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Muni Diaries Live! This Saturday!
Illustration by Jay Sacher
- Stephen Elliott, author of The Adderall Diaries and editor of The Rumpus.
- Sal Castaneda, longtime KTVU traffic reporter and radio host.
- Glynn Washington, executive producer of NPR’s Snap Judgment.
- Caitlin Gill, comedian and spoken-word artist.
- Chloe Veltman, host and producer of public radio’s VoiceBox.
- Pinched Nerve. San Francisco musician who will be performing his song, “Back Door, Step Down!”
- Jan Richman, author of Thrill-Bent, a new novel about roller coasters and Tourette’s syndrome.
And you can win goodies from Timbuk2, Tacolicious, and SFLocal.net.
Advanced tickets are on sale now, so grab one quick before they’re gone. We can’t wait to see you!
Go, Niners!
As several readers have alerted us, there’s a big football game today, or something.
SFMTA is behind the hometown heroes, as seen above.
Go, Niners!
Weekend Photos: Indian Winter
Photo by jcsnotes
Check out the nice action shot at the cable car turnaround below.
If you’re out and about tonight looking for something to do, don’t miss American Tripps: Berlin style ping pong tonight in the Lower Haight. Friday, Jan. 13, 8:30 p.m. at D-Structure. 520 Haight Street. Take Muni there: 6, 21, 22, 71
Enjoy these photos and your weekend!
Photo by Wayne Worden
Photo by Christina Castro
Photo by Robert B. Livingston
Car No. 1 being tested on the L-Taraval line
Happy Friday the 13th! Muni rider Geoff sends us this report:
Check out these flickr photos of an F line car i’ve never seen, being tested on the L line.
That so happens to be Muni’s Car No. 1, which the good folks at Market Street Railway haveBrookville Equipment Company of Pennsylvania has been restoring since 2009. Rick L. at MSR says that Muni is testing the car, and that they hope to have it in service sometime this year for Muni’s centennial celebration. Car No. 1 “was just out stretching its legs,” Rick said. He added, “I don’t know when it will go into service. Muni wants to introduce it to the public as part of its centennial year (which started last December 28).”
And in related news, another new-to-Muni PCCs hit the streets recently. Car No. 1080 is workin’ the F-Market lines as of Wednesday. Car No. 1071 started spinning its wheels in late December. @metsfaninCA tweeted us this photo of both streetcars in action yesterday evening:
Hey, a camera on Muni shelters?
Muni rider “D” sent us a photo of what looks like a camera on one of the new “wave” Muni shelters: “Just noticed these cameras at the shelters with the large “video” ads. Kind of Orwellian don’t you think?”
What is that thing? We asked SFMTA spokesperson Paul Rose, and it turns out that the camera isn’t watching you, specifically.
“This is a camera, but it is not a surveillance or video camera. Clear Channel uses it to monitor vandalism/graffiti on the digital advertising panels. Only the shelters with digital advertising have them (about 90 right now). The camera takes a photo of the panel every 8 seconds or so and transmits it back to Clear Channel —- it does not take photos of people.”
There you have it. As most riders know, you may be filmed inside the bus, but not in the Muni shelters.