Transit News: More Caltrains, all-door Muni boarding, BART poop cleanup, Muni switchbacks


Photo by Jeremy Brooks

  • Caltrain To Add New Trains To Accomodate Historically High Ridership Level (SF Appeal)
  • One Month Into All-Door Boarding, Muni Reports Some Lines Moving Faster (Streetsblog SF)
  • BART Says It’s Cleaned Poop and Pee From Most Broken Escalators (SF Weekly)
  • Muni Switchbacks Stink, But What’s the Real Root of the Problem? (Streetsblog SF)
  • Muni has made big inroads on line turnbacks (SF Examiner editorial)
  • Muni driver shortage causes trip cuts (SFGate)
  • Muni’s Twitterbus off to a slow start (SFGate)

Turn the Lights Down Low at Muni Diaries Live


All Photos by April Malvino

Put on some of that soft mood music and turn down the lights, it’s business time at Muni Diaries Live.

If you weren’t at the show Saturday night, you missed one of the hottest evenings we’ve had to date. We heard stories about making love and finding love on the bus; learned anatomical details about strangers we have never met; and all the other strange but wonderful things that can happen on public transit. Read more

Your (Muni Diaries Live) Weekend Transit Advisory

Got plans Saturday night? We have a suggestion, if not.

Not that you’d want to do anything that might conflict with Muni Diaries, but just … in … case:

Outside Lands Festival
On Friday, Saturday and Sunday, the Outside Lands Music Festival will be held in Golden Gate Park from noon to 10 p.m. An attendance of 60,000 participants is expected each day. Please visit http://sfoutsidelands.com for more details.

The following Muni lines and routes will be affected:

· N Judah
· 5 Fulton
· 28 19th Avenue
· 29 Sunset
· 44 O’Shaughnessy
· 71 Haight-Noriega

Muni Service:
The SFMTA will supplement service on the 5 Fulton with the 5L Fulton Limited special bus service for before and after concert from McAllister Street between Charles J. Brenham Place (7th Street north of Market) and Jones Street (near the Civic Center Muni/BART Station) to Fulton Street at 25th Avenue.

Pre-concert: Friday
The 5L Fulton Limited special bus service will be in place from approximately 10 a.m. until 3 p.m. and from approximately from 6:30 until 8 p.m. Pre-event service, one-way westbound, will proceed to 25th Avenue making local from Jones Street to Van Ness Avenue, and then stopping at Fillmore Street, Divisadero Street, Masonic Avenue, Stanyan Street, 8th Avenue and Park Presidio Boulevard.

Post-concert: Friday Night
After the concert, the 5L Fulton Limited special bus service will be in place from approximately 8 p.m. until 11:30 p.m. Post-event service, one-way eastbound, will depart from either 30th or 25th avenue and then proceed to stops at Park Presidio Boulevard, 8th Avenue, Arguello Boulevard, Masonic Avenue, Divisadero Street, Fillmore Street, Van Ness Avenue and make local stops to Jones Street.

On Friday night only, Nx Judah Express bus service will also operate from approximately 6:30 until 11:30 p.m.
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Weekend Photos: Give Me Shelter


Photo by illa_bella

We’re only one day away from our live show, where storytellers help bring the website to real life. If you haven’t gotten your advanced tickets, we’ll have tickets for sale at the door, so join us in the fun!

This edition of weekend photos feature Muni in all unexpected ways. Anybody know what restaurant is featured in the last photo?

Enjoy these photos and your weekend. See you tomorrow!


Photo by eviloars


Photo by karlsf


Photo by charityread


Photo by tuanski

Analog Hipster Fashion Ideas on Muni


Photo by juicyrai

Hipster fashion has gone analog, and no cassette tape is safe from the hands of ironic fashionistas. From the @mundiaries Twitter wires, some questionable style ideas were born. At first, a CD was made into an accessory. Then…

We asked, what’s next?, and heard this:

“I once saw some girl wearing a CD on a necklace on the 22.” via @LSH

Then this:

“Floppy disk belt buckle?” via @SaraPantera

Which prompted this reply:

“not hipster enough. Needs more vinyl. :p” via @kwpianist

To which we come full circle and ask, what’s next?

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