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In this week’s transit news:
Wait, the 1-Sutter? We polled our readers about what they knew of this curious line, as seen in the undated photo via Flickr user Muni Better Late Than Never. Reader Lisa point out that the San Francisco public library has a partial list of Market Street Railroad route names, which includes the 1-Sutter, which had long been changed to the 1-California.
Reader Gary Soup commented about the origins of this curious little car:
The 1 Sutter-California was a motor coach line from July 1949 (when it replaced the #1 Streetcar line) until January 1951, when it was replaced by a trolley coach. In the late 70s the outer portion of the line was combined with the (newly electrified) #55 Sacramento motor coach line of fond memory to form the current #1 California. The #1 never ran on Market Street; the photo is obviously of an excursion or historic motor coach event long after the fact, judging from the presence of the vehicle with the creamsicle livery.
This post originally appeared in Muni Time Capsule. Got a Muni throw-back moment we should know about? Email us and tell us all about it!
Our Twitter followers pointed us to this new sweatshirt, featuring the all-too-familiar Muni worm. You can buy the shirt on Fabrily. I think there must be a “your mom” joke in here somewhere that I am not finding.
Want more Muni-inspired shirts? Here’s the “I Love and Hate Muni” T-shirt. And, of course, “Fuckin’ Muni.”
Here’s to never having to fear bland food ever again. Dear Muni rider with the Sriracha sauce in your backpack, you win at life today. Photo via @daydayhurls on Instagram.
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You know those yellow dotted lines on the platform? They’re there for a good reason. In this hilarious video, Connecticut Senator Richard Blumenthal held a press conference on a platform at the Milford Metro-North station to discuss its safety record and a train nearly takes him out.
Fittingly the train speeds by and knocks everything over just as Blumenthal said, “Safety, as you know, is paramount.”
via Rider Amy, who found the video on Gawker
Photo by Kevin Wong/Right Angle Images
Science writer Annalee Newitz fulfilled our geek dreams by sharing a story of how Muni is actually on the side of righteousness when an obnoxious driver gets in its way. I particularly love that she recounted the early days of being in the tech industry in the Bay Area. Here’s the video of her terrific story as told at Muni Diaries Live on April 5.
Missed this show? We’ve got the spring show recap and recap of all of our past shows to tide you over.