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You know this lot. It’s got that nifty web of electrical lines running above its sleeping coaches. Heather and Ed took some Muni-themed wedding photos there, as we posted about earlier this year. And then there’s all the other stuff you haven’t told us (now’s your chance!).
So, kudos, Retro Bus. If you’ve got other transit ephemera, share it with the Muni Time Capsule.
Reader Karl snapped this pic from his apartment today around 2:30 p.m. He says:
“Ellis was completely blocked the entire time. Looks like both cars were totaled…saw someone being carried from the bus on a stretcher. The lady in the black car was sitting in the driver side until paramedics arrived, but she didn’t appear to be too badly hurt…I didn’t see much outside of the aftermath.”
Did you see this incident? It looks like a 49, and Karl says it took more than an hour to clean up the scene. Send us more info if you’ve got it, and let us know here or @munidiaries on Twitter if things are wonky on Van Ness.
It is certainly not a good day for Muni vs. Other Object, so we’re hoping everyone involved is OK.
Photo by Tantek Çelik
She says this in response:
“Can’t you read? It said ‘already processed.’ Fucking idiot.”
So … some friendly reminders and tips for everyone at home:
She was sweet as pie to the passengers, perhaps realizing how snatchy the whole exchange was.
Photo by pmmueller on Flickr
SF Appeal, via the Wall Street Journal, says more and more people are ditching their cars for public transit when crossing World’s Coolest Bridge. Rising gas prices and $5-6 in toll fares started, well, taking their toll. Via the Appeal:
The number that continues to rise is the amount of people taking public transit to cross the iconic span. 576,000 passengers have made their way across the bridge by bus this past May, 4.2% more than May 2010.
The 76-Marin Headlands — on which the photo above was taken — will get you to the other side and back (allegedly). You might run into Spock and Kirk, even. As more people ride Muni (and Golden Gate Transit) across the famed landmark, let’s hope Muni makes more of an effort to ensure these buses run on time. Please? We said please.
In the meantime, pad your schedule and try to be in the opposite of a hurry.
Photo by jon|k
Fun stuff in Twitterlandia @munidiaries: the alphabet according to Muni Metro.
@_mola_mola: #muni driver says: L is for late, M is for missing, T is for tardy.
@Bordash: is the N for never? i can’t come up with anything better.
@Owenchristoff: N: Non-existant. J: joke. K: Knocked-out 🙂
@simplelife9: And J and K is for Just Kidding, there really is no Muni in 5 minutes lol…
This all reminds us of that silly kerfuffle over T-shirts that mocked Muni routes.
Care to fill in the rest or add some to the list? F and S (Shuttle) are feeling left out of the party.
49 Van Ness from Jon Reyes on Vimeo.
Though I sadly couldn’t get a photo of that one, we at least have this: more French stuff on a Van Ness line.
I take 47s and 49s — pardon, les quarante-septs et les quarante-neufs — all the time and it’s always a treat when I come up on such students. It helps me think dreamily of Paris instead of the yelling guy who shows up on the 47 in the early evenings.
This rules.
Thx: @stankpalmer