The Muni Metro Map, Caffeinated

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Thrillist SF’s Joe Starkey has gone and done us a solid here. He created a mashup of the Muni Metro map with prominent coffee shops located at or near the stations and stops.

“Chances are, if you’re riding Muni in the morning, you desperately need coffee. So, we’ve gone out of our way to make your life easier, by using SF Muni’s map and our caffeine rolodex to plot out the best, closest coffee shop to every stop on Muni (that matters), replacing each stop name with the name of said caffeine-slinger. The only rule: all of the coffee shops had to be under a 10min walk away from their respective stop.”

Read more at Thrillist.

Via @bucky_sinister

Transit News: BART tasers, Muni overtime, TEP, Muni on the waterfront, Muni fare hike?

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  • How Racial Profiling Leads to Tasering on BART (Medium)
  • SFMTA trims overtime costs by 13 percent (SFBay)
  • San Francisco Ponders Free Muni Passes Due to ‘Affordability’ Crisis (KQED)
  • Changes Proposed For 6, 71 Muni Lines (Haighteration)
  • Pedestrian fatality raises safety questions on Van Ness (KTVU)
  • Muni pilot programs floated to improve transit along the waterfront (SF Examiner)
  • Municipal Transportation Agency rolls out budget (SFGate)

Piss in a Pillow on the 47-Van Ness

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Photo by Lynn Friedman

Muni rider Samantha submitted this story. I, for one, am speechless.

Muni is home of the weird, that is for sure. As soon as you think you’ve seen it all in San Francisco, you can hop on Muni and see something even weirder.

I hopped on Muni the other day and a homeless man rolled onto the 47 bus (yes, rolled) with a pillowcase of his own urine. Yep, this man carried a pillow case of piss that was dripping out as he sloshed it to and fro. Riders like myself were dodging piss trying to comprehend why any of this was happening. He was too drunk to sit or stand so he rolled around on the floor until it was his stop and he then tumbled down the stairs.

I mean I just can’t. Good morning?

Your Weekend Transit Advisory: Holiday schedule, Chinatown street fair, Chinese New Year parade

President’s Day Muni Schedule
On Monday, President’s Day holiday, Muni will operate on a Saturday schedule.

Chinatown Community Street Fair
The Chinatown Community Street Fair will be held from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Saturday and from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Sunday in Chinatown. For more event details, please visit www.sanfranciscochinatown.com.

The following street closures will be required for the Street Fair from 11 p.m., Friday to 11 p.m., Sunday.
Grant Avenue between California Street and Broadway
Pacific Avenue between Columbus Avenue and Stockton Street
Jackson Street between Stockton and Kearny streets
Washington Street between Stockton and Kearny streets
Intersections: Jackson Street, Washington Street and Pacific Street on Grant Avenue
All alleys in the area bounded by California Street, Stockton Street, Broadway and Kearny Street
There will be heavy traffic in the area. Motorists are advised to allow extra travel time.

The following Muni routes will be affected:

10 Townsend
12 Folsom/Pacific

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Five Muni peculiarities

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Photo by Lynn Friedman

You ride Muni. I ride Muni. They ride Muni. We all ride Muni. Have a great weekend!

  1. 2 riders wearing backpacks that keep bumping each other. Giving each other dirty looks. Total backpack stalemate #sfmuni
  2. took a vote on whether to let a girl get off the 31AX bc she wasn’t paying attn to the last stop #Muni
  3. How do I politely tell the guy standing next to my seat that his fly is down? #munidiaries
  4. Had a muni car to myself for 5 stops. First person to board decides to sit 2 seats next to me. #StoryOfMyLife
  5. Who needs reality tv when you can ride the 49 after dark? #munidiaries

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