Counting Down 100 Days, 100 Muni Stories

Muni turns 100 this year, and we want to celebrate it with your Muni stories in our “100 Days, 100 Muni Stories” project! You might remember the cool prize for this story drive: Submit a Muni story in the next 100 days and a portion of your story can end up on a bus ad.

For 100 days this summer, you can go our 100 Muni Stories page to see new stories in the running for getting their own advertisement inside the bus. We’ve combed through your submissions and tweets, plus some that we think deserve some props. At the end of the 100 days, we’ll be choosing quotes from the best of the best to appear on ads inside all Muni buses.

Today’s “100 Muni Stories” submission comes from David Gray, who remembers the 55-Sacramento and how its passengers had to help the bus get up steep San Francisco hills.

We’re still taking submissions for the centennial birthday celebration, so send your stories our way and remember to tag it #100MuniStories.

Muni Diaries “100 Days, 100 Muni Stories” graphic design is by Lisa Wong Jackson. Check her out at Good on Paper.

Your Weekend Muni Transit Advisory

This weekend’s traffic advisory from the SFMTA.

The 7th annual Uncorked! SF Wine Festival will be held on Saturday at and around Ghirardelli Square between 1 and 6 p.m. The following street closures will be required all day Saturday, 12 a.m. to midnight:

  • Beach Street between Larkin and Polk Streets

The 19 Polk Muni route will be affected.

On Saturday the Asian Heritage Street Festival will be held in front of the Asian Art Museum from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.  For more details, please visit 8th Asian Heritage Street Celebration website. The following street closures will be required from 3 a.m. to 9 p.m.:

  • Larkin Street between Hayes and Ellis streets
  • McAllister Street between Hyde and Polk streets
  • Fulton Street between Larkin and Hyde streets
  • Eddy Street between Polk and Hyde streets
  • Turk Street between Polk and Hyde streets
  • Golden Gate Avenue between Polk and Hyde streets
  • Intersections at Larkin Street: Fulton Street, McAllister Street, Golden Gate Avenue, Turk Street, Eddy Street and Willow Street

The following Muni routes may be affected:

  • 5 Fulton
  • 19 Polk
  • 31 Balboa

Bay to Breakers begins at 7 a.m. on Sunday. Please see SFMTA’s website for express service and fare information. Go here for Muni service interruptions during B2B.

Has Muni Been Fibbing Its On-Time Reports?


Photo by Rubin 110

It certainly appears that way. A post on The Bay Citizen today asserts:

San Francisco transit officials have redefined time, fudging their statistics to make it look like buses and trains arrive on schedule, The Bay Citizen has found. These numbers are critical in determining the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency’s efficiency –- and they show the transit agency is much less efficient than it has claimed.

Under the City Charter, Muni vehicles are considered on time if they arrive “no more than one minute early or four minutes late.” But according to Muni’s clock, a minute can last as long as 119 seconds –- or 1 minute, 59 seconds.

Read the rest of the story on The Bay Citizen.

So, this is obviously a case of “Shame on you, SFMTA.” But what do we do about it? Your constructive criticism is appreciated here. No, really.

Fun Tonight: 10 Years of Being Young, Broke, and Beautiful

Tonight Muni Diaries friend Broke-Ass Stuart is celebrating 10 years of living in San Francisco with a huge blowout party at Public Works. My favorite part of the party invite: “this is a classy affair, so please DRESS UP.” Who doesn’t love an excuse to look fancy?

So here’s what you do:
Step 1. RSVP.
Step 2. Clean up nice.
Step 3. Party your ass off.

The original broke-ass himself is going to be there with tons of great stuff:

  • Sponsored fancy drinks (Negronis) by Campari for the first hour.
  • FREE Oysters by WoodHouse Fish Co. while supplies last.
  • 30 free gourmet dogs by Dojo Dogs (first come first serve)
  • Dojo Dogs + Creme Brulee Cart Outside
  • Photobooth by Snap Fiesta

It’s just $3 to get in, and part of that goes to Slap Cancer. We’ll see you there!

Broke and Classy, Broke-Ass Stuart’s 10 Year Anniversary of Living in SF
Thursday May 17, 8 p.m. to 2 a.m.
Public Works, 161 Erie Street

Transit News: BRT green light, BART Wi-Fi, free Muni for kids


Photo by torbakhopper

  • Man survives being hit by Caltrain (SFGate)
  • Muni rider stabbed in Mission District by suspected gang members (KTVU)
  • Supe. Farrell Delays SFCTA Approval of Van Ness BRT Design (Streetsblog SF)
  • Free Muni youth passes rack up $400K boost (SF Examiner)
  • Muni bus rapid transit has green light to launch (SF Examiner)
  • Man struck, killed on San Jose Caltrain tracks (SFGate)
  • BART Wi-Fi still lags after 3 years (SFGate)
  • Suicide Prevention Effort At SF Caltrain Station today (BCN via SF Appeal)

Reminder: Monthly A Pass Fare Increase in July


Photo by judemorrissey

Update: As reader Rachel pointed out below, the M pass (Muni-only) will also go up by $2 and will be $64 starting July. Thanks, Rachel!

Starting in July, the monthly Muni A pass will cost you $74 instead of $72. We first learned about this last year via the Examiner, who reports that the SFMTA’s board of directors approved the fare increase program in 2010 based on inflation.

For those of you on WageWorks, you should have received an email alert and your order should be automatically adjusted for the new price.

The A pass includes BART rides within city limits. The basic fare per Muni ride is still $2.

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