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Poll: Take Muni to Giants Games?

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Thwack! Baseball returns to AT&T Park beginning tomorrow (PDF) beginning Monday. The Giants host the Oakland A’s in the first of three exhibition games in the Bay Area this week. Which means it’s time for SFMTA to remind riders to take Muni to Giants games.

Some of you are surely saying, “Yeah, riiiiiiight.” Others of you are all, “EFF YEAH BASEBALL!”

So, Giants fans, we want to know:

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Transit News: New AC Transit buses, SFMTA layoffs, Caltrain upgrades

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  • Made in Hayward: Bus Maker Finally Wins a Local Contract (Bay Citizen)
  • Media Coverage of Pedestrian Deaths Misses the Big Story (Streetsblog SF)
  • 10 let go at SFMTA were in $100K club (SF Examiner)
  • Muni fares still cheap compared to other U.S. systems (SF Examiner)
  • Five Teens Robbed While Waiting For Muni (BCN via SF Appeal)
  • Rerouted Bus Lines Hurt Business, Neighbors Say (Mission Local)
  • MTC Approves $1.4 Billion Caltrain Upgrade (BCN via SF Appeal)
Category: News

Poll: Do you run for Muni?

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I was leaving SF State to head home. I saw the train at 19th and Holloway picking up passengers. My light to cross 19th was about to change, so I decided to run for the train.

You know that really lame thing that happens, where sometimes when you’re walking and your ankle randomly buckles under the weight of your body? Yeah, that happened to me. While I was running as fast as I could. Across 19th Avenue.

I bit it hard. Bit it for all the students and people in cars to see. And the Muni operator had the best view.

I got up and hobbled my way up the platform, jeans torn, one ankle out of commission. And, big shock, the Muni operator took off without me.

It was that day that I decided never to run for another bus, streetcar, or LRV ever again. Under no circumstances. No way. I don’t even run for BART.

But what about the rest of you: is it worth it to run to catch your bus? Tell me I’m not the only one.

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