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This post on SF Gate about changes in management and oversight of TransLink got us wondering: How is the mostly universal transit-payment system working out for you?
We’ve yet to take the plunge and get cards for ourselves, so please, let us know in comments.
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This post on SF Gate about changes in management and oversight of TransLink got us wondering: How is the mostly universal transit-payment system working out for you?
We’ve yet to take the plunge and get cards for ourselves, so please, let us know in comments.
Photo by Twitter user a_w_r
Update: 12:15. Turned out it was a bomb scare, KCBS reports. Phew! Streets are being reopened.
Original post:
KCBS is reporting that streets around the Transbay Terminal are closed and people are being evacuated due to…ready for this? A suspicious package found on a Muni bus.
More from KCBS:
The driver of the bus—now parked in front of the terminal near First and Second Streets—told KCBS reporter Doug Sovern at the scene she noticed an item a passenger had left behind that aroused her suspicions.
She described the item as something bigger than a backpack. An alert was issued to every transit agency in the country last week to be on guard for potential backpack bombs after the terrorism-related arrests in New York and Denver.
SFAppeal has street closure information, which impacts the 5, 6, 10, 14, 38, and 108. At 11:20 a.m., AlertSF posted that people should avoid the area for the next 90 minutes, stay inside and avoice windows and glassed areas.
Reader @catchfoot sent us this picture of the fire on Kearny near the Broadway-Columbus area this morning and told us that inbound buses are being rerouted. SFAppeal reports that the fire started at the sushi restaurant Matcha and spread up the block. No one appears to be injured.
In other news, a tour bus rear ended the 9X this morning in SOMA but the area has been cleared.
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This summer we received a couple of interesting pictures:
Exhibit A: a cherry condom and a cherry cough drop nestled in the corner of the door of the 21.
Exhibit B: a used (we think) love glove hanging off of the ceiling (!) of the 47.
Exhibit C: lonely Jimmy Hat chillin’ across the seat on the T-Third (via plug1).
These pictures beg the question: How did this used condom get on the bus? I hope this question aroused your interest and got your creative writing juices flowing because we are having our first short fiction contest!
(My apologies — bad double entendres cannot be avoided in writing this post)
What: Muni Diaries Erotic Short Fiction Contest — How did the condom end up on the bus?
Rules: Answer the question: “How did the used condom get on the bus?” in 250 words or less.
Mistress says: Give it to us by Wednesday, Oct. 28. (Deadline extended!)
Money shot: The winner will receive a goodie bag from Good Vibrations!!! We will read our favorites at our next spoken-word party, Muni Diaries Live! Under the Influence, on Oct. 30.
Update: SFWeekly reports: Union: Barring Mechanical Failure, Driver of Crashed Muni Training Coach Likely to be Fired
Update (3:04 p.m.): SF Appeal has the update on the 3-Jackson crash.
Original post: Another bad day for Muni saw two vehicles collide on Market earlier this morning. And now, via Action News SF, reports and photos of a bus crashing into a building on Laguna near Sutter. Must’ve been either a 3-Jackson or 4-Sutter, right? We’ll update once we know more.