Muni Diaries

Photo by Lynn Friedman

Today in Bay Area transit news: Learn how BART plans to bridge the gap, as it were, until its new fleet of trains arrives in 2017. Also, are you wondering why Muni has been folding up the disabled seats? Well, read on, youngins.

• BART pursues range of solutions to maintain aging fleet (SF Examiner)
• Traffic signal priority coming to 8X, N-Judah, possibly other lines (SF Examiner)
• Seats disappearing on Muni — in more ways than one (SFGate)
• Why We Need the Central Subway in North Beach and Beyond (SPUR)
• Opinion: For Better Muni and Safer Streets, Mayor Lee Must Back Vehicle License Fee (Streetsblog SF)
• Mayor’s Budget Includes 10% Service Increase For Muni (SF Appeal)
• “LightRail” Installation Aims To Illuminate Market Street (Socket Site)
• Transit Riders Union: Mayor Lee Keeps Giving Muni Riders the Short End of the Stick (Streetsblog SF)
• Curb-jumping S.F. driver hits 2 pedestrians, Muni bus (SFGate)

How would you like to drink some yummy housemade cocktails and look at fresh San Francisco art? Muni Diaries friend Nate1 (who designed our fav T-shirts) is having an art opening at Blackbird bar on Saturday. Hosted by Secession Art and Design, the new show is called Stay Awhile:

Motion and typography create a world that is electric. Splashes of spray paint purposefully pixelate a Bay Area landscape. The warmer days of summer make the evening cocktails sparkle. Nate 1 has developed a new style with a nod to old-school San Francisco graffiti that paints a city in motion having a beautiful time. Drinks, please!

Celebrate and meet Nate 1 at the opening party Saturday. All art is available for purchase online too at the Secession online store.

Details
Stay Awhile, art opening at Blackbird Bar
Saturday, June 7, 2014, 6 p.m.
2124 Market St
Take Muni there: Church Street Station, or take 22 or 37 lines.