Floral-Shelter Mystery: Solved
Super-sleuth Muni rider Carlos cracked the case of the blooming bus shelter:
I went by yesterday. Clearly shows it is for a Degree deodorant ad.
We can all go about our business now.
Author: jeff
Photo diary: Ride Muni with me always?
The title of this post is a tweet from @dakotakeck. Sweet.
LATFH+Muni=Hilarity close to home
Daily source of hilariousness Look at This Fucking Hipster posted this photo today, along with the caption:
Look at this fucking headphones connection.
Like we said, hilarity.
Infrastructure pr0n: even more photos of J-Church track replacement
This set of photos of last weekend’s J-Church track replacement comes to us from Tom of Church Street Media, who adds his vote of confidence for the workers laying the tracks. Thanks, Tom!
I’ve lived at this corner for 20 years and I had a front row view of the construction — for better or worse.
I can report that the noise was HELLISH over the weekend — no sleep on Friday night, a little better on Saturday, but they seemed to finish ahead of schedule on Sunday night. I’m no expert, but from what I could see, the workers did a first-class job. The machine operators moved the rails and materials with expert precision and with a minimum of wasted effort. There were no workers standing around as we have come to expect to see on other public works projects.
I am happy to report that the hassle and confusion was worth it! The line is much quieter at the intersection and there is little vibration compared to before. I give Muni credit where credit is due.
More photos after the jump.
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State Money Coming MTA’s Way, After All
Photo by Telstar Logistics
The governor pulled a major about-face on Monday, signing a bill he had promised to veto (SFGate, Contra Costa Times, Streetsblog SF). The legislation will restore the state’s gas-tax revenue to transit agencies across California (including SFMTA, BART, and AC Transit). MTA is set to receive an estimated $36 million. MTA Director Nat Ford says that might be enough to delay and/or reduce service cuts and fare hikes that are scheduled to kick in this May. Emphasis on “might” here, folks.
Video of J-Church Track Replacement
Reader Debbie sends a video of the 56-hour work that took place over the weekend. Yesterday, we posted Brian’s photos of the rail replacement at Church and 18th.
As Telstar dubbed it on Twitter, more “infrastructuralist porn” (SFW).