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.")

Controversial “Jihad” Ad Airs on Muni

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Photo via KTVU

An ad campaign using the controversial word “jihad” has launched on Muni buses, and the reception has been mixed. The “My Jihad” ad campaign from the Council on American Islamic Relations first launched in Chicago in December, and was started partly because of an earlier “support Israel” bus ad campaign by Pamela Geller. The Council on American Islamic Relations says that the goal of the “My Jihad” campaign is to “share the proper meaning of jihad,” according to the CAIR’s official website.

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Best Caltrain Apology

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When in doubt, always address your audience in a presidential manner:

“The award for best way to apologize for a track delay goes to #CalTrain,” @actualkris observed.

Oh, by the way, are you following us on @caltraindiaries? You can get a daily dose of commuter life in the Peninsula: cell phone convo that should require an NDA, tragically failed pickup lines, of course, toenail clipping.

Top 10 WTF Muni Moments of 2012

You gotta get from point A to point B, but on Muni, that trip can be just a little…weird. Or totally WTF. Here are the top 10 WTF moments on Muni, as reported by Muni Diaries readers like you.

10. Somebody went number two on the 22, and the photo above tells me that nobody opened a window! So this is why everybody wears a scarf.

9. Goats at the Muni yard. No bigs, right?

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Photo by Tony Ta

8. I mean “WTF” with the utmost respect, sir Crocodile King. This gentleman’s outfit beats any skinny jeans and plaid shirt situation you see around in the city.

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Photo via Reddit

7. Everybody wants to know: who is this handsome accordion player?

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6. Parenting is made even more difficult when your seatmate is trying to make a drink on the bus. Best comment: “Lesson to be learned here, children: always pour your liquor into your mixer, never the other way around…”

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5. Punk rock cat is more punk rock than all y’alls.

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4. Somebody left a pleasant little Easter surprise on the bus. How very kind!

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3. Hey, who brought 100 lbs of rice on the bus? Best comment: “I once saw Ozzy Osbourne trying to bring live bats home from Chinatown and when the driver said no livestock on the bus, Ozzy bit their heads off so they were dead and everything was cool.”

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2. Remember the slew of fake ads on Muni earlier this year that started out funny but turned sophomoric? (Bi-rite and Tartine were also targets of the fake advertisements).

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Photo by @dougrobbin

1. The number one WTF Muni moment of 2012 has to go to the Giants World Series win, which turned into “let’s destroy some property” night.

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Photo by Mike Hendrickson

This list, of course, does not include your daily “Where is my bus” moments. I’m hoping for more “pot Easter Egg” and fewer “burn the bus” kinds of Muni moments next year. What do you say?

Dressing Up Muni For Christmas

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Wonder how the street cars get in the holiday spirit? We’ve been lucky enough to join the Market Street Railway folks to decorate the street cars in the last few years. This year, Jeremy Whiteman of Market Street Railway sent us more photos of cable cars and streetcars all decked out in their holiday gear.

Cue the Christmas music! See more photos of streetcars getting decked out for the holidays …

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