Your place to share stories on and off the bus.
Rider Lindsay sent us the picture above with this note:
I was coming home from a very long day visiting a friend (I am from Georgia), caught the very last train of the night (somewhere around/past midnight) and saw this little girl STARING at me while everyone else was fast asleep.
Thanks, Lindsay (and welcome to the Bay)!
Someone caught your eye on BART? Tell us all about it.
Photo by Flickr user pusspaw
This summer we received a couple of interesting pictures:
Exhibit A: a cherry condom and a cherry cough drop nestled in the corner of the door of the 21.
Exhibit B: a used (we think) love glove hanging off of the ceiling (!) of the 47.
Exhibit C: lonely Jimmy Hat chillin’ across the seat on the T-Third (via plug1).
These pictures beg the question: How did this used condom get on the bus? I hope this question aroused your interest and got your creative writing juices flowing because we are having our first short fiction contest!
(My apologies — bad double entendres cannot be avoided in writing this post)
What: Muni Diaries Erotic Short Fiction Contest — How did the condom end up on the bus?
Rules: Answer the question: “How did the used condom get on the bus?” in 250 words or less.
Mistress says: Give it to us by Wednesday, Oct. 28. (Deadline extended!)
Money shot: The winner will receive a goodie bag from Good Vibrations!!! We will read our favorites at our next spoken-word party, Muni Diaries Live! Under the Influence, on Oct. 30.
I thought you guys might like the scoop on Muni working together with the LightHouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired in order to make Muni more accessible and VI-friendly. At the link is the Lighthouse’s blog, including links to three informational videos that address some concerns.
http://www.lighthouse-sf.org/blog/776/
Over at Muni Diaries, we just posted our first Muni Craigslist Missed Connection ad of the week. And this morning on Twitter, I found this hilarious movie via @Caitomalley.
This was filmed in the LA subways (should have done it in SF, guys!), with Doug Mand (30 Rock), Ellie Kemper (The Office), and Dan Gregor. Awesome man-fight at 1:40. “So poignant!”
Photo by Flickr user Bo-Alex
A month or so ago, we announced a call for obituaries to honor the lines that Muni plans to take out of service this fall. We set the deadline for submissions at Sept. 30.
Since then, a reputable source has indicated that the date of discontinuation of the routes listed below is mid-November, a bit later than originally scheduled (yay?).
So …
We’ve decided to give you a little leeway in penning your fitting tribute to the line or lines of your choice. The new deadline is Sunday, October 18. Oh, and no one seems to know what the 53-Southern Heights is or what it does. Any lovers of this poor soul of a Muni bus route care to step up to speak on its behalf, we welcome you.
So here are the lines that’ve been given a few weeks’ reprieve:
* 4-Sutter
* 7-Haight
* 16AX-Noriega “A” Express
* 20-Columbus
* 26-Valencia
* 53-Southern Heights
* 74X-CultureBus
* 89-Laguna Honda
Update: SFWeekly reports: Union: Barring Mechanical Failure, Driver of Crashed Muni Training Coach Likely to be Fired
Update (3:04 p.m.): SF Appeal has the update on the 3-Jackson crash.
Original post: Another bad day for Muni saw two vehicles collide on Market earlier this morning. And now, via Action News SF, reports and photos of a bus crashing into a building on Laguna near Sutter. Must’ve been either a 3-Jackson or 4-Sutter, right? We’ll update once we know more.