Link Rec: Transit Diary
A photo site documenting the mishmash of riding the subway in New York City. Or, as it bills itself, a “photostalker.” Transit paparazzi? Whatever.
Author: jeff
‘This isn’t a taxi’
We were riding the 49-Van Ness toward the 1000 Van Ness theater tonight. As we joined the clusterfuck around City Hall post-Pride, with its closed-off, trash-strewn, dyed-hair-filled streets. Halfway between Grove and McAllister, a horde of teenagers from (I’m guessing) Fairfield came screaming up to the bus outside. We inched forward, but they made it to the front door and proceeded to bang the glass, indignantly saying, “C’mon! Let us on!”
The driver, who was out of sight for us, said to them plainly, “This is not a taxi.” – Jeff
Next stop, Washington Square?
There’s a light at the end of the tunnel and it’s definitely an oncoming train. The question is, is it a good thing for North Beach or not?
Locals, at least those who are members of the District 3 Democratic Club, seemed divided on the subject of the Central Subway, which was the featured topic at Thursday night’s special meeting of the D3DC at the Telegraph Hill Neighborhood Center. A well-chosen panel — representing both Muni (or, if you must, MTA) and grassroots interests — tossed the subject around, both among themselves and with the lively audience.
If you’ve been living in a cave for the past few years, the Central Subway (known sarcastically to its detractors as the Rose Pak Memorial Tunnel) is Muni’s planned extension of the T-Third rail line across Market Street and up Stockton into the very belly of Chinatown.
Muni Collapse of a Different Kind
In which a presumed rider falls on the platform at Civic Center station.
Snide but hilarious comments aside, one of them, from the photog, says the guy fell coming out of the train. Should be okay.
Thx: SFist.
Muni: We’re the Most Awesome at Totally Sucking
Your hard-earned tax dollars at work here, folks: Monday-morning backup on Embarcadero.
Thx: SFist.
Is the F the Least-Reliable Line in Town?
Lately, it sure seems so.
Tara reports that trains let passengers out on Market near New Montgomery this morning around 9 because of a supposed power outage along the Embarcadero.
To top things off, as things go, passengers headed toward the northeast corner are pretty much screwed. No apparent extra buses sent in to help, extra passengers, cabs difficult to get.
It’s not a big city. We have a public transportation system. Why is it so hard to get around San Francisco?