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Your Weekend Transit Advisory: Dia de los Muertos, marathon

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Festival of Altars and Day of the Dead Procession
On Saturday, the annual celebration of Festival of Altars and Day of the Dead Procession will take place in the Mission District. Staging of Day of the Dead procession will begin on Bryant Street and the Festival of Altars will take place in the Garfield Park from 6 to 11 p.m. For more event details, please visit www.dayofthedeadsf.org.

Beginning at 6 p.m., staging of the procession will start on southbound Bryant Street between 19th and 24th streets. The procession will begin at 7 p.m. and follow the route with south on Bryant Street, west on 24th Street, north on Mission Street, east on 22nd Street and back onto Bryant Street for dispersal.
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Haiku, Ukulele, and More: Muni Diaries Live Full Lineup!

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Muni stories are best enjoyed over a drink or two with your fellow riders, so come on down to the Elbo Room on Saturday, Nov. 9, for an evening of hilarity and commuter-bonding. Today we’re releasing the full lineup for our 10th show! You’ll hear tales from:

  • The righteous and hilarious comedian Nato Green.
  • Filmmaker and maestro of the toy piano, H.P. Mendoza
  • Culture blogger and Bay Arean extraordinaire Beth Spotswood
  • Writer and 22-Fillmore regular Tarin Towers
  • Story maven Kay DeMartini
  • Muni song by the splendid Female Trouble
  • And the third Muni Haiku Competition, with reigning champion James Nestor doing battle audience favorite Jesse James!

We’re also giving the best audience storyteller a gift certificate to Tony’s Pizza Napoletana and merch from local indie favorite Lucky Jesus, so get your stories ready!

If you’ve never been to one of our shows before, check out the recap of MDLs past to get a flavor of Muni Diaries Live.

Grab a ticket now and invite your friends!

Details:
Muni Diaries Live
Sat., Nov. 9, doors: 6:30, show: 7 p.m. Tickets: $12.
Buy advance tickets

Elbo Room
647 Valencia Street, San Francisco
Take Muni there: J-Church, 12, 14, 22, 33, 49, or BART: 16th or 24th St stations
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Event graphic above by Craig Fowler Design.

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Ride adorable old Muni buses this weekend!

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Photo courtesy Market Street Railway

What’s that? You didn’t think Muni could be cute? Like, no way in hell?

Think again, curmudgeon. This Saturday and Sunday mark Muni Heritage Weekend. SFMTA and Market Street Railway will operate vintage buses, a special cable car, and a few old streetcars from 10 a.m. to 5 both days, giving the public a chance to see how far we’ve come from the old days [insert your cynical jokes here].

The old buses will leave from the San Francisco Railway Museum on Steuart Street between Market and Mission streets, near the Ferry Building and Embarcadero.

No matter what your plans are this weekend, you should totally do this.

For more info on the vehicles that will return to operation this weekend, visit Market Street Railway.

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Are you liking Muni’s new 5L-Fulton Limited route?

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Muni debuted a new line today: the 5L-Fulton Limited. It’s basically the 5-Fulton with limited stops and is meant to speed up rush-hour commutes along that line.

Here’s a sampling, good and bad, of what some of you had to say via Twitter this morning:

  • Derek: “The new 5L is life changing.”
  • Justin: “20 minutes from home to downtown; thanks SF Muni for the 5 Limited and for making Monday almost bearable. #sfmuni“
  • Laura: “#SFMuni success. Day one on the 5L and it was amazing.”
  • Ashley: “I was soo amped about the new 5L for my commute but the driver seems to not have been trained. Still [stopping] at every stop. #fail“

Well, we have “life-changing,” gratitude, “almost bearable,” “amazing,” and a driver that possibly missed the training session. Sounds like the 5L is fitting right in to the Muni fold. To all of our Richmond District enthusiasts: What colorful descriptions do you have for Muni’s new 5L-Fulton Limited?

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Your Weekend Transit Advisory: Market St. repaving, Wharf Fest, Noe Valley festival, Visitacion Valley fair, Sunday Streets Richmond

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Market Street Repaving Project
Beginning at 11 p.m., Friday and continuing through 7 p.m., Saturday, the San Francisco Department of Public Works (DPW) will repave five intersections on Market between 10th to 6th streets. At the same time, the San Francisco Public Utility Commission (SFPUC) will perform sewer work at the intersections of Grant Avenue, 9th and 10th streets at Market Street.

During the repaving work, no traffic will be allowed on Market Street, both directions between 11th and Turk Streets.

During the construction, Muni buses operating along Market Street between 11th and 3rd streets will be detoured onto Mission Street and will use existing Mission Streets bus stops. Muni buses which enter Market Street between Polk and Jones streets will be detoured onto Turk or Eddy streets and will use existing 31 Balboa line stops

The F Market & Wharves streetcar line will be substituted by bus shuttles between Castro and Fisherman’s Wharves.

The following Muni lines and routes will be re-routed:
L Owl
N Owl
5 Fulton
6 Parnassus
9 San Bruno
19 Polk
21 Hayes
71 Haight/Noriega
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Transit News: Hella Muni and BART news

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Lots of local transit news since our last roundup. Buckle up.

Muni

  • Muni Buses Failing En Route to San Francisco (SF Weekly)
  • AC Transit strike ban may be extended 60 days by governor’s panel (Contra Costa County Times)
  • Muni Bus that Killed Cyclist Cheng Jin Lai Missing Key Safety Equipment (SF Weekly)
  • Muni: Missing Safety Device on Bus that Killed Cyclist Leads to Fleetwide Inspection (SF Weekly)

BART

  • NTSB: Operator in fatal BART accident was trainee (KTVU)
  • Police Arrest Allegedly Prolific BART Taggers On Suspicion Of Felony Vandalism (SF Appeal)
  • Man Who Allegedly Threw Hammer At Striking BART Workers Pleads Not Guilty (SF Appeal)
  • BART Strike Put Financial Strain On Muni (CBS Bay Area)
  • Unions Call for BART Board To Be Charged With Crime Over Death of Two Workers (SF Weekly)

AC Transit

  • AC Transit holding hearings on proposed fare changes (KTVU)
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