Creative Waterproofing on Muni
Via @avolberding, who says, “Tourists battle inclement weather with shower caps on #Muni. Also totally got caught taking their photo.” Nice!
Weekend Photos: A Bit of the Everyday on Muni
Photo by Mark Denton
We added to the Muni Time Capsule vault this week. Check out photos from when the J-Church (and other now-Metro lines) ran aboveground on Market Street.
In Muni news this week:
- BART Budget Looking Good, Surplus Expected for Current Fiscal Year (SF Appeal)
- Man Jumped and Beaten by Gang After Exiting Muni Bus (SF Appeal)
- Powell Street BART Station to “Modernize,” Dump Asbestos (SF Appeal)
- Corroding Muni tunnels have never been seismically tested (SF Examiner)
- Can Nat Ford Keep His Job as SFMTA Executive Director? (Streetsblog SF)
Don’t forget to Like us on Facebook so you can get your daily Muni musing along with your friends’ updates. And follow Muni Diaries on Twitter for that gritty underbelly of life on Muni. Enjoy these photos and your weekend!
Photo by Bautik Joshi
Photo by Brian Brooks
Photo by Steve Rhodes
Photo by SF à gogo
Is Muni Slow Today?
Photo by –Mark–
Do hipsters live in the Mission?
Is money awesome?
Click to find out. The site host promises “full-blown awesome” in a week, but I think I can guess what the answer is…
Happy St. Patrick’s Day
davitydave sez:
These charming drunk med students were discussing implants and surgeries on their ride downtown. Happy St. Patrick’s Day! Here’s hoping you don’t need their skill set tonight.
You were warned!
Best Muni Tweets of the Week
Photo by @rgreenberg: “This cat’s stylin a Stacy Adams suit on #muni 31 balboa”
The @munidiaries Twitter feed is a constant stream of amusing moments on the bus. This week the tweeple of San Francisco saw some wild animals and an accordion man!
Meanwhile, on @munidiaries:
Outbound J: Guy carrying caged wild squirrel that was eating his garden, en route to release it somewhere with lots of trees. (@mrfb)
Dude is playing songs from Amelie in Civic Cntr#Muni station. Thank you #accordian man, you just made my rainy day. (@HereInSanFran)
Overheard on the Muni: “Do you know who Rihanna is?” “Nope.” (@brenden)
I literally screamed “YES!!!!” out loud in the Muni after I saw people selling Girl Scout cookies by 19th and Holloway (@unfastened)
OH on the Muni: an 8 year old girl asking her older sister “what’s Minesweeper?” #wearefossils (@turnerator)
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