Judgment Day for Muni
Muni has teamed up with X-tian wackos in promoting Judgment Day, also known as The Rapture. It is due to occur next month.
Mark your calendars, everyone.
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.")
Win $150 for Your Muni Photo
Photo by Anthony Brown
Update: Deadline extended to May 20!
You can win $150 and publication in Bay Nature magazine by submitting your photo to our Endanger Bus Photo Contest. The contest ends this weekend and we’ve got prizes ready to hand out. The contest will be judged by Cheryl Haines, director of Haines Gallery and executive director of the FOR-SITE Foundation, which she established in 2003 to support art about place.
The contest challenges you to photograph these beautifully wrapped buses roaming around town, courtesy of the EndangerBus project by artist Todd Gilens.
The contest ends this Sunday, April 10. Details :
Endangered Species buses Photo Contest
Find the Endangered Species buses (see bus tracker below) and catch them with your camera in motion or at rest.
Enter up to four images by emailing them to endangerbuscontest@baynature.org (minimum 1500 pixels in length or width)
Prizes
First place receives $150 and publication in Bay Nature Magazine.
Second place receives two tickets to the San Francisco Zoo and two $10 Clipper Cards.
Five other entrants will be picked at random to receive $10 clipper cards.
ENTRY DEADLINE: 11 p.m., April 10, 2011 Extended to May 20!
To find the Endanger buses, check out the real time bus tracker that Gilens created with GreenInfo Network on the EndangerBus.org website:
Hot on Twitter: Best- and Worst-Dressed Muni Line?
Photo by Kelly Nicolaisen
We’ve featured fashionable Muni riders in the past, including some terrific photos of the fashion tribes of San Francisco. Is your line the best or worst dressed? Tell us about the fashionable people on your bus, or those who might deserve wrath from Joan Rivers.
New Clipper Card Holders with Real Fast Passes
Are you sad about losing those colorful, so-very-SF paper Muni Fast Passes like we are? Don’t worry, we’ve got you covered. Dress up your Clipper Card with these Muni Diaries Fast Pass Clipper Card holders, now with a real Fast Pass on the cover! Flip it open and there are two pockets for your Clipper Card and a few credit cards/IDs/paper money.
Each Clipper Card holder features vintage paper Muni maps, laminated on both sides for durability. They fit easily into your wallet, backpocket, purse, or socks (old-school style).
These Clipper Card holders are available now in the Muni Diaries Etsy store. They were lovingly crafted by Heather L., and designed by Suzanne LaGasa.
Months available:
Mar 06
April 06
May 06
Nov 07
(The January 2010 holder seen in the photo above was purchased already!)
We’ll be adding more of these to the Muni Diaries store in the next few days so if you don’t see a month that you want, check back there or at Heather’s store!
SF Schools Ready for New Fitness Program: MuniFit
Photo by Lambert Wolterbeek Muller
San Francisco schools plan to integrate the program in physical education classes starting this fall.
A spokesperson from the SFUSD said that MuniFit is designed to improve children’s attitude toward exercising by combining exercise with activities that young people are already familiar with, such as out-walking the bus.
SFMTA and SFUSD officials say that they hope MuniFit will become popular with adults, not just children. The program, officials say, has the potential to become a citywide fitness trend. A source at the SFMTA told Muni Diaries that once the program catches on with San Francisco residents, it can even make Muni safer. After all, the federal government has recently said that it may consider revising safety rules for buses because of the increase in expected weight for overweight passengers.
At its current speed of travel, Muni can be an effective fitness program component. Trainers who designed the MuniFit program say that an average adult can burn off 1,000 calories (approximately the amount of calories in half of a burrito or five tablespoons of maple bacon latte from Pirat Cat Radio) with 50 minutes of MuniFit activities.
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Messages on the Muni Wall
Photo by ElizaIO
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