Muni News: Muni thefts, new Muni union leaders, BART copper thieves

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Photo by mike dillon

  • Alert San Francisco cops stop pickpockets on Muni (SF Examiner) || (BCN via SF Appeal)
  • Extraordinary Circumstances only for cell phone interruptions (BART.gov)
  • Johannes Mehserle Cleared of Police Brutality Charges (SF Weekly)
  • What’s the Best Design for Van Ness BRT? (Streetsblog SF)
  • Muni fares are throwing riders off the bus (SF Examiner editorial … yep, you read that right)
  • Muni union’s frustrated members to pick new leaders (SF Examiner)
  • Good news for Muni riders? (City Insider)
  • Copper thefts around tracks bedevil BART officials (SFGate)
  • Man on Muni Brutally Stabbed Over Cellphone (SF Weekly)
  • Muni Thieves Target Cellphone Users In Three Robberies Monday (BCN via SF Appeal)

Van Ness clusterfuck for a few more years (at least)


Image of one proposal for Van Ness BRT courtesy of SFCTA via The Bay Citizen

Bus rapid transit (BRT) is a proposal that, among other things, creates dedicated lanes and prioritized signals for public transit vehicles. The result, ideally, is that Muni fast-tracks through clusterfucked corridors more efficiently than it does now. (See also: 49-Van Ness, 38-Geary, and OMFG ARRRGH).

However, the approval and implementation of BRT plans and proposals has been the opposite of efficient.

Streetsblog discusses the holdup of the proposal for BRT along Van Ness Avenue, one of several asphalt parking lots in San Francisco that Muni has the privilege of navigating.

Van Ness BRT is in many ways the first of its kind in the United States, and its scope has grown to include a complete overhaul of the street. The project’s environmental impact report/statement, released last month in compliance with state and federal requirements, also included a burdensome level of analysis.

Read the rest of the story at Streetsblog SF.

An N-Judah/Prius Sandwich

Muni rider Andrew sends this dispatch from Carl and Willard around 10 a.m.:

Looks like Muni is at it again (or in this case, may actually be the victim!). A car has become wedged between an outbound N Judah train and a parked car. Although nobody wanted to discuss what actually happened, it looks as though the grey [sic] car tried to take a right onto Carl st directly in front of an oncoming N Judah. Bummer.

Bummer indeed. And bummer that no Muni employees could explain what happened to Andrew. Anyone else have more info on this?

Photo Diary: My Parents on Muni

My Parents
Photo by Alfredo M.

Reader Alfredo M. shared this old photo of his parents on Muni:

The people in the photo are my parents, Alfredo and Maria. The photo was taken in the Mission district in 1987. I asked my parents about it some months ago and was actually surprised to hear that the photo was taken the day they found out they were going to have a baby. The baby was me, their first born. By the look on my dad’s face, I’d say they were really happy.

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