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Powell and Civic Center BART stations are getting a new do’, in the form of new glass canopy entrances along Market Street.
The designers’ rendering of the glass canopy is above, which you might have seen if you were being an A+ San Franciscan and attended the community event back in April. According to BART, Market Street will eventually (as in the next 10 years) have 30 new canopy entrances to product stations and escalators from weather damage and “improve station security and escalator durability.”
Don’t hold you breath yet, though. Construction for the new entrances is slated to begin toward the end of next year.
In other BART news, the San Francisco Chronicle is taking down circulation kiosks at BART stations, according to Mission Local. Oh, it’s the end of an era.
h/t: SFist, San Francisco Chronicle.
File under: We Can Dream, Can’t We?
Not content with SF’s status as woefully lacking when it comes to underground transit, Elliott Spelman took to whatever fancy computer program people use nowadays and made a Muni Metro map that dreams are made of. Look at that coverage! Check out them color-coded lines! Start fantasizing about days spent roaming the 49-square-mile landscape with ease!
And yeah, there’s a lot of acreage that would still be under-served in Elliott’s world. That’s okay. This is a great first draft.
How would you modify or add to this fantasy Muni map?
Other Bay Area alternative-universe transit maps include the Thrillist map of bars near Muni Metro stops, The Muni Metro Map: Caffeinated, and Mario BART Map.
h/t Radio Alice
Starting today and for the next 22 days, you can count your city supervisors and even the mayor as fellow Muni riders. Today marks the first day of San Francisco Transit Riders Union’s “22 Day Muni Challenge,” which challenges city officials to ride Muni for 22 days straight just like us. Could there be a Muni Diaries story from one of these supervisors in the near future? We certainly hope so!
In 1993, San Francisco voters passed Proposition AA: “City officials and full-time employees [shall] travel to and from work on public transit at least twice a week.” But the proposition was never enacted upon. The 22-day challenge signifies the 22 years since the proposition passed, according to Ilyse Magy of the SFTRU. The SFTRU even created a leaderboard to track the number of rides of participants using the official hashtag #onboardsf.
Participating supes already started with a slew of Muni selfies, including John Avalos‘ very dramatic ride (known to the rest of us as our daily Muni workout) this morning.
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This evening you can see some of our favorite San Francisco photographers display their work in a properly gritty, urban setting. City At Large II is an outdoor photography exhibit where photographs are enlarged up to 8 feet tall and installed onto brick walls using only wheat paste. The effect is pretty stunning, thanks to these five photographers:
Emmanuel Blackwell
Rian Dundon
Dave Glass
Troy Holden
David Root
You might recognize Holden, whose Muni photos you’ve seen here regularly. You’ll also see photos from the 1960’s to 1990’s by Dave Glass.
City At Large II is located in the parking lot across the street from Adolph Gasser Photography on 181 2nd Street. The opening reception is tonight 5-7pm. RSVP here and we’ll see you tonight!