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Your Muni ‘Day in Storm’

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Tree VS Muni Lines
Photo by Flickr user Picklesthefirecat

An email from Muni rider Katherine:

Hey guys,

Man what a weathery day!

From SFAppeal: “2:43 PM: Not really related to what we’re talking about, but since this is already a Muni post, what the hell? MTA spokesperson Judson True says that the L Taraval’s derailed between 35th and 36 Aves at 2:05 today. No one was injured, and the cause for the derailment is still unknown.

L riders will be taking a bus between 22 and the zoo.”

My update: my trusty security guard friend, Myles, was waiting to board the train that “derailed”. Apparently it was switching from the outbound to inbound rails and a giant gust of wind caused the electric guide bar thingy and attached electrical box thingy to come completely off the top of train. He thinks the system power cables came along with it. Hence, no L service after 22.

Definitely not a good day for my good ‘ol L line…

The derailment follows a morning of general wet, humid commuting in which NextBus joined its friend Muni in total broken-down-land.

And we’ve still got the evening commute to go … ah!

What has your experience been like today?

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Weekend Photos: What a week it’s been

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Resting on the 6 Parnassus (at Ashbury)
Photo by Tangobaby

In Muni news, this week served up the following:

But enough news. Let’s look at pretty pictures as we get ready for the weekend, eh? These are all culled from the Muni Photos Flickr Group.

vulture on muni
Photo by Flickr user justvisiting

another day
Photo by Flickr user fred zilla

The 22 on the 8th of 10
Photo by eviloars

Enjoy yourselves, and we’ll see you back here Monday!

Category: Photos

Weekend Photos

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Sorry for the light posting on BART Diaries this week. Of course, we depend largely on your submissions, so, uh, where are your stories? Send them to us here or here (email).

Meantime, let’s lookit the purty pikshurs:

Early 1970s BART Postcard
Early 1970s BART Postcard
Image by Chrispixel

BART at sunset
BART at sunset
Photo by Flickr user blmurch

train on break, Colma BART station
train on break, Colma BART station, December 7, 2008
Photo by Flickr user //ichael Patric|{

Enjoy the weekend. And if you have BART photos, add them to the BART Photos Flickr group pool.

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Mind the Bikes on BART, Boy!

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Integrated transport excitement - you can take bikes on the BART!
Photo by Flickr user Pete Boyd

BART rider Chris sends word of a major sting operation on BART. That’s right, bike scofflaws, beware:

This morning, at 16th and Mission, a station agent was posted up at the fare gates asking every person attempting to enter with their bicycle which direction they were going. If they said East Bay or Downtown, then they were reminded that bikes were not allowed on BART. Some people were visibly annoyed… but no one seemed to not know about the rules… mostly people were asking the agent why this rule was starting to be enforced.

BART’s bicycle rules are here, for the record.

Anyone else seen these dragnet officers in action? Anyone got any strong feelings on the matter? Let us know in comments.

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Muni Fisticuffs (update with partial translation)

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Update:

Got a partial translation from a Chinese-speaking source. According to our source:

The two women started having an argument about an available seat. As the clip progresses with both women arguing, saying “Fuck you” and “you’re stupid,” a bystander said in Cantonese something akin to, “Don’t get excited, talk to her slowly.” According to our commenters, more than one bystander could be heard saying, don’t fight, don’t fight. As the argument escalated and the women begin physically fighting, a second bystander said in Cantonese, “Hit her, hit her, hit her, hit her until she’s afraid.” Then a third bystander pulls them apart as you can see in the video clip.

This whole exchange is really disturbing. Can anybody else verify what was being said?

– Eugenia

Original post:

Okay, this is really ugly. But we couldn’t not post it, could we?

We’re working on getting a translation for the lady not speaking English. We’ll update this post as soon as we get that.

(Thx: @ActionNewsSF and @pereljon)

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Rug for Muni Lovers

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Muni rider Chibbs alerts us to this must-have area rug for Muni Diaries headquarters: A $3,000 wool rug bearing the image of a Muni transfer.

From the dark corner of the internets, Chibbs found Swedish artist and interior decorator Carouschka Steijffert, who designs this rug as well as rugs bearing the image of the Milan and Copenhagen transit tickets. Muni historians out there, help us out: Is this a transfer from the days of yore?

And also, dear, dear reader: If you or someone you know purchase this rug, please, for the love of God, let us all know. A photo shoot would be in order, stat.

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