‘Sorry Baby, My Tomato’

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Photo by Jason Tester

Beware of all fluids on the bus. As Kristee tells us:

I was riding a 24-Divisadero around 8 a.m. It was crowded and I was on one of the center facing-front seats reading a book. It was an embarrassing old-lady romance novel that I didn’t want anyone to see the cover of so I had it flat in my lap. At one point, a droplet fell from above me onto the page. It was too red to be water, but too diluted to be blood. Startled, I look up and there on the hand railing was a gnarled old fist tightly gripping a half-eaten ripe tomato. I loudly cleared my throat to express my irritation. In the smoothest Isaac Hayes voice, he calmly said, ‘Awww… sorry baby, my tomato,’ and casually stuffed it into the pocket of his jeans.

Head’s up?

Muni News: Church Station repairs, Muni money, BART to San Jose

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Photo by Aaron

  • Second Rewired PCC Accepted by Muni (Market Street Railway)
  • Church Station Escalator Maintenance Through March (SFMTA)
  • Muni communications system could receive funding boost next week (SF Examiner)
  • SFMTA identifies $24 billion in long-term project needs (SF Examiner)
  • BART to San Jose appears set to get federal OK (AP via SFGate)
  • BART plans to order test batch of new cars in May (SFGate)
  • BART’s Fleet of the Future: Update on key features for new train cars (BART.gov)

SFPD Wants You to Be Safe on Muni

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Photo by Anna Conti

Matthew Friedman of SFPD’s Mission Station writes us to say:

Greetings,

If at all possible we have a page on our site devoted to Muni safety. If there is any chance you could provide a link I would be most grateful.

No problem. Tips include:

  • Passengers are reminded to be aware of their surroundings while traveling on Muni.
  • Suspects prey on victims using these devices knowing they are distracted while texting or listening to music on PDAs, using laptops, and talking on cellular phones.
  • Passengers should be careful to limit the use of these devices and always be aware of other passengers on the vehicle.

Great reminders here, folks. People are stealing phones on Muni all over town lately. Be careful out there.

PS: You can follow the Mission station on Twitter

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