Muni Time Capsule: Never built elevated lines above Market St. sidewalks
Over on Muni Time Capsule today, we bring you Eric Fischer’s 1937 image of a proposed (but dead in the water?) elevated bus structure above the sidewalks on Market Street.
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Muni station sign-modification
We love when everyday citizens take matters into their own hands. We also love it when people take photos and share them on the internet.
Photo: @lbartholomew
Bus Graffiti: Gloomy on Muni
Check out other mysterious Muni graffiti making its way to our inbox.
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Muni News: Bus ads, N-Judah repairs, ‘Proof of Payment’
Photo by Sergio
- Muni Modifies, Clarifies the Definition of “Proof of Payment,” Expired Transfers (Akit’s Complaint Department)
- Wrapping Muni buses in ads leads to a fight at City Hall (SF Examiner)
- Kindler, Gentler Wrap-Ads Coming to Muni — But To Only 15 Buses, Trains (SF Appeal)
- Muni N-Judah line to partially close for rail repairs (SF Examiner)
- N-Judah Rail Project Expected To Disrupt Service For Next Two Years (SF Appeal)
- Muni chief Ed Reiskin’s supporters brim with enthusiasm (SF Examiner)
- Bayview Pastors React Charitably to Kenneth Harding Shooting Death (SFist)
Poetry+Public Transportation, Muni Style
Here’s the poem, “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening,” in its entirety:
Whose woods these are I think I know.
His house is in the village though;
He will not see me stopping here
To watch his woods fill up with snow.My little horse must think it queer
To stop without a farmhouse near
Between the woods and frozen lake
The darkest evening of the year.He gives his harness bells a shake
To ask if there is some mistake
The only other sound’s the sweep
Of easy wind and downy flake.The woods are lovely, dark and deep,
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep.
The Muni-hook post-script: I’ll be awake for a long-ass time, too.
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All-door boarding coming to the J-Church
Photo by Jaymi Heimbuch
Streetsblog SF reports that Muni is considering a pilot program on the J-Church to test the theory that allowing boarding on all doors of a Metro train will speed up service. That, along with stop consolidation, are among the top reasons for delays systemwide. According to Streetsblog SF, a portion of the J-Church line is being considered for possible elimination of some stops.
Read the rest of the post at Streetsblog SF.