Franzia Bandit Digs into Loot Aboard Muni Bus
I suppose there’s no ideal place to drink wine out of a box, is there?
Via moxie_manda: “We saw some people drinking Franzia from the box on the bus. These are the heroes of our generation.”
Your Weekend Transit Advisory: Critical Mass, Giants FanFest, SF Half Marathon
Critical Mass
On Friday at 6 p.m., the Critical Mass bicycle ride will begin at Justin Herman Plaza.
There will be heavy traffic in the area. Motorists are advised to allow extra travel time.
Giants FanFest
On Saturday, the 21st annual KNBR 680 Giants FanFest will take place between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. at AT&T Park. An attendance of more than 35,000 participants is expected. For more details, please visit www.sanfrancisco.giants.mlb.com.
Terry Francois Boulevard between 3rd and Mission Rock streets will be closed between 6 a.m. to 5 p.m.
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5 Flavors of Muni
Photo by torbakhopper
Please recognize that this is merely a snapshot, a moment in time. Namely, it’s the five best Muni flavors this week. There are infinite flavors, of course. We see and taste them every day. There will be subsequent reports of additional flavors as time goes on.
For now, enjoy these:
- man on the 19 Polk has a chihuahua with a pacifier in its mouth. I am simultaneously annoyed and delighted #Muni
- The theme of today’s bus ride is ” having a psychotic episode while picking bugs from my head” . #SFMuni
- Guy sitting next to me on #muni has a smartphone, earbuds, but no shoes.
- If you know how to deactivate the magnet that attracts drunk homeless dudes to me on the 49, I’d love to hear #Muni
- Drunk dude on the N rapping about how he isn’t drunk. #sfmuni #neveradullmoment
These five things on Muni were brought you to my fellow riders @lfagundes77, @yayneabeba, @barry_buck, @rachelshpionka, and @shaughnessy_k8.
Muni Seat Chicken: Left Behind
There are hungry people among us, you guys. Stop leaving your food behind on Muni. And donate or volunteer for the SF-Marin Food Bank sometime, eh?
Via Muni rider Faithy: “Exhibit A: Today’s fried chicken on the 22 Fillmore.”
Surprise! Walk Score Ranks SF Second-Best City for Public Transit
Photo by Dave
In an announcement that probably surprised San Franciscans the most, our fair city ranks second in Walk Score’s new ranking of Best U.S. Cities for Public Transit, just a tick below New York City. How does this compute?
According to Walk Score, they determined the ranking of cities this way:
Our ranking is based on the average resident’s access to public transit in a city. To compute our ranking, we calculated the Transit Score of over 1.9 million locations in 316 cities. We use a population-weighted methodology to compute the average Transit Score for a city. Our top 10 cities list includes cities with populations over 500,000 people.
Unsurprisingly, New York ranked first in the study. On the West Coast, the top best cities are San Francisco, Seattle, and Oakland, in that order.
To be fair, I think it’s pretty reasonable to live without a car here, but the study doesn’t taken into account reliability, which really affects the quality of transit for everyday riders (preaching to the choir, aren’t I?)
Muni Makes Appearance in State of the Union Video!
When President Obama mentioned a man taking the bus in his State of the Union speech last night, obviously he meant Muni, right? Muni rider Sergio caught the address and saw a familiar sight:
An #SFMuni bus just made an appearance on the #SOTU. Obama mentioned a man taking the bus home from a graveyard shift, dreaming big dreams for his son.
In case you didn’t catch it, it is at 01:22 in the official White House SOTU video.