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2010 Year-End Photos: What a ride it’s been!

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keep your heads down checking up IMG_3764
Bush Man Takes Muni HIP_315375476.439916 _ATP0586

A wave of great photos showing riders on Muni arrived in our Flickr group over the last week. We often highlight photos that showcase Muni vehicles, but in the end, we’re really all about the people who rely on the transit system day in and day out.

Here’s a recap of the week’s Muni news:

  • Muni Station Escalators Break Down About as Often as You Might Think (SF Appeal)
  • ‘Muni’ tops list of names for Newsom baby No. 2 (The Mommy Files/SFGate)
  • Happy 98th Birthday, Muni! And for your present… (Market Street Railway)
  • SF Offers $2 Million Settlement to Cable Car Crash Victim (KTVU)
  • Cable Car Revenues Just a Bit Higher Than Payouts for Their Accidents (SF Appeal)
  • SFMTA Weekend Traffic and Transit Advisory (SFMTA)
  • Contract showdown on tap for Muni operators (SF Examiner)

And with that, we wish you a safe, happy, prosperous, and meltdown-free 2011! Enjoy these embiggened versions of the photos above and your weekend … and don’t forget: Muni is free tonight from 8 p.m. through 6 a.m. tomorrow morning.

keep your heads down
Photo by mikedthorn


Photo by Brian_Brooks

checking up
Photo by Jaymi Heimbuch

IMG_3764
Photo by KayVee.INC

Bush Man Takes Muni
Photo by davitydave


Photo by Brandon Doran

HIP_315375476.439916
Photo by Steve Rhodes

_ATP0586
Photo by angryf

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Best of 2010: Driving Muni with a smile

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In San Francisco, you really notice when people are nice. It’s not that we’re a mean town. It’s more that we are, uh, a little into ourselves. In our bubbles. Under our headphones. Zoned out. And we often exhibit little to no patience with one another, often understandably so.

And of course Muni is SF magnified times infinity.

That’s perhaps why it was so refreshing and uplifting to learn about Muni operator Tammy. Rider Greg shared his story of Tammy’s last days driving the 33-Stanyan (she now drives the 24-Divisadero) back in May. And oh how it resonated.

Nearly eight months later, it’s still my favorite diary of 2010. What’s yours?

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Holiday Photos: The Goods

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Santas & A Christmas Carol at Castro muni station
Photo by Steve Rhodes

We still kinda can’t believe it’s already Christmastime. We at Muni Diaries wish you a merry one! Keep your Muni stories coming! Next week, we’ll be sharing our favorite diaries and photos of the year, and asking you to let us know your favorites. Stay tuned.

This (short) week in Muni news:

  • 14-Year-Old Girl Robbed at Gunpoint While Waiting for Muni (BCN via SF Appeal)
  • How Can San Francisco Spend $829K on Two Kiosks? Here’s How. (SF Weekly)
  • Muni pickpocketing might ease (SF Examiner)

And don’t forget to check out this week’s Muni Time Capsule post, which takes a look back at the magical post-war year of 1947.

1818 Merry Christmas
Photo by Brandon Doran

Retro by Christo
Photo by Telstar Logistics

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