Ramon Abad’s Muni Monsters
Via The Bold Italic, we found Ramon Abad‘s lovely little illustrations, like the one above. For more, check out Ramon’s site. Maybe SFMTA can adorn underground stations with this art, kinda like how BART did with Josh Ellingson‘s.
Google Maps Live Transit Info: BART Only For Now
Image: Google Mobile Blog
“The launch of Live Updates today is only effective with BART trains and does not include SF Muni or CalTrain. We hope to expand this service to cover more cities as we get interest from other agencies to get their real time information into Google Maps,” Google spokesperson Anne Espiritu told us.
Too bad. We still have NextBus anyways, right?
The live transit update, according to Google, works when you click on a transit station or plan a route with Google Maps. If there are no delays or alerts, you’ll see the scheduled departure times. You’ll see “Live Departure” times only if BART is reporting service alerts.
There is a video demo showing off the feature, but not much yet to see for San Francisco. How much longer until NextBus and SFMTA hook up with Google Maps? We’ll keep you updated.
Ballad for the quarante-neuf-Van Ness
49 Van Ness from Jon Reyes on Vimeo.
Though I sadly couldn’t get a photo of that one, we at least have this: more French stuff on a Van Ness line.
I take 47s and 49s — pardon, les quarante-septs et les quarante-neufs — all the time and it’s always a treat when I come up on such students. It helps me think dreamily of Paris instead of the yelling guy who shows up on the 47 in the early evenings.
This rules.
Thx: @stankpalmer
Open Thread: Love, hate, and etiquette
Photo by (Erica)
The Bold Italic has a post up today about proper behavior on Muni that they say was inspired by Muni Diaries. That means that their post was inspired by you, yes you. Muni Diaries is yours, baby. We just turn the lights on and off.
And now it’s time for another open thread. Have at it. Talk about whatever you want, so long as it’s Muni-related. Possible topics include, but are not limited to:
Next week’s inauguration of the NX-Judah express bus
Next month’s Fast Pass and cable car fare increases
SFMTA says its cameras cut accidents
Driver training gone horribly awry (via Akit’s Complaint Department)
Let Sleeping Dogs Lie
Photo by Ian Brown
Some people surely object to what’s going on in this photo. Not us. Beautiful image of a sweet moment in time.