Israel “apartheid” state ads on Muni

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Supervisor Scott Wiener says SFMTA should donate money is it receiving for the latest controversial Muni ads to the Human Rights Commission. The ads say, “End Apartheid Now!” and “Stop U.S. Aid to Israel.”

According to City Insider, Wiener is asking SFMTA to donate the money to mirror its reaction to a series of ads that ran in 2012 calling all Muslims “savages.” After heavy protesting, the agency decided to give revenue it generated from the ads to the HRC to study the effect of discrimination against Muslims. Rather than remove the ads, SFMTA placed head-scratcher ads of its own next to the controversial ones that read:

SFMTA policy prohibits discrimination based on national origin, religion, and other characteristics and condemns statements that describe any group as “savages.”

Read the SFGate blog for more.

What do you think? Should SFMTA donate its revenue from these latest controversial ads?

Browse SF transit history in new, interesting ways

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Oh, so this is cool. Fred Chasen, Raymon Sutedjo-The, and Charles Wang built a neato web toy that chronicles the long history of transit in San Francisco. I started looking at this one day last week while at work, and well, didn’t get much else done for like an hour.

Curious about what transit was like before your grandpappy was even born? Check out SFTransitHistory.com.

Hat tip: Huffington Post

Your Weekend Transit Advisory: Asian Heritage Festival, Wine festival, Bay to Breakers, Giants games (Monday-Wednesday)

Lots on tap this weekend. Consider these transit advisories, and plan accordingly. Enjoy!

Asian Heritage Festival
On Saturday the Asian Heritage Street Festival will be held in front of the Asian Art Museum from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. For more details, please visit www.asianfairsf.com.

The following Muni routes may be affected:
· 5 Fulton
· 19 Polk
· 31 Balboa

Uncorked! SF Wine Festival
The 8th annual Uncorked! SF Wine Festival will be held on Saturday at and around Ghirardelli Square between 1 and 6 p.m. Please visit www.ghirardellisq.com.

The following street closures will be required 12 a.m. to midnight, Saturday:
· Beach Street between Larkin and Polk streets
· Polk Street between North Point and Beach streets

The 19 Polk Muni route will be affected.

Athletic Association Event
The 108 Treasure Island Muni route will be affected from 6:15 a.m. until 7 p.m., Saturday and Sunday.

Bay to Breakers Race
On Sunday the race will begin at 7 a.m.

Baseball Game Traffic Reroutes
The San Francisco Giants will play three home games against Washington Nationals beginning Monday and Tuesday at 7:15 p.m., and 12:45 p.m. on  Wednesday, at AT&T Park.

For details about transit service to AT&T Park, including connections from Bay Area transit systems to Muni can be found at www.sfmta.com. Regional transit information for BART, Caltrain and the ferries as well as traffic is available at www.511.org.

REMINDER: Overnight Closure for Construction
Overnight closure of northbound Highway 1 (Park Presidio Boulevard/Veterans Boulevard) at Lake Street for the Presidio Parkway construction has been taken place each night. This night closure is expected to last for three weeks with the following hours:

Mondays through Thursdays From midnight to 4 a.m.
Fridays through Saturdays From 1 to 4 a.m.

During the closure, Muni routes 28 19th Avenue and 91 Owl will be affected.

For more information, please visit www.presidioparkway.org.

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