‘Tis the season (for Muni) to be jolly
They decorated the Muni booth at the Powell Station, y’all. Christmas is officially upon us!
Via Muni rider @mythopoeists “christmas at powell street station!”
Transit News: Overnight transit, Muni survey results, Geary and Fulton upgrades
Photo by Thomas Hawk
- BART and AC Transit Launch New and More Frequent Overnight Bus Service This Weekend (SFist)
- Riders want more space on new Metro trains (SFBay)
- Geary Bus Riders Set to Get Some “Early” Upgrades Before BRT Lanes Arrive (Streetsblog SF)
- 5-Fulton Proposal Could Bring Traffic Signals To McAllister (Hoodline)
- Irving Streetscape Improvements Aim For Safety, Walkability And Faster Transit (Hoodline)
Furry on Muni!
I hereby nominate this fella Muni Rider of the Year. Such poise! Many manners! And it would appear that he actually washes himself.
Via Muni rider Robin.
Listen to Klee Wiggins at Muni Diaries Live: ‘I wouldn’t exist if it weren’t for Muni’
Photo by Kevin Wong
You know how sometimes you just stumble upon greatness unintentionally? That happened to us when we were planning last month’s Muni Diaries Live.
One rando day I saw someone post a Throwback Thursday photo of herself and her dad, decked out as he was in an honest-to-goodness Muni operator uniform. I followed the breadcrumb trail to Klee Wiggins, daughter of a Muni bus driver.
Fast forward to that night in November at the Elbo Room, when we were all treated to 12 minutes of delightful and hilarious and touching stories of growing up in a Muni family.
Check out Klee’s performance at Muni Diaries Live.
Previously …
Ronn Vigh
Dhaya Lakshminarayanan
Transit News: Free Muni for seniors, faster Muni, extending Central Subway, Sunset Tunnel, Wharf hard to get to via transit
Photo by Justin
- SFMTA chief signals free Muni for seniors ‘very likely’ (SF Examiner)
- All-Door Muni Boarding Still Means Quicker Buses, Less Fare Evasion (Streetsblog SF)
- Meet the BART-stopping woman behind “Black Lives Matter” (grist)
- Extending the Central Subway: Why Stop at Fisherman’s Wharf? (Streetsblog SF)
- BART needs a second transbay tube (Chronicle opinion)
- How The Sunset Tunnel Became The Gateway To The West (Hoodline)
- Fisherman’s Wharf transit options difficult to navigate, workers say (SF Examiner)
Schoolin’ the kids in a Muni Mom Moment
Photo by David Lytle (not the subjects of the story below)
A popular thread running through this site (and our Twitter and Facebook pages) is complaints about rowdy or harmful passengers riders and the rest of our failure to do or say anything. Well, Dhaya has enough, y’all.
Today on the bus a young man was blasting on his phone what seemed like two engines fighting each other, which was in reality “music.” Although Muni has a sign that says “No Radios,” clearly Muni is run by old fogies who don’t know mobile devices can play “music.”
When the young man asked, “Hey any requests what do you wanna hear?” out loud, I took the opportunity.
“I believe I speak for the entire back of the bus, when I say ‘We request mute.'”
He got upset and said “That’s some SF liberal bullshit.”
I said, “Damn right!”
Then his friend nudged him as if to say, “Don’t mess with those kind.”
Then the other bus patrons smiled at me, while continuing to take inaction.
I just mom’d someone and I’m so excited about this new found superpower.
I hereby nominate Dhaya Muni Manners Sheriff. The terms lasts a lifetime. What say, Dhaya?