Weekend Photos: Shades of Black

Photo by Nick Fisher

It’s been an eventful week here at Muni Diaries, with our Happy Hours with I Live Here:SF, our first offer of Mobile Spinach Muni deals, and our new addition, Muni Time Capsule. It’s a busy week for Muni news too.

• O’Shaughnessy’s Map Now Available at Market Street Railway Museum (Market Street Railway)
• Buses, bikes and businesses battle to be king of the road (SF Examiner)
• Busted vehicles dragging Muni down (SF Examiner)
• George Luong, Accused of Knifing Cable Car Operator, To Be Arraigned (SF Weekly)
• Muni board discussing contract to rehabilitate escalators (SF Examiner)
• Cause of Wednesday Night Derailment near Balboa Park Under Investigation (SF Examiner)
• “Sunday FunDay” — $2 All-Day Muni Pass on Sundays in December (FunCheap SF)
• Buses loaded: Giants’ playoff run costs Muni (SF Examiner)

Also, SF Public Press unveiled a set of Muni stories this week:

• Drivers take the heat for discontent of Muni riders
• Reporters’ Notebook: En route: 28-19th Avenue often off schedule
• Finding the slow buses
• Muni planners say speed to come from untangling messy streetscape
• Muni: In elusive quest for 85% on-time performance, computers are displacing eyes on the street (Video)

We’ve received a couple of great pictures of fashionable Muni riders, but in case you didn’t know about Fashion Friday and the great prize sponsored by Secession Art and Design, we’re extending the deadline for Fashion Friday until the first Friday of December. So keep the submissions coming!

Enjoy these black and white photographs and your weekend.

Photo by Brandon Doran

Photo by Jaymi Heimbuch

Photo by Mason Keeling