Weekend Transit Advisory: Cruzada Guadalupana, football

Cruzada Guadalupana
On Saturday, the annual Pilgrimage to the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe will take place. Participants will begin walking from All Soul’s Church in South San Francisco at 6:00 a.m., enter San Francisco at Mission and Sickles at 9:30 a.m. and end at St. Mary’s Cathedral on Geary Boulevard at 2:00 p.m.

The San Francisco portion of the route begins at Mission Street and Sickles Avenue, continues north on Mission to Van Ness Avenue (via 14th Street and South Van Ness Avenue) to Ellis Street, west on Ellis Street to Gough Street, and then north on Gough Street to Geary Boulevard where it will end at St. Mary’s Cathedral.

No closures or re-routes are planned. Streets along the procession route may be congested which could affect Muni bus service. SFPD officers and Parking Control Officers will monitor the march.
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Top Good Deed on Muni

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Photo by Larry Greenwald

It’s nice when people yell backdoor for you or give you their seat on the bus. But the following is a top-level good deed on Muni that I personally wouldn’t be able to do without.

@LaMelSauceda: Shout out to the man who prevented me from stepping in poop on the 6 today. Good lookin’ out, bro.

With that, we’ll leave you with the festive photo from reader Larry G. above. Enjoy your weekend!

The Latest from Asia: Transit Body Armor

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Photo via The Gloss

Designer Siew Ming Cheng of National University of Singapore has devised a way to keep fellow transit passengers at a respectable distance. The Gloss reports:

“The ‘Spike Away’ vest is a flexible plastic suit of armor that is covered in three-inch long spikes and looks like something Lady Gaga would wear. The spikes are not actually harmful to strangers, but they definitely inspire people to stand as far away as possible.”

Is it sick to want the spikes to hurt just a little? Probably.

When “BACK THE FUCK OFF” isn’t enough …

Read the rest of the story at The Gloss.

h/t @tendersociety

Trendspotting on Muni: Botanical Boots

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Basically, DIY terrariums are so last week.

“Botanical boots…upcoming trend?” asks submitter @boZannical—interestingly, a self-described gardener and urban ecologist.

You heard it here first, via this photo from the 43-Masonic.

Don’t be so quick to dismiss trends on city transit. Thanks to you guys, we discovered the bold new way to handle male-pattern baldness, and cat on a backpack, which never goes out of style.

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