Muni With a Cockney Accent?
What’s next, “Crikey, move to the back before I piss me knickers!”?
See also: Please Ho.
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The 38L just wants to be friendly #muni http://t.co/U7pAvzXh
— Andrizzley Bear (@sweetietahiti) June 14, 2012
Author: jeff
Your Weekend Muni Transit Advisory
Another busy weekend is in store for San Francisco. Tomorrow, temperatures are forecast to reach 80 degrees. Stay hydrated and keep applying that sun screen, folks!
Here are SFMTA’s weekend transit advisories:
U.S. Open Championship
The US Open at The Olympic Club began Monday, June 11 and will continue through Sunday, June 17. U.S. Open shuttles operate from the Colma BART Station and Candlestick Park to the event. For more details about the event and transportation, please visit www.usopen.com.
While the 18 46th Avenue is affected by the event, it is also the best Muni service to use to get to the U.S. Open. Please visit the U.S. Open page on www.sfmta.com for more details.
North Beach Festival
On Saturday and Sunday the North Beach Festival will take place from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. each day.
The following Muni routes will be affected:
· 30 Stockton
· 39 Coit
· 45 Union/Stockton
· 8X Bayshore Express
Juneteenth Celebration
On Saturday and Sunday the Juneteenth Celebration will take place on Fillmore Street between Post and Turk streets from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. each day. Please visit San Francisco Juneteenth for more details.
The following Muni routes will be affected on Saturday and Sunday:
· 5 Fulton
· 22 Fillmore
· 31 Balboa
· 38 Geary
Juneteenth Parade
The Juneteenth Parade will begin on Saturday at 11 a.m. starting from the African American Art and Cultural Complex on Fulton Street. It will proceed north on Polk Street, west on McAllister Street, north on Webster Street, west on Turk Street, north on Scott Street and east on O’Farrell Street to the Burl L. Toler Campus.
The following Muni routes will be affected on Saturday:
· 5 Fulton
· 22 Fillmore
· 31 Balboa
Montgomery Station String Quartet Plays ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’
Photo by Earthman
Muni station diaries are a cousin of Muni diaries. Not quite the same when you’re stationary. But things. They happen. And they happen underground.
Witness @fizzylex‘s retelling in this tweet:
“There is a string quartet at Montgomery Station playing Bohemian Rhapsody.”
Wonder which instrument played “Scaramouche! Scaramouche! Will you do the Fandango?!”
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Cool Transit Ad: The Beach Rides With You
Or, if we were as lucky as these South Korean commuters, the “beach” would be right there with us on the ride.
Seriously, the sand and water would be a great exfoliant/rinse for most Muni LRVs.
Via: Treehugger
Transit News: Muni hiring shenanigans, Caltrain forecast, BART escalators, free AC Transit passes
Photo by Lynn Friedman
- Despite budget deficit, Muni spends $1 million to hire more drivers (The Bay Citizen)
- Caltrain moves from doom to boom, but forecast could get gloomy (San Jose Mercury News)
- Central Subway tunnel construction to begin (SFGate)
- BART Escalator Watch 2012: 10 Repaired, 19 To Go (SFist)
- AC Transit to give out free passes on June 26 (SFGate)
- Report: Modernizing Caltrain Could Generate 9,600 Jobs (SF Appeal)
- Two Arrested For Setting Castro Muni Station Fires (SFist)
The Uneventful Muni Ride
Photo by Abe Bingham
This tweet made me think of public transit planners, the people who ostensibly want a system of vehicles going from various Points A to B without much happening in between. Yeah, right.
@PickUpABook: Nothing eventful happened on my commute today. With muni, sometimes that’s the best you can hope for
We hear you. Although there are some experiences we hope for.
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