Muni bus hits pedestrian downtown (updates)

Update (9:44 a.m. Monday): SF Weekly reports that the victim has been identified as 71-year-old Manuel Tomaneng.

Update (7:05 p.m.): SFGate reports that the pedestrian in the accident has died from the wounds he sustained.

Update (7:02 p.m.): CBS5 reports that a witness says the pedestrian was jaywalking when he was struck by the Muni bus.

Original post: SFGate reports that a Muni bus has struck a pedestrian in downtown, pinning the pedestrian under its wheels.

Police and firefighters shut down Fifth and Mission Streets for a block while they worked to free the man from under the bus. Using wooden planks, they lifted the bus, freed the victim and took him away in an ambulance. His condition was not known.

Read the rest of the story at SFGate. We’ll update here if we learn more.

SF “Adventure Men’s Fashion” on BART


Photo by MAAS & Stacks via Refinery29

Local menswear design house MAAS & Stacks has released a lookbook shot on BART and other San Francisco transit centers, according to Refinery29. I should mention that Refinery29 actually reports: “A Lookbook Full Of Cute Guys In Adventure-Worthy Threads? Yes, Please.

Hmm. I’m not sure what kind of adventure these men are ready for — getting Ritual coffee somewhere outside of the Mission?

Still, kudos for paying attention to fashionable urban dudes who ride public transportation. I can support that cause. Click over to Refinery29’s slideshow to see the rest of lookbook.

Weekend Photos: Through the Muni Wormhole

tunnel
Photo by Jef Poskanzer

What were you doing at 11:11 a.m. today? Yeah, I was just staring at the clock on my laptop too. Missed opportunities.

Don’t forget, the benefit show for Jesse Morris is tonight. Friday, Nov. 11, 9 p.m. at the Uptown in Oakland. 1928 Telegraph Avenue Oakland. (BART: 19th Street Station).

Enjoy these photos and your weekend!

N-Judah Hits Warp Speed
Photo by Ocu-Master

HYDE
Photo by Jason Rodman

the butterfly's wing
Photo by torbakhopper

Exit
Photo by mossieu eric

Muni fare hikes on the table again

Fare Box on Car 496
Photo by Nick Fisher

SF Examiner reports that, among other proposals, the SFMTA board is once again considering raising the price of a Muni ride and transfer. From the Examiner’s article:

“The cost of a single-trip fare could increase from $2 to $2.25, and passengers who pay in cash could get hit with another 25 cents every time they transfer to another line. Those two programs are projected to generate an extra $5.7 million for the agency.”

That’s to close a projected $80 million deficit. Drop in the bucket, no?

Fares were last raised in July 2009, but we’ve seen incremental hikes in fees a few times since then: January 2010: Fast Pass Fare Increase Today; June 2011: Fast Pass Fares Set to Increase Up to $2 on July 1 (Streetsblog SF).

What do you think of this proposal?

Photo Diary: Power Puff Muni (or something)


Photo by @tashigi

Flickr/Twitpic-diving has its rewards, and then there is this inexplicable photo that we found via @tashigi, who made over Muni with some serious psychedelic cutesy clip art. Out of the three Muni Diaries editors, I have been nominated to write about this photo because I am from the land of Hello Kitty-theme maternity wards. You think I kid.

Now, I know well enough that these are not the Power Puff Girls, right? I don’t know who these little chicks are, but they look like they’re up to no good. I mean, look at those Mardi Gras beads.

This is the last time I am going to write about something cutesy. I have my reputation to protect. It’s not like I own Hello Kitty chopsticks or anything…

 

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