It’s Our Twitterversary


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We’re celebrating three years of tweeting on @munidiaries! We’ve been mining the Twitter universe for your tweets about life on Muni every day for the last three years, and the minute-by-minute account of hilarity never ends.

A few favorites from the @munidiaries Twitter wires: OccupySF jokes, giant styrofoam passengers, and rename Muni memes.

Three years and 15290 (!) tweets later, we can’t get enough! So follow us on Twitter and get a heaping serving of the best/worst/most smelly of San Francisco life. Want us to RT you? Make sure you include @munidiaries in your tweet.

Muni News: More BART on NYE, more Muni muggings, more BART cops

muni on the rise: planet of the apes
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  • BART to extend hours, provide special service on New Year’s Eve (BART.gov)
  • Two More People Mugged On Muni Last Weekend (SF Appeal)
  • Outspoken cable car operator Eric Williams to lead transit union (SF Examiner)
  • Mayor Ed Lee defends big payout to Muni drivers (SFGate)
  • BART Police To Up Patrols In Downtown SF Stations, Offer East Bay Escorts (SF Appeal)
  • BART Elects New Board President (SF Appeal)
  • SFMTA director lists agency’s accomplishments in year-end letter (SF Examiner)

Muni’s Number-One in My Book, Too


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Over at 16th and Church, rider Jayne made a run for the J-Church stopped at a red light. She says that, despite some hand-waving and the presence of two more would-be passengers, the driver ignored them and bailed once the light was green. Try to contain your surprise. But that’s not where this tale ends.

I decided to walk to the Church St. Station to catch the Metro. When [I] arrived at Market/Church, I saw the J streetcar was struck in traffic at Safeway. I proceed to walk down to the subway and catch a train to Van Ness Station. When I arrived at Van Ness…I saw the J-Church that didn’t opened the door for me slowly arriving…so I made my way on the platform to the front and, as the J pulled up, I stood at the side of the driver’s cab and gave him the finger and let it linger there for about 10 seconds or so.

There’s a first time for everything: 30-plus years of ridership, and she says it’s the first time she flipped off a driver.

Well, we’ve all been there: riding the high (“You’re stuck at a red, thank jeebus! Open up, kind sir or madam!”) and the low (“Oh. Walking won’t be so bad, I guess). Literally giving Muni the middle finger could be a bit much, but getting stonewalled is obviously a shit picnic.

What say, Muni riders? Is finger warranted here?

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