Photo Diary: Grocery Liquor
Photo by Kapshure
Look at who coordinated to match in kelly green today.
Got great Muni photos? We’re always hungry for them!
Left You a Note on Muni
This one is pretty cute. I wonder if they ever found each other.
Photo by Flickr user revger
At least the writer of this note said please.
“…and 4. Find my to-do list.”
Monsters attack!
If you stumbled upon another quirky find on Muni, you know where to send it. Let’s be voyeurs together.
What to do when you encounter the Muni Seat Hog
We RT’d @amanda___c this morning, and got quite a number of suggestions for how to handle such an egregious breach of public-transit etiquette:
Uh, pick up his bag and throw it on him, then sit down. if he complains, tell him to F— off. 🙂 — @michaeldowling
I usually just start sitting on the seat anyway. The introduction of a stranger’s ass is good motivation. It works. —Â @McClure_SF
I’ve been known to pick up a bag, plunk it in their lap, and sit. Seats are for people, not bags! —Â @cripsahoy
I stand in front of them and pass gas… —Â @murphstahoe
What about you? How do you handle this particular type of Grade-A douchefeather?
Muni News: Muni budget, Muni fixes, a Muni audit
Photo by torbakhopper
- Sunday parking meter enforcement among proposals to trim Muni budget deficit (SF Examiner)
- Linton Johnson, BART Spokesman, Reassigned to New Job (SF Weekly) || (BART.gov)
- Muni chief optimistic despite projected budget shortfall (SF Public Press)
- “Smart” card for SF parking, taxis and maybe Muni in the works (City Insider)
- Muni seeks to cut down on ‘bunches and gaps’ on transit lines (SF Examiner)
- SFMTA Audit Spotlights Poor Project Management, Cost Overruns (Streetsblog SF)
- Muni spending extra $90M due to project delays (SF Examiner)
Unintended consequences on the 27-Bryant
Photo by Andrew Mager
We heard from Muni rider Amy the other day.
Sorry, M.R.F.K.A.M. (Muni rider formerly known as Michael). Guess it wasn’t your lucky day.
These kinds of important dispatches from the field are the grease that keeps Muni Diaries chuggin’ along. What’s your Muni story? Share it here.
SFMTA nixes $0.25 transfer proposal
Photo by Jason Flower
Put those quarters back in your pocket, Muni riders. The SFMTA has scrapped a proposal to begin charging $0.25 for transfers. ABC 7 has the deets:
The agency’s commissioners said on Monday that all revenue options must be explored to help close a projected $34 million deficit. But they took the 25-cent transfer fee off the table, saying that would go against the way Muni is setup.
After our initial post about paid transfers and an overall rate-hike, one commenter pointed out something obvious that no one had touched on up to that point: “aren’t people required to have a transfer as proof of payment, even if they aren’t getting on another bus. In that case, everyOne will have to pay the fee.” Good point. And a moot one now.
Whew!
Read the rest of the ABC 7 story.