Author: Tara

Tara Ramroop has laughed, cried, and commiserated with this amazing community from the start. She's been writing for as long as she can remember and riding Muni for more than a decade.

3-Jackson, 12-Folsom on Muni’s chopping block

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Put your public-process hat on, ’cause it’s time to know stuff.

This little story, like many these days, starts on Facebook. Maria posted this on the Muni Diaries Facebook page:

Hey, just got off of 3 Jackson and I saw a notice that said that 3 Jackson was being eliminated from the entire muni system and that there is a petition to save 3 Jackson. Does anyone know what muni document says that 3 Jackson’s being eliminated?

 

And we were all HWWWWA? Our social channels had nil on it until this point, and I thought, surely, some ire-laced vitriol wrapped in all-caps would’ve wandered our way if this was truth.
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Name that new Muni bus part

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Over on the Muni Diaries Facebook page, RayRay asks, rightly, WTF? What’s this partition for, anyway?

I’ll start: private corner office? Those new-fangled blue-seat buses certainly have a high opinion of themselves, don’t they? Or make-out seats. Definitely make-out seats.

You guys are good at coming up with explanations for such things (see also: the bus-seat “butt holes” of 2010), so get those creative juices flowing and offer up a suggestion.

Category: Photos, WTF: Weirdness on Muni

Simple request via art found on Muni

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Grumpy (Shut Up! Please), 2013, Crayola marker and pencil on notebook paper

Art shows up in the strangest places, and you don’t have to be Banksy to pull it off. Says @spiegelmama:

“Bus floor art worthy of framing.”

Indeed. Is it supposed to be a nagging spouse? A judge? A teacher? In any case, I think this pathos-inducing piece is begging for your commentary and analysis on the state of humanity.

Are you on Muni? What’re you looking at? Tell us at @munidiaries like @spiegelmama did.

Category: Photos, WTF: Weirdness on Muni

Cats selflessly lend their images to Muni rider’s shirt

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Does this count as cats on Muni? As the ranking editor of cats-on-Muni this week, I say yes. Go ahead and make this your desktop wallpaper, I’ll wait.

Anyway, rider Kate spotted this in the wild, noting this “Muni rider takes fashion to the next level.”

I think my favorite one is that little ginger fella peeking over the gray one in repose.

Are there cats on Muni, you ask? You bet your ass there are cats on Muni. Peruse our Cute category for more heartwarming, less bodily fluid-y kinds of happenings on SF transit.

 

 

Category: Aww: Cute on Muni, Funny: Muni LOLs, Photos

A New Spin on “Most Interesting Man” on Muni

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Muni rider Santani seems to think he’s flypaper for “uncomfortably personal” interactions on Muni. After his most recent experience on the 19-Polk, I’m inclined to believe him:

Mr. Hamilton, who got on the bus, asked the one other black guy if he wanted ‘a piece of this’ (his fist), and then talked me up the whole ride about his martial arts prowess, his death and resurrection 18 years ago, his occupations as a Secret Serviceman, candidate for Congress, commercial writer, and “one of the best dancers in this town.”

Also: “BTW, Mr. Hamilton has a debate with Ed Lee coming up in September or October.”

Move over, Most Interesting Man in the World! You’ve got serious competition.

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Another 38-Geary catches fire

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Photo by frankfarm

To answer this question:

Yes. A 38-Geary caught fire in the Outer Richmond almost exactly a week ago. The 38-Geary (and its zippy express sibs) are a great many things (drunk tank, most recently) but flammable wasn’t on the list until now. Read more

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