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I often am pegged/accused of being obsessed with public transit. I always try to dismiss such silliness. I tell people, “Running Muni Diaries, I meet people who really are obsessed. Like, you have no idea.”
I’m gonna go ahead and say that Paul Kirschner is one of those people. He writes and draws the comic strip The Bus, and it’s pretty nifty. We can all relate to most of the oddities in the strips.
Photo by spongemonkey
Well, this is new. If the fare cops won’t catch you, maybe public shaming will. One Muni station agent thought she’d try to appeal to a fare evader’s pride. From Muni rider Ramona S:
I’m at Powell station and hear this from the PA system: “Officer Jones, we have a fare evader on the platform, west side, a black male in black jeans and black t-shirt with white writing, carrying a red sweatshirt, approximately 6’1″…” On and on. The station agent kept announcing the alleged fare evader’s movement throughout the station and kept repeating descriptions of him and his location. I think “Officer Jones” is imaginary, as we didn’t see any police officers at the station. But still. Will the ancient tactic of public embarrassment work for fare evaders?
We sure do love a station agent with a healthy sense of humor.
Not that they should stop, but we’ve reached critical mass here.
Eric Stamps of Eric Stamps New Media has taken it upon himself to reinvent Muni’s design scheme. Unlike Derek, who started out by merely tweaking the Muni worm, Eric scrapped the popular Muni logo and started from scratch, more or less. Have a look:
Don’t you hate the way pants cover up your personality? They’re just so … restrictive. On Sunday, these BART riders removed those hindering garments and let their freak flags fly. Above and below are some of the best images from the No Pants BART ride of 2014. Check out even more No Pants photos by Bhautik Joshi here.
For a look at the action from years past, go to 2012, 2011, 2010, and 2009.
More photos after the jump.
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Muni needs all the help it can get. And so can we, it seems.
Perhaps that’s why pink-and-black pipe-cleaner man is hanging onto the stop request line. I mean, it’s not like those things can just hold themselves together, amirite?
By Muni rider Kelsey via Facebook: “Guys, #muni is being taken over by pink and black pipe-cleaner mountaineers.”
Hot Chocolate Run
On Sunday, the 5K/15K Hot Chocolate Run will take place inside Golden Gate Park. The race starts at 7:30 AM from Martin Luther King Drive. An attendance of 10,000 is expected.
Traffic is anticipated to be heavy during the race along John F. Kennedy Drive, Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, The Great Highway and Lincoln Way between La Playa and The Great Highway.
For more details, please visit www.hotchocolate15k.com/sanfrancisco.
The following street closures will be required from 8 to 11 a.m.:
Lincoln Way between La Playa and Great Highway
Great Highway from Lincoln Way to Sloat Boulevard
The 18 46th Avenue Muni route will be affected during the event.
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