Category: News

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I was on the 49 last night with at least half the bus dressed in orange and black, and a guy carrying a horn on his back said, “San Francisco is alive tonight!”

Damn right!

So don’t let the rain keep you away from Muni Diaries Live #4 this evening at the Make-Out Room. We can’t wait to see your faces and hear our storytellers on stage. The Make-Out Room has $1 off of all Maker’s Mark drinks, and $4 side cars when you show your Fast Pass, Clipper, or Muni transfer. And you can win prizes from Anthony’s Cookies, Chronicle Books, The Summit,  Metronome Dance Collective, and Market Street Railway if the rest of audience votes your Muni story the winner.

What more reason do you need?

In Muni news this week:

• Muni Train Derails at Church St. and Duboce Ave. (KRON 4)
• Muni to ease Fast Pass fadeout (City Insider)
• Muni kiosks getting makeovers (Under the Dome/SF Examiner)
• Bad Rail Blamed for Monday’s N-Judah Derailment to Be Fixed in ‘Next Two Years’ (SF Appeal)
• Bomb Squad Shuts Part of Market Street (Bay Citizen)

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We spend a good portion of every day (and night) getting from point A to point B on the bus, and it’s time to gab all about it…in person! Next Friday is our fourth Muni Diaries Live at the Make-Out Room. We have an exciting new addition to our lineup: Andrew Lam, NPR commentator, the author of East Eats West, and two-time winner of Literary Death Match. We’ve also got a surprise guest: an ex-Muni insider. You’ll have to come and find out who it is. So permanent marker this in your calendars for next Friday — we want to see your happy faces.

This week, Muni was disrupted by a signal problem at the Embarcadero station, a fire on Hyde street, gas leak at the Castro station, and a police car crash (into a utility pole).

In other Muni news:

• Muni Mess means more maintenance (City Insider)
• SFMTA Considers Issuing Bonds to Finance Capital Projects (Streetsblog SF)
• Muni’s service disruption hearing set for Nov. 2 (SF Examiner)
• Ending 25 Cent Fee for Muni Tickets Costs $2.13 Million Yearly (Akit’s Complaint Department)
• Muni debt plan to free up cash (SF Examiner)
• Streetsblog SF‘s take on Fix Muni Now/Prop. G

I unearthed some terrific photos from our Flickr pool last night, from Christina’s morning shot inside an N to FlickringAbility’s gorgeous foggy night photo of two Muni operators. Enjoy these photos, and have a great weekend!

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