaries Live! This Saturday!

January 16, 2012 eugenia Leave a comment

Illustration by Jay Sacher

Muni Diaries Live is back this Saturday! Invite all your BFFs with the official Facebook RSVP and hear stories from some pretty amazing people. Check ’em out.

Stephen Elliott, author of The Adderall Diaries and editor of The Rumpus.
Sal Castaneda, longtime KTVU traffic reporter and radio host.
Glynn Washington, executive producer of NPR’s Snap Judgment.
Caitlin Gill, comedian and spoken-word artist.
Chloe Veltman, host and producer of public radio’s VoiceBox.
Pinched Nerve. San Francisco musician who will be performing his song, “Back Door, Step Down!”
Jan Richman, author of Thrill-Bent, a new novel about roller coasters and Tourette’s syndrome.

And you can win goodies from Timbuk2, Tacolicious, and SFLocal.net.

~~Advanced tickets are on sale now, so grab one quick before they’re gone.~~ We can’t wait to see you!

Category: Muni Diaries Live, News Tags: announcement, muni-diaries-live

Go, Niners!

January 14, 2012 jeff One comment

As several readers have alerted us, there’s a big football game today, or something.

SFMTA is behind the hometown heroes, as seen above.

Go, Niners!

Category: diaries

Weekend Photos: Indian Winter

January 13, 2012 eugenia Leave a comment

Photo by jcsnotes

Not that I’m complaining about the weather. I love it tropical.

Check out the nice action shot at the cable car turnaround below.

If you’re out and about tonight looking for something to do, don’t miss American Tripps: Berlin style ping pong tonight in the Lower Haight. Friday, Jan. 13, 8:30 p.m. at D-Structure. 520 Haight Street. Take Muni there: 6, 21, 22, 71

Enjoy these photos and your weekend!

Photo by Wayne Worden