“Fantastic” Muni voyage
Cute, cool, rad, awesome, bitchin’ … I could go on, but I’ll just step back and let Muni rider Beth take over:
Normally I don’t like loud music on the bus, or funk, but an old dude was blasting this today and singing along and saying “welcome aboard!” to new passengers and it was kind of perfect.
I take issue with Beth’s use of “kind of” here, but that’s just me being all literal and shit.
Have a great weekend, fellow Muni voyagers!
Fruitvale Station gets new name on BART map
And it feels more appropriate somehow …
BART rider and friend of Muni Diaries Susan posted this delightfully corrected map. Susan writes: “Political art at its finest #bart #oscargrant #blacklivesmatter“
You put your right foot in, you leave your right foot at the Muni shelter
As loverlykiki on Instagram says, “Put your best foot forward.” Especially on Muni, when half the time we end up staring at our own feet or others’ feet.
Props to loverlykiki for sharing an important message, and props to this phat skateboard deck. Could it be half of an original Santa Cruz Screaming Foot?
Cat photos take over entire subway station
Making dreams come true for cat ladies everywhere, a group has taken over a subway station in London and covered it entirely with adorable cat pictures. Riders in South London’s Clapham Common tube station were greeted yesterday with photos of adorable (and adoptable) felines rather than obnoxious advertising. How did this magic happen? Atlas Obscura has the details:
The group responsible—the Citizens Advertising Takeover Service (CATS)—has been scheming about this since at least April, when their Kickstarter page first popped up. In less than a month, they raised £23,131—enough to turn Clapham Common into Cat-fan Paw-mon. (Sorry.)
Why can’t we have nice things like they do in London? For now we’ll have to make do with these furry Muni cats: in a stroller, on a shoulder, or looking cool in sunglasses!
Photos via CatsNotAds.
BART wants cyclists to strap it on
Anyone who has taken a bike on BART knows it means hovering over your bike while trying not to crash into anyone else while the train is moving. BART has a new idea for you: straps that hold your bike in place. SFGate reports that a new test program has installed two types of fabric straps (either velcro or a buckle) in 60 BART cars.
Cyclists: Have you tried these new straps and how are they working out for you?
Photo courtesy of BART