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Your Weekend Transit Advisory: Unveiling “Caruso’s Dream”

February 21, 2014 jeff Leave a comment

Oh hey, here’s your weekend transit advisory from the SFMTA. Nothing too exciting happening this weekend except for some street repairs and unveiling an art installation called “Caruso’s Dream.” Be sure to check if your line’s affected by the repair work.

Have a great weekend, everyone!

Repair and Maintenance Projects
Beginning at 9 p.m., Friday through 4 a.m., Sunday, crews from the SFMTA, San Francisco Public Utilities Commission, Department of Public Works and PG&E will perform maintenance work along Market Street and at various locations:
Market Street between Fremont and 3rd streets
Market Street at 1st Street
Spear Street at Market Street
Spear Street at Mission Street
Kearny Street between Post and Market streets
3rd Street between Market and Mission streets
There will be no street closures required for this project.

The following Muni lines and routes will be affected during the course of the work:
Read more

Category: News

A snapshot of your world on Muni

February 21, 2014 jeff Leave a comment

Photo by torbakhopper

A quick reminder before your weekend gets under way: We’re all in this together. Enjoy!

Of all the food that people eat on public transportation, oranges offend me the least. #munidiaries
How fortunate I am to have a #SFMuni expert right next to me on the L.
“This is end of the line, Mother Fucker. End of the line!” — #sfmuni patron and member of the Muni peer assistance program.
Just witnessed a 75+ year old man yell “suck my dick, bitch” at the muni driver. #wut #sfmuni
Bruised, in suits and hoodies, wasted, homeless, coding the side project, making out in the backseat. 38 is how S.F. goes home
I found my style icon in my bus! She was 70 years old. #sfmuni

This week’s Things on Muni brought to you by fellow Muni riders @esavestheworld, @SFkaty, @stevepepple, @SierraUnsworth, @sdqali, and @divya. Share your Muni musings on @munidiaries.

Category: Funny: Muni LOLs

A Spiritual Experience on the 24-Divisadero

February 20, 2014 jeff Leave a comment

Photo by Steve Rhodes

Muni rider Sarabeth has a story for us all.

“Yesterday, I was riding the 24 outbound. There was a guy acting a bit strangely and kind of hum-singing. I didn’t think anything of it. There are always strange people on Muni. (ed. note: sing it, sister!)

“Later, he pulled out 5 or 6 wedges of cheese from the store, still wrapped. He then pulled out a small bottle of what I determined to be holy water and put some on one of the wedges. He then crossed and blessed them, mumbling something about the son and the father and God bless the cheese. He continued to do this to the other wedges and put them and then put them and the water back into his bag.”

Funny: I thought cheese comes pre-blessed. In any case, you go, cheese-blessing dude.

Category: WTF: Weirdness on Muni Tags: 24-Divisadero

Muni runs a surplus, talks fare hikes (update)

February 19, 2014 jeff 14 comments

Photo by wallyg

Update (8:23 a.m., Friday): Per SFBay report Jerold (below, in comments): The surplus is $22.2 million this year and $15 million the following year. There is also a recommendation to increase Muni service by five percent this year and five percent next year.

Original post: We linked to an SFGate story in our transit news roundup the other day. The story talks about several different proposals being shopped out concerning SFMTA’s budget for the next couple of years, and something gave us pause: a cash fare hike from $2 to $2.25, and a 300-percent increase in the single-ride cost for F-Market streetcars.

But that’s not all! Missing in SFGate’s report is the fact that SFMTA is actually running a surplus, its first in recent years. ABC 7 has the details:

“The Metropolitan Transportation Agency that runs Muni is facing a surplus and there are many different ways the public could benefit. At the hearing [on Tuesday], the agency was asking the public where some of that extra money should go.”

ABC 7 does not mention the amount of the surplus. Proposals for how to spend the money, however much it is, include:

Expanding free Muni for youth from 16 to 18
Expanding free Muni for seinors
Expanding free Muni for low-income residents

Category: News

Excuse me, you dropped your celery on Muni

February 19, 2014 jeff One comment

Muni rider Susan noticed these bunches of bright-green celery on the floor of the Muni Metro she was on. She then posted it to Twitter, concerned for their well-being: “Why was there celery on the Muni floor and why didn’t anyone else notice?” Good question!

I can only hope that this celery met their fated jar of peanut butter somewhere, after a good scrubbing-down, of course.

Category: Photos