Muni Diaries

Local regular folk and dignitaries alike kicked off Muni’s centennial celebration today at the San Francisco Railway Museum. Sen. Dianne Feinstein, Mayor Ed Lee, and a whole host of local elected officials celebrated Muni’s 100th birthday by riding in the meticulously restored Streetcar #1.

Among the more memorable things said:
Mayor Ed Lee: “Muni is such an important part of every San Franciscan’s life.” (We couldn’t agree more!)
Supervisor David Chiu: “Love it or hate it, everyone has a Muni story.” (YES!!!!!)

Just after the speeches, VIPs got on board Car No. 1 and went for a stroll down Market Street. Car No. 1 first entered service on Dec. 28, 1912, when Muni was first launched. The historic streetcar is set to join the F-Market/Wharves fleet. We can’t wait to ride it.

As a part of the centennial celebration, Muni Diaries is launching our “100 Days, 100 Muni Stories” project: your story can appear in an ad inside the bus! Sounds like Supervisor Chiu has at least a story or three.

Here are some photos from this morning’s event. Special thanks to Market Street Railway for all its hard work getting these moving museums back into service.

Car No. 1 makes its way down Steuart before turning west onto Market

Sen. Feinstein and Mayor Lee unveil the official Muni centennial logo

Photo by visnup

Two San Francisco supervisors have proposed new laws that would force Muni operators to allow baby strollers on Muni unfolded. According to SFGate, it currently is up to the driver whether to allow strollers (news to us). More from SFGate on the current situation:

If it is allowed, the baby must be removed and the stroller must be folded up. The policy also prohibits parents with strollers from using wheelchair lifts and “special ramped platforms” for boarding a bus.

Families are apparently leaving the city, and the supervisors hope that this policy change will slow that phenomenon down.

Read the rest of the report on SFGate. And let us know what you think about this proposal.