Category: News

Photo by Jesse Johnson

We’re less than a week away from Muni Diaries Live, our third anniversary! That’s forever in Internet Time. I’m steering the Muni Diaries ship solo for a few days, so bare with me. I’ll be bringing you pictures of puppies and rainbows on the bus until Jeff returns. In this week’s Muni news:

• Muni making tracks in fight against crime (SF Examiner)
• San Francisco Police Arrest Suspect in Muni Shooting (SFPD)
• Muni driver in hot water after forcing family off bus (SF Examiner)
• Brawling passengers slow morning J-Church commute (City Insider)
• Muni trying to revoke rules preventing them from firing drivers without licenses (Matier and Ross — scroll down)
• Joel Ramos nominated for MTA board (Rescue Muni)
• Is Muni Considering Banning Pets From The Bus? (Nope for now) (SF Appeal)
• Muni staffing shortage means shuttles at cost of San Francisco taxpayers (SF Examiner)

We have extended the deadline to the Endanger Bus photo contest! As it turns out, the bus wraps are going to be staying up a little longer, so here’s your chance to catch the buses in action and win $150 and publication in Bay Nature magazine.

Oh and did you see the great picture from 1968 on Muni Time Capsule? Check it out.

Enjoy these photos and your weekend!

Photo by Ben Soto

Photo by xMurMurx

Photo by Alexandra Jones

Photo by Mona T. Brooks

Photo by Matthew Davis

Muni Diaries Live No. 5, with its stellar lineup, is a mere two weeks away! We’re getting super-psyched. Be sure to pick up discounted advance tickets ($8) if you haven’t already. They’re running out, and you can use that savings on some of the delightful libations at the Make-Out Room.

Another thing we can hardly contain ourselves about is the San Francisco Giants first home game, under way right now at AT&T Park. SFMTA encourages you to take public transit to and from all games this season. We agree. Or, at least walk or take a cab. Driving there is just silly.

The Muni Diaries Facebook page is another way for you to stay close to the action. “Like” us on Facebook today, and you won’t regret it.

So, yes, Muni didn’t seem to want to stay out of the news this week:

• Muni crash settlement would bring total cost of West Portal crash to nearly $7 million (SF Examiner)
• Is the SFMTA too big and unwieldy to function properly? (SF Examiner)
• Muni hires PR firm to handle media during contract negotiations with workers (SF Examiner)
• Fare evasions still high in SF as Muni loses $19M in 2010 (SF Examiner)
• Supe Wiener: Wild Muni Ride “one of those ‘Twilight Zone’ situations” (BCN via SF Appeal)
• Muni’s new $100K public-relations firm fires first salvo in labor negotiations (SF Examiner)
• Man Shot By Teens Getting Off Muni Bus In Bayview Thursday Morning (BCN via SF Appeal)
• Man Shot By Teens As He Got Off Muni Expected To Survive (BCN via SF Appeal)
• How Smartphones Can Improve Public Transit (Wired.com)
• Texting Muni Driver on Paid Suspension (SF Appeal)

Enjoy the weekend and these beautiful photos!

Photo by Troy Holden

Photo by Ben Soto

Photo by Bhautik Joshi