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Update (6:57 p.m.): KRON reporting that service has resumed, but delays are expected systemwide.
Original post: This story is breaking as of now. We’ll bring you more as we details develop. For now:
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A quick reminder that this will be a three-day weekend for many of you (Presidents’ Day is Monday), and BART will be running on a Saturday schedule on Monday, as will Muni. Muni will also be affected by Saturday’s Chinese New Year Parade.
And if you’re looking for things to do this weekend, join the folks who run the The Tender for another installment of Tender Nights, the post-Valentine’s Day edition. Tomorrow night at 6 at Koko Cocktails. Anything else fun going on you want to share with fellow Muni riders? Do so in the comments here or on the Muni Diaries Facebook page (“like” us while you’re there, please).
And now for a rather hefty helping of the week’s Muni news:
Enjoy the photos and your weekend!
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Andrew of Mission Mission fame penned a ghost-sighting of the dearly departed 26-Valencia the other day.
Read the conclusion of this thrilling tale at Mission Mission. And if you miss the 26 as much as we and Andrew do, peruse our Muni obituaries from 2009.
It’s a “half-full/half-empty” question, to be sure. I mean, that’s a lot of bags.
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Cranky Old Mission Guy‘s 1970s Fast Passes remind us of old baseball cards. “Bygone” is an understatement.
For more images, check out this post on Muni Time Capsule. And for card holders and T-shirts honoring the slated-for-termination paper passes, visit our Etsy store.
Photo by Steve Rhodes
Update (2:21 p.m. Thursday): A rep from Clipper has dropped by to reply to some of your comments. Read them all here.
Here are the highlights, in chronological order:
Lol at people who still are resisting#Clipper — if you have a monthly pass its really not that different, maybe even better? — @DevonEleven
@DevonEleven Muni monthly pass doesnt cause the scanner on train to screech incessently if s’one else tries to scan @ same time — @SaraMurphy
@DevonEleven i KNOW! #Clipper is so much more useful. — @firstwavedown
@SaraMurphy true, but I honestly do find a reloadable card more convenient — @DevonEleven
@SaraMurphy &it seems to be a better way of tracking line usage which gives me hope for more frequent/plentiful busses/trains @DevonEleven
@DevonEleven if you don’t have a monthly pass Muni’s even worse… some of us lost our comm checks with the downturn #clipper — @noelleaharrison
That last comment is a sad one. But the rest of the conversation makes us wonder: If you’re a monthly pass-holder who hasn’t made the switch yet, why not? And if you have already got a Clipper card, how are you liking it?
PS: If it’s simply aesthetics that explain your aversion to Clipper, fear not. We’re selling card holders that look like the old paper Fast Passes in our Etsy store.