Meanwhile, on @munidiaries

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The @munidiaries Twitter feed runneth over with the ins and outs of your daily commute. Blink and you might miss @amber_kit‘s picture of a man who brought his own seating on the bus (above). In case you aren’t a Twitter fiend like we and @munidiaries‘ 3300+ followers are, we’ve picked out this week’s best tweets.

Meanwhile, on @munidiaries:

@bryceyadolphson: If the hipster with the open mouth coffee mug spills on me… its gonna be Battle: SF.

@rockbandit: Homeless dude on Muni now giving tickets to women for “being too pretty.”

@ladue: Last night on the 22 bus, a crazy woman got on and proceeded to take up the entire front row of seats with her teddy bears. #muni

@lifebeginsat30: #Muni driver just cutely picked me up in the middle of the block. He: “You looked at me, you smiled, I had to give in.”

@andreaprete: Forgot my crochet stuff so today on Muni I’m gonna imagine who on the train can wear a bow tie w/o looking like a tool.

Follow us on Twitter and tweet your Muni ride to @munidiaries. Your tweet might end up here next week!

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Scratching an itch on Muni

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Katie posted a story on her Tumblr blog (A Streetcar Called Taraval) that had me covering my face in laughter and horror. Read on:

So I’m riding a 71 from downtown with my boyfriend. At Sixth street, a woman begs the driver, “I don’t have any money, I just need to go to the hospital!” The driver doesn’t have time for her story, so he lets her on without fare. She sits in the designated seating, spread across three seats. She’s wearing an ankle-length skirt. She has a stained T-shirt stretched over pendulous breasts that reach her navel. She has a shock of bright pink hair and is about 5’3” and 350. It’s late December, and she’s smiling and wishing a Merry Christmas to all of the riders.

All the locals summarily ignore her because we’re used to sixth street crazies on the bus. Then she starts itching her leg. She works her skirt up a little bit and claws at her calf. Whatever. A couple of tourists get on the bus with their muni 3-day passports. They look like a young couple from New England. The woman wishes them a drunk “Merrrrry Christmuss!!” and smiles. They awkwardly exchange a holiday greeting back. This woman has since moved on to itching her inner knee…. Her skirt is hiked up a little bit more, so she can reach it. She’s still overflowing with holiday cheer.

Finish reading Katie’s story on A Streetcar Called Taraval.

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Bus Bridges Running During Muni Delays (updates)

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Embarcadero Station
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Update (3:22 p.m.): SF Weekly says that SFMTA promises a fail-free evening commute today. We’ll just see about that, won’t we?

Update (2:26 p.m.): SF Appeal reports that, according to SFMTA, this morning’s mess was the result of damaged cables. The problem was fixed at 10 a.m. this morning, according to SFMTA spokesperson Paul Rose. Read the rest of the story at SF Appeal.

Original post:The exact cause of this morning’s delays at the Embarcadero Station is still unclear, and it looks like we won’t find out for another few hours. The delays started early this morning, affecting inbound and outbound trains that feed under Market Street.

KRON 4 reports:

Muni spokesman Paul Rose says once the morning commute is over, repair crews will go to the Embarcadero Station and assess what’s going wrong. Rose wouldn’t estimate the length of the delays but says bus bridges are also running along Market Street to cope with the extra number of passengers.

SFMTA says that a mechanical issue might be causing the problem. Deja vu much? SF Appeal reports:

According to SF MTA spokesperson Paul Rose, “we’re still moving, we’re just going slowly” at the Embarcadero station, where he says mechanical issues are, yet again, delaying service.

Riders are understandably frustrated, especially loudly on Twitter, notes the SF Examiner. You can, of course, request a late note from the station agent like Kath did this morning. Genius, Kath!

We’ll keep you updated here on the status of the delay.

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