Muni as the Common Denominator


Photo by adrianelliot

When you ask the average San Franciscan to sum up what it’s like to ride Muni, chances are the word “crazy” would appear somewhere in their description.

theordinaryday shared a related something that they overheard on Muni recently. It made us chuckle:

A: I’m really crazy
B: Lots of crazies in here
A: Yeah, in here I’m normal even if I’m crazy
B: Maybe you’re normal in crazy scale — percentage-wise.

See? Sometimes Muni is therapeutic.

Transit News: Central Subway funds, BART tiny tickets, bad week for Muni


Photo by Cold Storage

  • U.S. House bill might kill Central Subway funds (SF Examiner)
  • BART’s Tiny Tickets make lasting change (City Insider)
  • SF Puts Brakes on an App for Transit (The Bay Citizen)
  • BART Comes Under Fire For Choosing Canadian Firm For New Cars (SF Appeal)
  • Questions remain after death at Muni station (SF Examiner)
  • Putting Muni back on the right track (SF Examiner)
  • Muni’s Bad Luck Continues: N Judah Briefly Disrupted After Sunset Collision Thursday Morning (SF Appeal)

Muni Art Diary: Mural at 21st and Mission

This beaut adorns a mural at 21st Street and Mission. I love how generic but unmistakable it is.

Here’s a wider view for some context.

Funny, because it kinda looks like the LRV is emerging from West Portal, though that’s nowhere nearby. And correct me if I’m wrong, but I’ve never seen people playing music on streets out there.

Also, it is still strange not hearing and seeing buses on Mission Street.

Other murals with Muni appearances: the dearly departed 15 bus52-Excelsiora Muni bus in Clarion Alley; and a Sirron Norris gray Muni bus

Careful where you pee

You gotta go, you gotta go, sure. But when taking BART, you might want to reconsider peeing while down near the tracks. From Illinois:

An Indiana man died when he tried urinating on subway tracks Sunday night.

Zachary McKee, 27, died after falling on the electrically charged third rail at the South Boulevard Purple Line ‘L’ stop in Evanston, Ill., which he touched by climbing onto the tracks to relieve himself.

Ouch. Read the rest of the story at The Daily News.

Thx: Amy of Tiny Rides

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