Vote for your favorite art to adorn Muni buses

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Back in May, we told you about an effort under way to put local artists’ work on 50 Muni buses. Those selected from the preliminary entrants would be put up to a public vote.

Well, online voting will be live until July 17 (this Friday). That means that you, too, can vote in SF Beautiful’s contest to put local artists’ work on Muni buses. To vote, click the “Me Too” button. How adorable.

Okay, get to it!

Muni driver’s kindness warms a rider’s heart

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My favorite flavor of amazing is the kind you don’t expect. Over on the Muni Diaries Facebook page, rider Mike shared this story about Muni driver Yuan going above and beyond.

“Last night his act of kindness toward a blind man who got on the bus while I was riding was so heartwarming it brought tears to my eyes. It was a live version of something you might read or see on the internet. When the blind man got on the bus, he seemed to be a little stressed out as he sat down across from me. At the next stop or so, he got up and kindly asked the driver if he would help him with his money because he could not see how much he had. He then handed the driver a waded up handful of bills.

“I paid close attention at this point as the driver straightened out the bills, counted them, and explained to the man how much money he had and the order he had put the bills in for him. As the man sat back down, you could see signs of relief and much less stress. Once he got off the bus, I asked Yuan if the man was a friend. He told me he had only known him for the short time he had been riding his bus.”

Damn, Yuan, way to rack up the karma points.

Photo by SBT4NOW

In 1955, Muni knew how to roll out its new rides

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What isn’t there to love about this photo? A bus raised above stupid street level. An English bulldog, snorting and heh-heh-hehing. A bunch of white men in suits, some holding their top hats, showing off their shiny new public transit vehicle.

Via Muni Diaries Live alum and all around Mr. Awesome, Peter Hartlaub: “Give these 1955 @sfmta_muni execs credit: When they unveiled a new bus, they valued showmanship.”

Enhance:

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