Category: News

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SFMTA’s plan to triple the cost of riding F-Market streetcars was a pesky one. It died a swift death this afternoon, and there was much rejoicing (“yey”). SFGate has the story.

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• BART, Caltrain report record-high ridership (SF Examiner)
• Man Sought After Hitting Muni Passenger In Head With Kerosene Container (KPIX)
• Purchase of 60 New Electric Trolley Muni Buses Moves Forward (SFMTA)
• Wharf-extension push surfaces as Central Subway crews dig on (SFGate)
• Opposition Mounting To Price Hike For San Francisco’s Historic Streetcars (KPIX)

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Time to play god, folks. Muni is hiring drivers, and the window won’t be open forever.

Essential functions include: conducting pre-operational inspection of the transit vehicle; safely navigating the vehicle through traffic along assigned routes under various environmental conditions in accordance with traffic laws and departmental regulations; operating the disability access lifts to assist persons with disabilities onto the vehicle; collecting fares from passengers and issuing transfers; checking passenger transfers, fast passes, and electronic passes to ensure they are valid; responding to customers’ questions regarding routes, directions, fares and transfers; communicating instructions to passengers and calling out the vehicle stops and transfer points via the vehicle’s intercom system; conducting post-operational inspection of the outside of the vehicle; contacting central control regarding various emergencies; and completing accident, incident and/or miscellaneous reports to document unusual occurrences. Incumbents may be required to perform other related duties.

Read the rest of the job listing here.

If you get the job, of course, you have to check back here frequently. Oh, and you simply have to share your best stories with fellow Muni Diaries readers.

Tell ’em we sent ya. Or not.

Good luck!

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In a ruling that elicited a collective WTF, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court held last week that Michael Robertson, a man arrested for taking cellphone photos up women’s skirts and dresses, hadn’t done anything illegal because the state’s Peeping Tom laws don’t cover people who are clothed and in public spaces. Fortunately, the state legislature moved quickly to close the loophole and on Friday the governor signed a bill strengthening Massachusetts’ voyeurism laws.

We’re glad that California already has this sorted out. According to a San Diego TV news station, “In California “upskirting” is considered disorderly conduct. The act is secretly videotaping a female or male’s intimate parts without their consent.” Well, then.

Read more about Robertson at SFGate.