Heater on Muni: Hell Yes or Hell No
Photo: CarbonNYC
Q. Who loves talking about (complaining about) the weather?
A. San Franciscans (myself included).
Remember when it started to get cold before it got warm again? In that not-so-distant past, I put up an important poll on our Muni Diaries Facebook Page:
Heater blasting on Muni is:
a) Like winning the transit lottery on these chilly days. I love it.
b) Like stewing in armpit stench. Hate hate hate.
c) Indifferent.
There were a couple votes for A. As rider Elizabeth said, “Heat is always a win as far as I’m concerned. Would rather smell some body odors than be cold.” A couple others, including rider Faern, said it depends on the type of bus. Faern cited the 22, which…OK, we can stop right there.
Still, B won by a pretty wide margin amid concerns over the B.O. hot-box. Oh, and the fact that it’s allegedly not that cold (what about the wind?! THE WIND!?) in San Francisco. I’ll be out completing my Christmas Story look, then.
Wouldn’t you know it, some recent tweets to @munidiaries side with our B voters. @missmarymary says, “Sweatiest commute ever. Dear muni, rain =/= cold,” while @janepfrank reports it reaching a million degrees on her 38-Geary.
So, which is it, A, B, or C? This is very important, you guys.
noooo the wind is SO cold, I’d rather have the heat on then off. Maybe underground it’s a bit much though!
I will take open windows and fresh air over heat any day, on the bus/F Market, at least.
You know what I’m gonna say — HELL YES to the heat.
How about a defroster for the driver? On those rainy days or even the colder ones, it would help out a lot.
You know, I’m all for the heaters. Except for the one day when I was riding back in the day, and the heaters kicked in mid-ride. And that got the roaches to come out of the vents. That was lovely.