Thank you, friendly 23 driver, from awkward bike girl

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Bikes On The Bus
Photo by Flickr user Pete Boyd

I just got my first ‘grown-up’ bike this week! In preparation for loading it on the bus, I watched a YouTube video on how to use the bike rack on Muni. I was set!

That is, until I didn’t place the hook over the wheel properly. Bumping over the St. Francis hills on Monterey boulevard, my bike almost fell off the rack. Thankfully, the driver stopped in time, and was really friendly and patient while I fought with the rusty wheel hook and put it properly in place.

I was so embarrassed, but the driver was so nice and encouraging, I felt a lot better about it.

I ended up on his bus on the way home a few hours later, and he told me to take my time to get it right this time around. I thanked him, but forgot to ask his name.

So, again, thanks friendly driver with the Muni beanie on the 23 route between 6:00 and 11:00pm on May 20, 2010. You made my evening!

– Laurel, the awkward bike girl

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Muni Missed Connections: Cupcake Edition

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Strawberry Macaroon Cupcakes
Photo by Flickr user Aaron Landry

We begin this latest round of Muni Missed Connections with a tale of cupcake kindness on the 19, of all routes:

u gave me a cupcake b4 u got off at 24th or 25th, thought that was really sweetie, would b nice if every1 on the 19 was sweetie like u, prob wont c u again since I’m not on the 19everyday(thank the lord) so its a good thing CL has this section4u2find me, very sweet

Next, this 30-something might have found his cougar siren, reading The Leopard, no less, on the mysterious 39L:

You’re probably a good 20 years older than me (and likely far too classy for the likes of a tattooed ne’er do well like myself), but every time I see you waiting at our bus stop, my heart starts racing…we almost always sit across from each other, if not very close, and every time I can’t keep my eyes off of you. You’re elegant, sexy, and I imagine what it’s like to be with you every time I see you… Thanks for making me feel alive! (and if you’re ever feeling daring…well, you get the idea)

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Late night commercial shoot in West Portal station

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West Portal Station
Photo by Flickr user Whole Wheat Toast

Rider Chris saw something “indelibly strange” at the West Portal station last night:

Around 10:30 p.m., a full film crew (lighting, boom mics, folding chairs chairs; the whole shmear) was shooting a T-Mobile commercial on the inbound platform of West Portal station. Apparently some high-caliber “account executives” were on-scene to watch the filming take place, explained a production assistant (who was very clearly amped on something stronger than mere caffeine.)

Now, as this film shoot was happening, passengers and trains kept filing onto the platform as normal. Grandmothers with laden grocery bags consistently strode stolidly past the unmoving security guys and directly through the shoot. Utter chaos.

I have no idea how this concept got OK-ed by anyone (both on the commercial “creatives” side and in MUNI) but the pure and obvious silliness of the logistical problems posed by the outgoing trains and the waves of passengers still issuing through the station made for depths of absurdity that even Muni rarely reaches.

Alas, Chris was caught without a camera (dude, camera phone!).  If you captured this silliness (which I would loved to have witnessed), send us the photos, please!

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Weekend Photos: Facing Forward

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Royal Crown
Photo by Troy Holden

A week into the service cuts, you’ve let us know in pictures and in stories how these cuts are affecting you. Meanwhile, new audit and cut backs on fare enforcement drove most of Muni news this week:

– St. Francis Circle Rail-Replacement project schedule changes to being Monday (SFMTA)
– Muni Says It Agrees With Its Audit, Still Wants to Rebut It (SFAppeal)
– Fare inspectors aren’t law enforcement officials (Bay City News via SFAppeal)
– Graffiti moniker helps solve Muni case (Examiner)
– Supervisors Prepared to Reject SFMTA Budget if Muni Service Cuts Stay (StreetsBlog SF)
– Muni cuts back on fare enforcement in light of profiling concerns (Examiner)
– New Muni attendance policy in the works (Examiner)
– City Audit Slams Muni Labor, Management (SFWeekly)
– Suspicious package (burrito) disrupts the N (CBS5)

This Sunday is Bay to Breakers so if you’re not running/walking/stumbling under the influence, be sure to check out the impacted Muni schedule due to the race.

Oh hey, is that a Muni Banksy in that photo below?

Enjoy the pictures and your weekend. And if you take any Bay to Breaker photos on Muni, we want to know, like, asap!

Go Humans Go
Photo by Thomas Hawk

(Inverted) Muni Banksy
Photo by Flickr user dumbeast

urban blur #3
Photo by Flickr user optimal tweezer

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