Light a candle on Muni … for the dear departed?
Muni rider Amy tweeted this on Monday, so clearly the candle is for David Bowie #RIP. Here’s what Amy told us: “Apparently lighting a #yankeecandle on the 28 muni line seemed most appropriate”
Author: jeff
Service dog rides Muni like a boss
You’re not allowed to disagree, either.
Muni rider Erin shared this morsel of cute over on the Muni Diaries Facebook page: “Service dog on the 43 Masonic sitting nicer than most humans”
A chance encounter on the ‘old 55-Sacramento’
This is one to tell your grandkids. Muni rider Davy sent us the following:
So, as I‘m getting on the bus today and attempting to scan my Clipper card on the bus’s meter by the back stairwell, the bus driver decides to gun it up the hill, and I suddenly find myself holding onto the metal grab rail for life, completely sideways, my whole upper half now almost completely in the lap of a white-haired 80ish lady in a leopard-print overcoat who’s sitting in the seat facing me. Her lipstick is very red. Somehow I am able to maintain my equilibrium and rectify the situation with some major coaxing and deft calibration of my person, and soon am sitting quite comfortably in the seat next to the elderly lady. In a strange, low voice she says (I’m not sure at first to whom it’s directed), “San Francisco used to have a county fair.”
I look at her. “…um…what?”
Her teeth are stained with lipstick and her white hair is slicked straight back. “San Francisco used to have a county fair.”
“Oh.”
“This bus line was called the 55-Sacramento back then. And they used to have an event called ‘Surfing The 55.’ You would’ve been a star.”
“Thanks.”
I haven’t felt this good about myself in a long, long while.
San Francisco history, old, retired Muni lines, strangers sharing stories with each other … more of this, please. Thanks for sharing, Davy!
Photo by Marc Tarlock
Do you love Muni and coloring books?
Muni LRVs dukin’ it out with insect cars in the mean, mean “streets of San Francisco”? And I can take my crayons to this war scene? What did I do to deserve this?
Awesome illustrator and friend of Muni Diaries Josh Ellingson (he of Municipal Railway Co. toilet seat cover) dropped this sick coloring sheet on Patreon the other day. Here’s what he has to say about his masterpiece:
“It’s time to get your crayons out again! Here’s a coloring sheet version of my 2005 piece, “MUNI vs. Taxi”. The eternal battle continues on, even today. Who will win? YOU WIN, because this is a freebie! If you like my coloring sheets, please consider pledging any amount to my Patreon campaign and I’ll keep making more.”
Now I’m having visions of a coloring party … 2016, you’re not so bad after all.
h/t Josh Ellingson
Were you at the Muni bus stop rave?
@sfmta_muni pic.twitter.com/dbxDWflQhC
— amy loberg (@amyloberg) January 4, 2016
We didn’t even get a flyer or a page about this one. Luckily, Muni rider Amy dropped this dope shot.
Maybe you were there and had such a good time, you forget? Or maybe you’re just tight-lipped about the whole affair …
Enlarge the video for an even more Muni Rave-tastic time!
New Year’s Eve news: Free Muni tonight, fireworks, extra BART, Caltrain
As they do every year, your favorite transit agency will offer free rides on New Year’s Eve, giving you really no excuse whatsoever. BART and Caltrain will provide extra service this evening also. See below.
Stay safe, and happy New Year from Muni Diaries!
New Year’s Eve Muni Service
Complimentary Muni service from 8 p.m. on Thursday, December 31 to 5 a.m. on Friday, January 1.
Extra Owl service (1 a.m. to 5 a.m.): 5 Fulton, 14 Mission, 22 Fillmore, 24 Divisadero, 38 Geary, 90 and 91 Owl and the L and N Owl bus routes.
Service on the F Market historic streetcar line is provided by buses after approximately 4 p.m.
Service on cable cars will be provided by buses after approximately 4 p.m.
Extra 1 California service will operate between Presidio Ave and Drum Street from 7 p.m. until 3 a.m.
Late night transit services will also be available from our regional transit partners: AC Transit, BART, and SamTrans. Read more