Weekend Photos: This Side of the Tracks

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Male Mannequin
Photo by Mark Denton

Wow. A tsunami warning in San Francisco, really? I woke up to thoughts of how to evacuate my apartment in under three minutes (not looking so good right now).

Hey, we have a Facebook page where you can keep up with all the happenings on Muni Diaries. Won’t you like us on Facebook?

In Muni news this week:

  • Muni reroutes due to tsunami warning (our news roundup)
  • Muni operators calling for expansion of safety regulation to include buses (SF Examiner)
  • Muni operators sue the city, transportation chief (City Insider)
  • Supervisor Scott Wiener calls on Muni to get tough on workers (SF Examiner)
  • Eleven citizens first to be empowered with oversight of BART Police (BART.gov)
  • Church and Duboce Project to Revamp Major Transit and Bike Corridor (Streetsblog SF)
  • Construction Schedule Mar. 7 – Mar. 25 (Central Subway Blog)
  • BART gets better budget news (SFGate)
  • Large Sculpture Approved For New Transbay Transit Center (SFAppeal)
  • Muni “M” Pass on Clipper Card ONLY Starting April 1, 2011 (Akit’s Complaint Department)

Enjoy these photos and have a safe weekend!

March 6, 2011
Photo by beakatude

east portal
Photo by hep


Photo by Jennifer_Bakos

3rd & Army Muni Carwash
Photo by Troy Holden

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Muni Reroutes Due To Tsunami Warning

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Beast Of Burden
Photo by Troy Holden

Due to the tsunami warning and closure of Great Highway, SFMTA rerouted the 18-46th Avenue and the 23-Monterey off of Great Highway at 8 a.m.. SFAppeal reports that the N-Judah and the L Taraval are also being rerouted at Sunset Blvd. (a shuttle will take you between Ocean Beach and Sunset). BART is running as usual. No word yet on when the 18 and the 23 will be back to their normal routes. Meanwhile, officials say you should stay off the beach because waves can last for hours, reports SFGate. On Twitter, @Emergency_In_SF reminds people to stay away from the beach and that the “best view will be live on TV.”

The SFAppeal has a live cam of Ocean Beach, which so far looks rather uneventful. Fingers crossed.

The tsunami warning came after the 8.9 earthquake that shook Japan yesterday. More coverage of the San Francisco tsunami warning:

  • Video: People flock to Ocean Beach San Francisco to watch tsunami (SF Examiner)
  • Tsunami warning closes local beaches, Great Highway (SFGate)
  • SF Tsunamiwatch: Video From Ocean Beach, BART Still Running, Muni Rerouted Away From Coast (SFAppeal)
  • Hour-by-hour watch on SFist on local tsunami warning (SFist)
  • Tsunami Warning in San Francisco; Beaches Closed (SF Weekly, which also updates that Santa Cruz has damaged boats)
  • California nuclear plants shut down as tsunami precaution (Reuters, which also updates that precautions are routine)
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Who Rants About Commuting More: Boston vs SF?

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You might think Muni riders reign supreme when it comes to ranting about our public transportation, but rider Andy C sent over a tip: Bostonians put the T in hateraid. According to Andy:

The Metropolitan Massachusetts Boston Transit Authority recently started selling MBTA-themed gear (a way to close a budget gap?). Based on some rider suggestions to the Boston Globe, it would appear that Muni’s problems are unique.


In response to the MBTA’s online store, the Boston Globe challenged their readers to come up with slogans for transit-themed goods. The Boston Globe’s Top 25 Readers’ T Slogans sound a little like how we talk about Muni: “Raising Your Blood Pressure since 1964” and “America’s First Subway and Still Operating Like It.”

Ouch.

Got some merchandise ideas for Muni? Comment away!

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About those ladybugs on the N-Judah Monday

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ladybugs

On Monday, we ran a photo and micro-story by @sunaena about ladybugs running wild on the N-Judah. Today, Marta reports on the incident in deeper detail:

Just when you think you’ve seen it all… a guy drops (accidentally or intentionally was unclear) a container with hundreds of ladybugs on a packed train during rush hour.

No one attempted to recapture the bugs right away, so they proceeded to start crawling all of the floor, walls, ceiling… and people.

Some started smashing them with their feet, and when the guy who released the bugs got off the train and there was more space, a sweet young girl started trying to sweep them back into the container so they could be released outside. So if this was some kind of social experiment… at least there are some people with a heart out there for creatures large and small.

I was reminded to submit this story when a ladybug crawled out of my bag this morning. No joke.

So now you know.

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Meanwhile, on @munidiaries

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Photo by @amber_kit

The @munidiaries Twitter feed runneth over with the ins and outs of your daily commute. Blink and you might miss @amber_kit‘s picture of a man who brought his own seating on the bus (above). In case you aren’t a Twitter fiend like we and @munidiaries‘ 3300+ followers are, we’ve picked out this week’s best tweets.

Meanwhile, on @munidiaries:

@bryceyadolphson: If the hipster with the open mouth coffee mug spills on me… its gonna be Battle: SF.

@rockbandit: Homeless dude on Muni now giving tickets to women for “being too pretty.”

@ladue: Last night on the 22 bus, a crazy woman got on and proceeded to take up the entire front row of seats with her teddy bears. #muni

@lifebeginsat30: #Muni driver just cutely picked me up in the middle of the block. He: “You looked at me, you smiled, I had to give in.”

@andreaprete: Forgot my crochet stuff so today on Muni I’m gonna imagine who on the train can wear a bow tie w/o looking like a tool.

Follow us on Twitter and tweet your Muni ride to @munidiaries. Your tweet might end up here next week!

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