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More unconventional Muni shelters

March 2, 2011 jeff 6 comments

Yesterday’s post about out-of-the-ordinary Muni shelters prompted more examples from a few Muni Diaries readers.

Octoferret pointed out such shelters as the one above, at Woodside and Hernandez, with its adorable leaning bench in place of the typical seats.

Whole Wheat Toast chimed in with an odd bus stop he cataloged on his site, The Toasted Blog, back in December:

A more sensibly designed Muni shelter by Viacom as seen at Golden Gate Park (there’s one other version of this shelter at 3rd and Palou)

Octoferret also submitted the following four quirky shelters:

Combination shelter and driver bathroom (?) at the 6 Parnassus terminal at 14th Ave & Quintara

Shelter with only two seats at Quintara & 19th Avenue

One of many reused AC Transit shelters on Treasure Island

Euclid and Collins, removed in 2007

Thanks, guys, and keep ’em coming!

Category: diaries, Photos

Star Wars box on Muni

March 2, 2011 jeff Leave a comment

Where else? Philip shares:

When I take Muni I like to take my Star Wars box too.

Also, WTF is a Star Wars box? And why is the greatest science-fiction saga of all time invading our public transit system?

Category: diaries, Funny: Muni LOLs

Unconventional Muni Shelters

March 1, 2011 jeff 5 comments

Miquel at The Tender spotted this … thing on “the backside” of the Main Branch of the SF Public Library. He calls it “Mini-Shelter.” Too cute.

On Flickr, Eric Fischer spotted this backwards shelter:

I believe these are facing backwards to allow handicap access because the width of the street is too narrow for the shelter to face out.

Spot any other funky bus shelters?

Category: diaries, Photos

Would you let your kids ride Muni alone?

March 1, 2011 eugenia 8 comments

Photo by Jessica Druck

Last week on Twitter someone remarked, “I would probably never let my 10-year-old ride Muni alone.”

Really?

I am not a parent so I don’t feel that I am an expert on matters of child safety, but I am guessing that a lot of parents don’t have the option to drive their children to school or arrange some other transportation option.

There’s been many reports of violence on the bus, and you may recall the 2009 story about a 11-year-old boy who got stabbed on the bus the first time he rode Muni. So the concern is understandable. On the Muni Diaries Facebook page, a reader asked if the question of letting your child ride Muni alone is the same issue as “would you let your child walk to school alone?”

Granted, at least on the bus, there is a driver who can keep the peace. Parents: Would you let your 10-year-old ride Muni alone?

Category: diaries, reflection