What happened on the L-Taraval the other day?

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L Taraval
Photo by Christina B Castro

Rachael has a bizarre story that we’d love to get more info on.

At about 3:20 the other day, I was on the 29-inbound at Sunset/Taraval when I saw a woman chasing after a man. It took me a second to realize that the woman was in Muni driver browns and that she was the operator of the then-stalled L-Taraval. I figured so many other people had their cellphones out that I didn’t need to bother calling 311.

The driver, who was wearing only one shoe by this time — possibly after having lost the shoe as she was sprinting across the street — was screaming at the man and tried several times to spit on him while also trying to kick/punch. She’d go into a little fighting stance here and there before finally swearing and running off back towards her train. The guy she was after tried to board the 29, but the driver didn’t seem to want to take him on.

Rachael says she doesn’t know what prompted the altercation. We’re sure it was quite the scene. Were you there? Can you shed any light on what caused this riffraff? If you’re a Muni driver, have you heard anything about this?

Category: WTF: Weirdness on Muni

Muni News: Fares and Passes Go Up Tomorrow, ‘If I Ruled Muni,’ Clipper refunds

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Yeah, right.
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  • BART Reaches $1.3 Million Settlement With Mother Of Oscar Grant (SF Appeal)
  • Muni approves $233M contract for Central Subway tunneling project in SF (SF Examiner)
  • New Muni contract: Supervisor demands accountability (SFGate)
  • Will Muni deal lead to savings? (SFGate)
  • Clipper Could be Overcharging You for Using Transfers (UPDATE: Clipper Admits Error, Refunds to be Issued) (Akit’s Complaint Department)
  • Transit Fares, Bridge Tolls Go Up Friday (BCN via SF Appeal)
  • If I Ruled Muni… (SF Weekly‘s Joe Eskanazi)
Category: News

‘Streets of San Francisco’ Photo Show Opens Tonight

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Photo by Travis Jensen

Want to see some amazing photographs of our city? Head over to Schroeder’s Restaurant tonight for the opening of Streets of San Francisco, a photo show by Travis Jensen and Josh Sullivan. We know Travis from the photo collective All City, which has brought us some amazing transit photographs on Muni Diaries. And of course, public transportation stars prominently on our streets. You’ll see pictures like the photo in this post. Armed with 35mm film from a rooftop in the Financial District, Travis shot the two cable cars crossing paths on California Street.

At Streets of San Francisco, you’ll find “a diverse mix of urban landscapes, candid street scenes, and street portraiture.” I’m told that Schroeder’s is more than 100 years old and has never had an event like this.

Streets of San Francisco Opening Party
Schroeder’s Restaurant
240 Front Street (between California and Sacramento streets)
San Francisco, CA.
(415)421-4778
6 p.m. – 10 p.m.

The show will be up until July 30.

Category: News

To Muni, with Love, from Croatia

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Melita visited San Francisco for the second time last week from Croatia and sent us some photos she took of the F train. Looking at our transit system from a fresh, visitor’s point of view, she told us a little about the differences between public transit in Zagreb and San Francisco.

Visiting San Francisco again was great. On my first day in San Francisco two years ago I fell in love with the city and was very happy to get a chance to visit it one more time. We took long walks and used public transit (Muni/Bart/Caltrain) as we are (like most Europeans) used to public transit.

A few things that I like about Muni: it’s affordable, you can take your bike with you on Muni which is not possible to do on Zagreb (the capital of Croatia) public transit, more seats reserved for seniors and persons with disabilities, people are mostly very polite and are not pushing around the entrance to get on Muni.

One more thing that I find very amusing is pulling the string when you want to get off the bus.

Things you can do on Zagreb public transit (except trains): buy your ticket by sending SMS from your cell phone.

Wow, I’d like to buy my Muni tickets from my cell phone. Pretty cool. Wonder what transit in Zagreb looks like?

Trippy.

Thanks, Melita!

How does Muni compare to public transit in other countries? The comments section is wide open…

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