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Photo Diary: Muni ‘What Is It?’

January 26, 2012 jeff 4 comments

@sodaontheside calls this “Muni confetti.” We’re not so sure. Pencil shavings? Unsmoked tobacco? The remains of a modest Movember?

What’s your best guess?

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Photo: Muni Delivery Truck?

January 25, 2012 jeff 3 comments

Okay, the gig is up: We at Muni Diaries do love all things Muni. Like @davidmc73‘s photo here. Maybe all those sexy brown uniforms are in back?

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DIY: Make Your Own Muni

January 25, 2012 Tara 2 comments

Image: Lost in the 415

Back in December, we posted what was obviously the hottest item on your holiday wish list: folding paper Muni buses. Think paper dolls, but for your favorite Muni line. An easy, fun idea from Paper Buses via Uptown Almanac.

Marjorie contacted us recently to say she made five of these babies: the 71-Haight-Noriega, the 38-Geary, the 47-Van Ness, the 15-Third St./Fisherman’s Wharf (takin’ it back old school), and the occasional Out Of Order (taking it back to, oh, now). Neato.

Print yours out today — there are a few other lines available on Paper Buses — and send us your photos and stories. Why’d you pick the line that you did?

We’re still waiting on that inaccurate paper NextBus tracker to go with it.

Category: diaries Tags: 38-Geary, 47-Van Ness, 71-Haight-Noriega

Photo Diary: Smoking Kills

January 24, 2012 eugenia 2 comments

Found this on Instagram. Who carries a baggie full of cigarette butts on the bus?

Just when you think you’ve seen everything.

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Heater on Muni: Hell Yes or Hell No

January 23, 2012 Tara 5 comments

Photo: CarbonNYC

Q. Who loves talking about (complaining about) the weather?

A. San Franciscans (myself included).

Remember when it started to get cold before it got warm again? In that not-so-distant past, I put up an important poll on our Muni Diaries Facebook Page:

Heater blasting on Muni is:

a) Like winning the transit lottery on these chilly days. I love it.
b) Like stewing in armpit stench. Hate hate hate.
c) Indifferent.

There were a couple votes for A. As rider Elizabeth said, “Heat is always a win as far as I’m concerned. Would rather smell some body odors than be cold.” A couple others, including rider Faern, said it depends on the type of bus. Faern cited the 22, which…OK, we can stop right there.

Still, B won by a pretty wide margin amid concerns over the B.O. hot-box. Oh, and the fact that it’s allegedly not that cold (what about the wind?! THE WIND!?) in San Francisco. I’ll be out completing my Christmas Story look, then.

Wouldn’t you know it, some recent tweets to @munidiaries side with our B voters. @missmarymary says, “Sweatiest commute ever. Dear muni, rain =/= cold,” while @janepfrank reports it reaching a million degrees on her 38-Geary.

So, which is it, A, B, or C? This is very important, you guys.

Category: diaries, reflection, WTF: Weirdness on Muni Tags: 38-Geary, muni-gripe