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We’re getting a new bus route, you guys! And it will (temporarily) honor San Francisco Giants fan-favorite Tim Lincecum (reference)!
According to SFMTA, the 55-16th St. motor coach route will ferry riders from the BART 16th Street Station to that up-and-coming neighborhood called Mission Bay. From the SFMTA agenda (PDF) on the new route:
“However, after extensive evaluation, SFMTA confirmed that the overhead wire work associatedwith the proposed 22 Fillmore extension, which involves the construction of new overhead wiring on 16th Street and in the vicinity of Mission Bay and a solution for crossing the Caltrain right-ofwaywith new overhead wiring at 16th and Mississippi Streets, would take several years to complete and could not be implemented by the anticipated opening date for the new UCSF BenioffChildren’s Hospital at Mission Bay on February 1, 2015. Therefore, the 55 16th Street motor coach service, which can be started quickly and provide service to Mission Bay upon the opening of the new hospital, is being proposed for implementation. The 22 Fillmore extension however, still represents Muni Forward’s long-term plan for the 16th Street corridor, and is planned for implementation in approximately five years.
“As an interim phase, the proposed 55 16th Street will travel between 16th Street Mission BART to Mission Bay primarily via 16th Street and serve all 22 Fillmore bus stops between Mission Street and Vermont Street in addition to the newly designated bus stops staff is seeking approval for located east of Vermont Street.”
The proposed new route is up for a vote at the SFMTA Board of Directors next Tuesday. If approved, the 55-16th St. bus will begin service on Jan. 31, 2015. Find a list of planned bus stops along the new route here.
As these signs from Japan, New York, and Paris (top to bottom) obviously prove, there’s a global war on sitting with your legs wide open on mass transit. But never fear, beleaguered manspreaders, some brave foot soldiers have joined the fight against intolerance.
In Canada, a group called the Canadian Association for Equality (CAFE) has started a Change.org petition to fight the Toronto Transit Commission’s efforts to convince passengers to shut their legs. Not only is the term manspreading sexist, the group notes, but efforts to prevent it can be harmful. From the petition:
This sets a very bad precedent as men opening their legs is something we have to do due to our biology. It sometimes can be physically painful for to close our legs and we can’t be expected to do so. We can’t force woman to stop breast feeding on busses or trains and we can’t force men or women to stop bringing strollers on, why should we force men to close their legs?
As of this morning, 1,777 people had signed the petition. Nearly all of those people were (and this is just a guess on our part) the same ones who say blue balls is a serious medical condition, and one therefore has to sex at that point or you’ll, like, die.
We’ve followed this phenomenon closely because we are no stranger to it here in ballsy San Francisco. Revisit some of our most egregious examples of Muni manspreading (also mansitting) and the shaming thereof.
h/t: Jezebel, Yahoo Health
Images via @GammaCounter, The New York Times, and News on Japan
A man went ape shit on the 30-Stockton while it was stopped on Kearny and Sutter during the week that wouldn’t stop raining. @sgsf on Instagram posted this video last week. As the man screamed threats at the bus, he managed to kick down the bus door, breaking the glass on the door. And that’s where the video stops. If you were there, let us know what you saw!
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You guys are whacky. Not me. I’m normal. You guys are just weird. And about half of what we do here at Muni Diaries is collect as much of your weird behavior on Muni as we can. Here’s a roundup of our favorite Muni WTFs from 2014.
Natch.
Via SFist, SFMTA’s Moving SF blog tells us how, back in 1973, at the height of the Age of Vehicular Breakdowns, jolly St. Nick hitched a ride on a Muni bus. Because of course he did.
“Everyone has seen something odd on a Muni bus, but I’d almost guarantee that no one reading this blog has ever seen this one! The 1973 winter holiday season brought some pretty unusual passengers onto Muni for the opening of the “International Christmas Faire” at the Civic Center Audtiorium.
“Santa, Mrs. Claus and two of their magical reindeer, Donder and Blitzen (more about their names here) all took Muni to the Faire, much to the enjoyment and fascination of the crowd of children who turned out to visit with the Clauses.”
Read more at Moving SF. And merry Christmas, errybody!