Top Five Muni Moments of the Week
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This kid on Muni kills me. So do these five top moments on Muni this week, courtesy of riders like you. Read more
Author: eugenia
Eugenia Chien has been eavesdropping on the 47, 49, or 1 lines since the mid-90's. She lives by the adage, "Anything can happen on Muni" (and also, "That's not water.")
16 Types of Commuters You Love to Hate
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Are you a Pole Hugger, a Napper, or a Squeezer on Muni? The list-obsessed Buzzfeed has categorized 16 types of commuters that everybody hates. What’s your biggest commuter etiquette pet peeve? Read more
Hats Off to You, Random Fellow Passenger
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Yesterday rider Ben R. sent us a story of a guy trying to teach the value of “just say no” to a young Muni rider. Today we have yet another thumbs up from a fellow passenger for exemplary nice-guy behavior . From trappfotos on Instagram.
Teaching a kid a lesson on Muni
Photo by Bennett Honson
Something about riding the bus gives you that “it takes a village” feeling. When a rider saw a kid on the bus doing something he shouldn’t be doing, he took matters into his own hands. Rider Ben R. sent us this story.
Man Crushed by BART at Glen Park, Major Delays Both Ways (update)
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Update, Thursday, 10:49 a.m.: According to SF Appeal, the fatality appears to have been a suicide. Go to SF Appeal to learn more.
Original post (Wednesday): A man was found under the BART train in Glen Park and pronounced dead at the scene, reports the Contra Costa Times. Police and paramedics arrived on the scene around 3:52 p.m. today, according to the Contra Costa Times report. The man’s identity has not been released, and police did not have details about how the man ended up under the train.
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So Sorry About Your Embarrassing Muni Moment
Photo by John Pavliga
Rider Evan S. noticed a rider in distress:
So the other day I got off at the Van Ness station and saw a woman frantically running between turnstiles. It looked like she was tapping her Clipper Card over and over again. She seemed very upset. It might have had something to do with the fact that she was trying to tap her paper transfer ticket from the bus…#thestruggle
It’d be pretty cool if you could tap your paper transfer, though.
p.s. Unrelated question: what is the appropriate usage of hashtags in non-tweet sentences or regular speech?