A double dose of cute on Muni
Photo by Flickr user Heather
This picture is a double dose of cute for me: It’s got a cute kid and a cute dog. And, well, it’s on Muni, which is my beat!
’10 places not to see before you die’ — you’ve seen at least one
Photo by Flickr user anitakhart
Let’s start with the carpet. Why would Bay Area Rapid Transit, one of the country’s busiest commuter rail systems, decide it was a good idea to upholster the floor?
The result is Eau de BART, the stomach-turning scent that hits you in the face every time you board a train to San Francisco.
Oh man. Our transit system is getting dissed…nationally! Okay, I agree that the cloth seats are a bad idea. What’s more barftastic: BART, Muni, or the NYC subway?
(Thanks for the tip, reader Dave)
Muni Missed Connection: Jackie the Muni Operator
Photo by Glass&Tubes
Yep, you read that right. “Mike” left a Craigslist missed connection for a Muni operator.
So nice to bump into you again last night. I don’t know whether it’s your aura, your spirit, or just pheromones, but every time I get to see your smile, it makes my night.
And with this missed connection, my definition of awesome is rewritten yet again.
Thx: @verbalcupcake
Photo diary: Muni — the next generation
Photo by peephole
Peephole‘s caption on Flickr reads:
Just walk and maybe pretend you have a bus or streetcar to get you there. Chinese New Year Parade, San Francisco.
NYC Subway More Disgusting than Muni?
“Everyone who has ridden the subway has sat next to a pile of abandoned newspapers, been hit in the foot by an empty bottle, or accidentally walked into the “stinky car” with a homeless person at one end. These are the things that we need to overlook everyday in order to survive riding the most convenient form of public transportation in the Big Apple. But every so often something so horrendously disgusting happens that it shatters our ability to descend into the hot, steaming underground several times a day. A few weeks ago while waiting for a 6 train from Grand Central Station, I saw a pile of puke next to a garbage can. Sadly, that’s not too uncommon, but what made it grosser than gross was there was a rat eating the puke. Ew, ew, ew, ew!
We know you have some nasty stories to share about MTA-related gross outs. You might even be able to top my puke-eating vermin tale. Please, take to the comments section and let us know your worst. The one that turns our stomach the most wins a $10 Metrocard and the admiration of all our readers for surviving the worst underground atrocity. Good luck, and happy riding.”
The stories in the comment section of this Gawker post are pretty gnarly, but hey, New York isn’t the center of the universe! Here in San Francisco, Muni’s got loogies, fish guts, scary unexplained red puddles…
Dubious honor, for sure. I’ve only been on the New York City subway a handful of times and can’t attest to its grossness myself. East Coast transplants, what do you think?
Muni Rollsigns, Revised
Photo by Flickr user octoferret
We came across this amazing photo by Octoferret on Flickr, who stitched together two Muni roll signs to show the lines and destinations. A little more from Octoferret on how he put this together:
There are 150 readings on the destinations sign and 157 on the lines sign. The destinations sign has the date 2/8/90 printed on it, the lines sign is undated. Both signs came from one of these buses, which were retired from service in 2007.
This image is made from 27 photos of the sign showing the lines and 26 photos of the sign showing the destinations after heavy editing. I had to straighten every single photo, up the contrast, make the colors uniform and then stitch them all together.
Wow. That’s patience.
I spotted some unusual lines on the photo — 18-Geary?