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Photo by Sasha Zabelina
This cross-species friendship at the bus stop is totally killing me right now.
Remember when zoo animals took over the subway? We’ve got lots of animals on Muni slaying you with adorableness.
Photo by Mobilus In Mobili
Pour yourself a cup of coffee (or something stronger) and get caught up on your Bay Area transit news …
And there you have it, folks. Someone straight making some goddam toast on a Muni LRV. Never mind that SFMTA says it’s dangerous.
This is just the latest chapter in the saga of people’s creative use of Muni’s electrical outlets:
Muni shelter electrical outlet begs you to charge your phone
Pop-Up Barber Shop at the Muni Stop
Be careful out there, you guys!
h/t Muni rider Kat: “Mobile toaster!! Oh wait, nope… No.”
Photo by Muni rider Jaush
You love it. You know you do. All the whacky stuff that happens on your commute. Life wouldn’t be the same without it.
Just a few examples:
This week’s shades of Muni is brought to you by fellow riders @danmasq, @deathandfood, @AkiraNiji, @QuismOreoCookie, and @HannahStahulak. Follow @munidiaries, because crazy shit on Muni is actually more reliable than Muni itself.
This week, SFGate reported on a phenomenon that many Muni riders know all too well: when the Clipper card reader is broken and you don’t have a Fast Pass on your card, you might get a citation from fare inspectors. But yesterday, we were informed by the SFMTA again that you shouldn’t be cited in this situation.
In 2010, we asked SFMTA about the policy for fares when the Clipper card reader is broken. They told us that when the machines are broken, drivers are not supposed to make cardholders pay, regardless of whether the rider has a monthly Fast Pass loaded on the card. We even got the document SFMTA says they sent to operators notifying them of this change in procedure in 2010 (see above).
Has Muni’s fare policy changed since our 2010 story?
SFMTA spokesperson Paul Rose told us yesterday, “The policy has not changed. We are not going to hold passengers accountable if there is no way to tag your card.”
According to the SFGate story, about 55,000 people have been cited since July. And:
Since July, 8,700 Muni riders have complained they were wrongly cited for not paying the fare, many times because of broken scanners, according to appeal records. Roughly 175 of the riders succeeded in getting their ticket dismissed.
So there you go, folks. Whether the inspectors and drivers were misinformed, now you have the word (and the memo) to protest your tickets.
Image via feministing.com
We still don’t get why you do it. Yeah, you: crotchy sitters.
Firstly, you’ll not only be shamed on the internet—not that we have ever, ever shamed so-called man-sitters on Muni who’ve got big balls and they cannot lie…oh, wait, yeah we have, a lot.
But now, you’ll endure an added layer of emasculation when those big ones are Photoshop neutered in favor of (duh) cats. I mean, if you are actually saving room for cats, per Feministing.com, we’d be OK with it, just let us know.
h/t our friends at Tiny Rides