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Photo by tantek
Rider Charles asked us the other day, “Which is worse?”
A) Resting your bare feet on the opposite seat
B) Resting your shoe-clad feet on the opposite seat
On Caltrain, in case that makes any difference to your decision making.
I’m not sure that makes any difference. Transit is transit, though there is the cloth-seats factor.
Anyway, which do you choose: A or B?
Photo by Roshan Vyas
Image via Tenderloin Geographic Society
This makes me think of what the Muni board game might look like. Maybe the object is to drive as many buses as you can all at the same time, a feat even SFMTA struggles with at times.
Via our friend at Tenderloin Geographic Society, who says, “it’s a manual for operators…and I’m willing to bet their manuals look a whole lot more clinical than this now. Charming, isn’t it?”
TGS spotted this at the SFPL’s “Cussed and Discussed” exhibit on Muni’s centennial celebration, which ends Thursday.
What are they supposed to do, walk around in the driver’s coat pocket or something?
Spotted this the other night near the Embarcadero.
Pretty busy weekend, and then things will really pick up on Monday, which is both MLK and Inauguration Day. Forewarned is fore-armed!
Athletic Association Event
From Friday through Saturday the San Francisco Gaelic Athletic Association event will take place at the San Francisco Gaelic Fields on Treasure Island and require the closure of Avenue “H” between California Avenue and 3rd Street from 3 p.m., Friday to 7 p.m., Saturday.
The 108 Treasure Island Muni route will be affected.
Photo by Eric Fischer
Not to get your hopes too high, but check this out: Boston’s MBTA is the first municipal transit agency to introduce ticketing via smartphone. From the Atlantic’s Cities blog:
Earlier this week, the agency passed the million-dollar milestone selling single, 10-trip and one-month passes for its commuter rail system through the new app, offering a proof of concept for an idea that could expand soon to buses and metro service and other cities. …