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I thought you guys might like the scoop on Muni working together with the LightHouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired in order to make Muni more accessible and VI-friendly. At the link is the Lighthouse’s blog, including links to three informational videos that address some concerns.
http://www.lighthouse-sf.org/blog/776/
Over at Muni Diaries, we just posted our first Muni Craigslist Missed Connection ad of the week. And this morning on Twitter, I found this hilarious movie via @Caitomalley.
This was filmed in the LA subways (should have done it in SF, guys!), with Doug Mand (30 Rock), Ellie Kemper (The Office), and Dan Gregor. Awesome man-fight at 1:40. “So poignant!”
Photo by Flickr user Bo-Alex
A month or so ago, we announced a call for obituaries to honor the lines that Muni plans to take out of service this fall. We set the deadline for submissions at Sept. 30.
Since then, a reputable source has indicated that the date of discontinuation of the routes listed below is mid-November, a bit later than originally scheduled (yay?).
So …
We’ve decided to give you a little leeway in penning your fitting tribute to the line or lines of your choice. The new deadline is Sunday, October 18. Oh, and no one seems to know what the 53-Southern Heights is or what it does. Any lovers of this poor soul of a Muni bus route care to step up to speak on its behalf, we welcome you.
So here are the lines that’ve been given a few weeks’ reprieve:
* 4-Sutter
* 7-Haight
* 16AX-Noriega “A” Express
* 20-Columbus
* 26-Valencia
* 53-Southern Heights
* 74X-CultureBus
* 89-Laguna Honda
Update: SFWeekly reports: Union: Barring Mechanical Failure, Driver of Crashed Muni Training Coach Likely to be Fired
Update (3:04 p.m.): SF Appeal has the update on the 3-Jackson crash.
Original post: Another bad day for Muni saw two vehicles collide on Market earlier this morning. And now, via Action News SF, reports and photos of a bus crashing into a building on Laguna near Sutter. Must’ve been either a 3-Jackson or 4-Sutter, right? We’ll update once we know more.
San Francisco Main Lines
I was poking around Market Street Railway blog the other day when I came across the bad-ass-est site: It’s called San Francisco Cityscape, and it’s a virtual emporium of transit maps, photos of the city, even iPhone background-sized images of wonders like the Golden Gate Bridge or the cable cars on California mountain Street.
But yeah, it’s those transit map that really drew me in. Here are a couple (click image to see original in a new tab/window), but hop on over to SF Cityscapes to fully ingest these visual wonders.
San Francisco Bay Area Rail Transit
And my favorite …
California High-Speed Rail
Reader Andy B. sent over this lovely picture. From what I can tell this is a subway car dedicated just for bikes, right? Many of my bicyclist friends would be delighted. Think it’s a good idea for BART? At least we could potentially avoid antagonistic situations like this one.
I didn’t recognize the picture immediately but a couple of minutes of dedicated scrolling later, I found that this was taken in Copenhagen, reportedly the most bicycle-friendly city in the world (courtesy of Arkitip Intel and Copenhagenize).
Thanks, Andy!