Category: News

Sometimes, tolerating big-city transit requires imagining your happy place or staring a hole through your iPhone. That’s why we love this story about New York City subway Good Samaritans who jumped into action and dragged a passenger from the train after a woman accused him of groping her. Does the Muni humper ring a bell?

The video of the whole takedown is above, including the accused perp getting arrested.

We know, we know, innocent until proven guilty. But don’t you just love the idea of a little subway justice?

Photo by Doctor Gage

• Surprise: BART Elevators Are Filthy and Poorly Serviced (SF Weekly)
• Massive bus facility under contruction at Islais Creek (Examiner.com)
• Decision on free Muni for youth still to come (SF Examiner)
• Downtown Muni Lines Rerouted For Central Subway Construction (SF Appeal)
• Former Muni Exec Defends Decision Not To Brake After Striking Pedestrian (SF Appeal)
• Muni to expand historic streetcar service for America’s Cup events in August (SF Examiner)
• Muni eyeing plan to install new digital cameras on buses (SF Examiner)
• Streetcars needed for America’s Cup now 16 months late (Market Street Railway Blog)
• Central Subway work starts amid problems (SFGate)
• Muni paid bonuses tied to inflated on-time rate (The Bay Citizen)

Take a closer look at this photo: can you tell what it is made of? New York Artist Nina Boesch has created some amazing stuff using metro cards as collage material. Here’s how she creates her collages.

As the name suggest, metro card collages are made from cut up pieces of used and expired MetroCards® – New York City subway tickets. All artworks are one-of-a-kind and vary in size from 5″x7″ to 40″x30″. Nina Boesch uses the front of MetroCards® for color collages (yellow, orange, blue and black), and the back for grayscale collages (black and white). The collages depict anything from landmarks and objects to portraits and typography, and are almost always New York related.

You can see the rest of her pieces on her website, Metro Card Yourself. Nina’s collages are exhibited at The Bean in the East Village, New York, until the end of July.

Thanks to local transit card artist Tofu St. John for the tip!

p.s.  More cool stuff on our Muni Art Pinterest Board.

Photo by tellumo

The Examiner today brings us news that several Muni protests planned for Monday could disrupt service. From the Examiner:

Event organizers have targeted the intersection of Third Street and Palou Avenue in the Bayview district as the gathering point for the protest, which calls for all Muni lines to be shut down. The T-Third Street light-rail line and the 54-Felton, 44-O’Shaughnessy, 24-Divisadero and 23-Monterey bus lines all pass through the intersection.

Muni says it is bracing for disruptions.

Kristen Holland, a Muni spokeswoman, said the agency is aware of the planned protest, and is taking the necessary steps to ensure that service runs as smoothly as possible. She did not discuss specifics of the agency’s strategies, saying that those details could aid the protestors.

It’s unclear who is organizing the protest, and when it might start. Read the Examiner post for more information.