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Other Cities’ Transit: Moscow fare payment, NYC musical turnstiles

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We always kinda expect New York City’s MTA to be years ahead of Muni (and BART, for that matter). True to form, LCD Soundsystem’s James Murphy has a plan for musical subway turnstiles in the Big Apple.

“I’ve been fighting for now 14 years to try to do this, to make all the subway turnstiles make music. I want to make every station in New York have a different set of dominant keys, so that people when they grow up, later on in life, will hear a piece of music and be like, “Oh that’s Union Square.”
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Category: News

At the intersection of literature and Muni

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Photo by Steve Rhodes

The blogger at Mirth and Mercy and John Steinbeck are friends, you see. So naturally, her chance encounter on Muni held deep significance.

“While riding the MUNI [sic] today, this really neat guy with a Saint Bernard in a service vest sidled up next to me and said ‘That’s one [of] his and my’s favorite books. We’re fans.’ I looked down at the Saint Bernard and asked his name, his owner told me it was Grr.”

Aww, and what a great name for a doggie. Find out what happened next over at Mirth and Mercy.

Category: Aww: Cute on Muni

Your Weekend Transit Advisory: Subway construction moratorium, Salesforce, Urbanathlon

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Holiday Moratorium
Central Subway construction will pause on Stockton Street in Union Square and recommence in January 2014. All Union Square businesses remain open. Stockton Street and Ellis Street will be paved and reopened to traffic by Friday. One lane of Ellis Street between Stockton Street and the Ellis-O’Farrell Garage will remain closed during the holidays due to work related to the Central Subway tunnels.
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Overheard on Muni: Twilight Zone in your shoes

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If Internet, radio, video games, and television suddenly disappeared, we’d still have Muni to entertain us.

For example, the other night, Muni rider Brinn was treated to:

Then it took a turn south. Literally.

What did you overhear on Muni today?

Category: Funny: Muni LOLs

Transit News: Muni budget fight, “unreliable” 54-Felton, BART contract vote, Central Subway work

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  • Muni Streetcar Derails In Front Of West Portal Station; Causes Commute Backup (CBS SF Bay Area)
  • Muni Power Outage Causes Supervisor Wiener To Be Late For Transportation Meeting (CBS SF Bay Area)
  • Supes Squabble Over Muni Service Budget Proposal (SF Appeal | CBS SF Bay Area)
  • Warriors arena transit blueprint: America’s Cup (SFGate)
  • Parents: Muni’s 54-Felton unreliable, makes students late (SFGate)
  • BART “mistake” threatens its contract agreement with workers (SF Bay Guardian)
  • BART Board to Vote on Labor Deal Today (SF Weekly)
  • Boring machine work underway on Central Subway tunnel (SF Examiner)
Category: BART, News
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