If Minnie Driver were a Muni driver
Via friend of MD and Muni Diaries Live veteran Ariel: “What if Minnie Driver was your Muni driver.” That’d be neat.
Enjoying a morning drink on BART
Always have to wonder whether they were drunk or in need of drink before they got on public transit, or they drink because they’re on public transit. Either way, salud!
We last saw the beer of champs on the J-Church. You really get around, Pabst Blue Ribbon.
Via Miguel Quesadilla (thanks, I’m hungry now): “7:30 am PBR is better than Starbucks in the morning”
BART car all dressed up in throwback graffiti
Holy 1970s! That there is a gosh-danged BART train adorned with some hella throwback graffiti. Vandalism yadda yadda, this is kinda rad, no?
Have you ever seen BART cars with graffiti like this? I don’t think I have.
Photo via Claude’s Photo/Video: “First time I’ve seen a Bart train with graffiti on it.”
Throwback Thursday: 1948 Muni riders indistinguishable from us today
That exasperated look of, “OMG, WTF do you think you’re doing on this bus?” *slash* “OMG you cannot be serious with this” is soooooooooooo 2015, amirite?
h/t @SFMoMA: Commuter #TBT to city life in 1948. William R. Heick: “On the 22 Fillmore, San Francisco.”
Transit News: 5-Fulton improvements, BART rewards, SFMTA 20-year budget
- 24th St. BART Escalator Part Snaps, Injures Four (Mission Local)
- City approves speed improvements to Muni’s 5-Fulton line (SF Examiner)
- BART to reward riders who commute during off-peak hours (SFBay)
- SFMTA says it needs $21 billion for next 20 years (SFExaminer)
Surprising no one, Japanese porn star transit cards are a hit
Courtesy Washington Post/Matt Yu/Reuters
It seems sex and controversy — well, duh — are very effective for selling transit cards.
Earlier this month, according to an Associated Press article, Taiwan’s EasyCard Corp. quickly sold out a special edition swipe card featuring photos of Japanese porn star Yui Hatano. Hatano is said to be a big fan of Taiwan and the images on the cards are of her clothed. Nonetheless, the company sold out of its stock of 15,000 cards within about four hours on Sept. 1.
As expected, not everyone was happy with the EasyCard’s celebrity selection. According to the article, parents, politicians, and women’s groups were among those outraged and said using Hatano’s photo was disrespectful to women. Many stores refused to sell them.
Anything to get people out of their cars, I guess?? It does beg the question though: Whose face (or body) would you like to see on your Clipper Card?