Transit News: Muni light-rail contract, BART labor relations, BART wheel flaws, 14-Mission turns 120

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  • Muni Painter Arrested On Suspicion Of Stealing City Gas (SF Appeal)
  • Siemens lands massive San Francisco Muni light rail contract (SF Business Times)
  • BART directors pledge to improve rocky relations with workers (SFGate)
  • BART finds flaws in 23 metal wheels on 20 train cars (CC Times)
  • Happy 120th to the 14-Mission! (Market Street Railway)

‘Only on Muni’ award nominees

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Some things really seem like they only happen on transit vehicles here in San Francisco. And here are some notable moments from the recent past …

  • Nothing says Friday like a 7 ft tall homeless man screaming about “time monsters” while shooting a toy ray gun. #sfmuni
  • Woman using a snotty tissue to hold the bus rail #zomg #cantgetmoredisgusting
  • OH on the J: Guy1:”If you didn’t see the Liberty Bell, what did you do in Philly?” Guy 2:”Picked up pretty boys, had sex.”
  • Man w/NY accent screaming into flip phone about someone who shouldn’t have first bought things at Target and Costco. #sfmuni
  • Chick in front on me on this #SFMuni #38 really feeling herself. Keeps making kissy faces at her own reflection

This week’s Things on Muni is brought to you by fellow Muni riders @carsonbell, @emflannery1, @dhmspector, @jocelynslai, and @EricShins. Share your Only on Muni findings @munidiaries.

Check out these amazing photos of Muni ruins

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Todd Lappin of Bernalwood photographed an amazing series of transit ruins at Muni’s Marin Division Yard. These defunct streetcars are either waiting for restoration or to be taken apart piecemeal to restore other vehicles active in the fleet, Todd writes in his Medium story. The images are spooky and stunning, and you should definitely venture over to his photo story to see more.

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t/t: the ever-wonderful CurbedSF.

Transit News: New Muni LRV funding, fare hike reaction, fare-pay app explored, second BART Transbay Tube floated, Muni accidents

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Photo by Matt’ Johnson

  • Supervisors committee approves $1.2B contract for new Muni light-rail vehicles (SF Examiner)
  • Extra 25 Cents Irks Muni Riders Unhappy With Service (Mission Local)
  • SFMTA in talks to build a smartphone ticketing app (Business Insider)
  • 2nd Transbay Tube needed to help keep BART on track (SFGate)
  • Pedestrian hit by Muni light-rail train in Bayview (SFGate)
  • Minivan Strikes Cyclist, Crashes Into Muni Bus (SFist)
  • The Green Cross’ Debut Muni Ads Keep It Classy (SFGate)

May the N-Judah be with you

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It’s not every day that Millennium Falcon pilot and all-around bad-ass Chewbacca rides Muni. In fact, it takes the annual Giants’ Star Wars hoorah at AT&T Park to get this Wookie on the N-Judah.

We’re guessing he’s headed toward some wretched hive of scum and villainy out in the Sunset somewhere.

Chewy was last spotted in cardboard-cutout form on Muni. Glad he left the crossbow at home this time.

Via 7×7.

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