Get Ready for a Cheap Weekend: $2 All-Day Rides, Half Off at Andalu

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It’s not too early to plan your weekend if you want to save a few bucks. This Sunday, you can take advantage of Muni’s Sunday FunDay offer: $2 gets you an all-day pass every Sunday in December.

Which makes it that much easier for you to hop on the J-Church, 14, 22, 33, or 49 to get yourself to Andalu for the Coca-Cola braised short ribs with white bean salad or crispy mac and cheese. Our new deal partner Scoutmob has a 50% off deal available to claim today. Use it for some of Andalu’s Mission-themed cocktails, like the Valencia and the Guerrerro (brandy, scotch, sweet vermouth, and bitters).

You have all today (only!) to get the Andalu deal at Scoutmob — just text it to yourself, and the deal is good for the next three months (saving you up to $30 bucks). Or you can download Scoutmob’s mobile app and get the deal directly on your phone.

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Muni Frequent Rider Miles?

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Geary Blvd
Photo by Michael Risenhoover

I read a tweet the other day by @funderbug:

“Too bad they don’t offer bus miles, you know, like airline miles…”

Too bad, yeah. But it got me thinking: What if SFMTA had some sort of rewards program for loyal riders? All default jokes about “loyalty” aside, I think this is an amusing mental exercise.

My most frequently used route is the 49-Van Ness, which I ride 3.3 miles from the Mission to the end of the line, at North Point and Van Ness. From there, I hop on a 47-Van Ness for 0.75 miles to get to work. 4.15 miles to get there. And I repeat that ride in the afternoons to get home: 8.3 miles per day

Multiplied by five, I rack up 41.5 miles on Muni per week. Multiply that by 50 weeks per year, and we’re looking at a whoppin’ 2,075 miles per year!!! Holy crap!

Sooooo, what should my prize options be? Yeah, a bus that runs on time and all that. But what else?

How many miles have you piled up over the years on Muni?

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Caption This Muni Cartoon

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What’s happening in this Muni cartoon?

Michael Capozzola, who draws “Surveillance Caricatures” in the San Francisco Chronicle’s 96 Hours section, contributed two cartoons for gallery-goers to caption at the I Live Here: SF exhibit at SOMArts last month. Lots of you joined in on the fun and posted your own caption. Like this one, from someone who called himself “BOSS”:

“WAIT!!! My wife will kill me if I forget the baby on the bus again!!!”

Or, from an anonymous gallery goer:

“Hey wait! The next bus isn’t coming for 78 minutes!”

If you missed the chance to caption this carton in person last month, here’s your chance. Caption this Muni cartoon in the comments section: what’s happening on the 24-Divisadero here?

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Fast Pass Shirts, Now Cheaper and Still Awesome

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Lady Gaga wants you to save a few bucks on these Muni Diaries Fast Pass shirts for the holidays. Now they’re only $22 each, packed and shipped by Santa Claus clones right here in San Francisco. This design by Nate1 at New Skool is also available in baby onesies and toddler shirts at Secession Art and Design.

We lost the colorful paper type “A” Fast Passes in October, and soon the type “M” will be phased out as well. Sad, we know, but at least you’ll have the shirts to show your local cred.

Get ’em while they’re cheap!

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How the Muni Shelter Goes Up

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Humin over at The Tender caught the Muni shelter change-a-roo in progress at Hallidie Plaza. SFMTA has been replacing the old model with the new, wavy-lided bus shelter that doesn’t shield you from the rain. As you can see, a couple of people were also mesmierized by the process. Contrary to what Humin describes with his dry humor, I think this does sound kind of magical. Read more about it and decide for yourself at The Tender.

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