Weekend Photos: Rinse, Ride, Repeat

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Approaching MUNI train
Photo by Erik Meldrum

When the temperature goes up in San Francisco, you know it’s time to take out the best fetish wear and spandex from your closet out for a walk. Check out these three fun things to do this weekend.

  • Brokeass Stuart Book Release Party. If you’re a brokeass, you probably ride Muni. Therefore you should get yourself to Stuart’s book release party tonight to see what else you can do with just a few bucks. Friday, Sept. 23, 8:45 p.m. to 2 a.m. at the Make-Out Room. 3225 22nd St. between Mission and Valencia. Take Muni there: 12, 14, 22, 33, 48, 49, 67
  • Tour de Fat, with Extra Action Marching Band. Saturday, Sept. 24, 10:45 a.m. to 5 p.m. Check the official schedule. You’re probably biking there, no?
  • Folsom Street Fair. I would be remiss if I didn’t include the Folsom Street Fair as one of the three fun things to do this weekend. Gents, you still have time to get your backsides waxed if assless chaps are in your very near future. MissionMission has information on the delicious afterparty. Sunday, Sept. 25, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Folsom Street between 7th and 12th Streets. Take Muni there: 12, 14, 19, 27, 30, 45, 47, 76
  • Eat Real Festival in Jack London Square. So much to eat, drink, make, and see. Lake Merritt BART station.

Muni Diaries would be a sad, ugly site without the amazing pictures from photographers in our Muni Flickr pool. Got a great shot of public transit in our city? Remember to send us your photos via Flickr or even email!

Enjoy these photos and your weekend!

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Photo by Thomas Hawk

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New Vinyl BART Seats: Sooner Than You Think

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127/365 | September 16, 2011
Photo by Galina

BART may be replacing those nasty fabric seats sooner than expected, the Bay Citizen reports. Earlier this year, we showed you some of the proposed BART seat and interior designs (BMW FTW!). Originally BART didn’t expect to complete the project until 2017 or 2018, but yesterday BART officials said that changes may come sooner than you think.

In a surprise announcement Thursday, BART officials said the transit agency is set to spend $1.3 million to order more than 5,000 padded vinyl seats that it will install in 100 BART cars in the next six to nine months.

So, no more fecal matter on the seats? I think we can all say yay to that.

The Bay Citizen has more details on the announcement.

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Video: Old School Dance Moves Made New on BART/Muni

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B-boys and B-girls and everyone else in between, listen up. You have to watch this video. We found it hot off of the Twitter wires (thanks, @SAAjorge). These totally amazing dancers mixed up an old school black and white dance video from the underground in London and remade it on Muni and BART.

Sick, right?

From the filmmakers:

This is a collaboration between Neverstop and YAK FILMS. Music remixed by Sammy Bananas of Fool’s Gold Records.

Dancers in order of apperance: Chonkie F Tutz (TURF FEINZ), Retro (D4M), Waa Waa (Oakland Turf), eNinja (TURF FEINZ), D Kwan (popper from 2nd Nature), Scorpion (Storytellerz), Bboy Karloz (MTK), Lil’ Looney 2 Smoov (TURF FEINZ), T7 (TURF FEINZ), Freshh (Turf Dolls), Zeus (Anamaniakz), Frost (Supreme Soul, Triple Threat), Jerm (TURF FEINZ), Johnny 5 (TURF FEINZ), Kash (YAK). Music remixed by Sammy Bananas of Fool’s Gold Records.

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Examiner: Muni runs over cyclist’s arm, drives off

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Muni articulating bus
Photo by Frank Farm

Last week near the intersection of Columbus and Broadway, a cyclist moved to avoid a double-parked car. She was then struck by a Muni bus and knocked down. The cyclist and her attorney told the Examiner that the bus then ran over her arm, and drove away.

According to the SF Examiner:

[Laila] Brenner’s bike crashed to the ground, and the back right tire of the bus rolled over and crushed her arm, her attorney Doug Saeltzer said. While Brenner lay injured, the 8X-Bayshore Express then sped off.

SFMTA claims that the driver might not have realized that the bus had run over the woman’s arm because it was an articulated bus, and the impact to the rear section might not have been felt in front.

SFPD and SFMTA are investigating the incident.

Read more at SF Examiner.

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Photo Diary: Serious Face

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Instagram photographer karolinecollins saw this serious man on the bus the other day and found something really unexpected.

Inbound 24 Divisadero. This man had a fantastic smile, but I only saw it when the bus window flapped open and banged shut as we were chugging up Cortland. It startled me and we both laughed. Of course, I had already put my phone away. Bummed I missed a more relaxed shot of him. Public transpo = Never a dull moment! SF, CA

Yup, we can attest to the “never a dull moment” aspect of public transit.

Who else did you spy on your bus today? We wanna know.

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