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Serious question, guys. How many Muni manner offenses do you count? There’s the bag, the manspread, not giving up the seat for the lady holding an infant. But wait a minute, what’s that in her shopping bag?
This image came from Niki Waters (@kneesandkeysart) on Instagram.
A close up on another offender. Don’t be this guy.
Muni rider Yian lives right by the N-Judah and created this pretty illustration about some of the things that the N-Judah does for her, aside from getting her around town. She says:
Here’s an ode to my (very loud and much beloved) San Francisco neighbor, the N Judah. The community building exercises are in reference to the many occasions when riders have had to get off and move cars out of its way. And my races with the N have often resulted in my victory.
Click here to see the illustration in detail.
We have a couple of rider-documented instances of the community-building, car-lifting exercise Yian refers to. Here’s real-life evidence of superhero Muni riders moving a car out of the N-Judah’s way. Seems it happens all too frequently …
Thanks to Yian for sending this to us.
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This seems like a big deal.
Back in September, we told you about Supervisor Scott Wiener’s Medium.com post calling for subways all over San Francisco. Well, funny thing happened at City Hall the other day: the Board of Supervisors approved two new measures that aim to bring subways all over San Francisco. UpOut has the story:
The SF Board of Supervisors just approved two new measures to remedy the gridlock. The Subway Master Plan will eventually expand BART and Muni throughout the city.
[…] The Subway Master Plan will develop long-term solutions for improving public transportation and offer accessibility to more residents.
The Transportation Sustainability Fee was also approved. For the first time ever, property developers will be required to pay transit impact fees. This will generate an estimated $1.3 billion over 30 years by regulating new market-rate housing construction. That adds up to $44 million annually, which will be directly funneled to transportation improvements.
Cool. So, think general. The specifics can be worked out by specifics-minded people in the future. Maybe they could start with the drool-enducing, visionary San Francisco subway map at the top of this post.
The whole story on UpOut is worth your time, if the idea of hella subways in San Francisco excites you the way it excites me.
Image by Elliott Spelman
Muni station agent Deborah Smith-Ross sees Elijah and his mom come through her station all the time, and when Elijah’s birthday came around, the Smith-Ross got permission from Elijah’s mom to surprise him with a sweet gift.
KTVU’s Frank Sommerville found her post, in which she said:
Meet my friend Elijah, today is his 8th birthday. He comes thru my station daily with his mom going to school. A month ago he told me his birthday was 10/28. Everyday we would count how many days till his big day. Well something was put on my heart to make this day special. I asked his mom if it was OK to give him a gift.
Elijah’s smile says it all.
Muni operators’ random acts of kindness can really make your day. Here’s a couple more:
A surprise party on the delayed 33-Stanyan
The day my Muni driver stopped the bus (and everyone loved him for it)
Instagram is a lot more than pictures of air-brushed macaroons and latte art in soft focus, and every day we meet photographers who do our city proud. Today’s Instagram photographer crush is David Root, who posts carefully selected black and white photos of San Francisco that show the tender and gritty moments we all see, feel, and know daily. We caught up with David to chat about taking photos in San Francisco. Follow him on Instagram at @david_r00t.