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Every once in a while, the universe gives you something really awesome, like a pet goat riding Muni. Can you spot the goat?
This Muni Diaries came from @jasonbraatz on Twitter, who says, “I’m on the 5-Fulton and there is seriously a goat on the bus.” Totally worth my $2.25 fare, don’t you think?
More animal kingdom on Muni over this way, please.
Photo by @jasonbraatz
Current mood: 😒
h/t @madmaxflapper for tweeting this side-eyes-inducing gem. Love me some creative signage (and resulting Brangelina-style mashups), but you can sure be a cheeky bastard, Muni.
Photo: CSN Bay Area Sports’ Brodie Brazil’s Facebook page
This isn’t a “who’s the asshole manspreading in the disabled seats” post — no, no, there is a special circle of Muni Diaries shame for those. Look closer, sports fans.
Per CSN Bay Area Sports’ Brodie Brazil, Oakland A’s pitcher Sonny Gray and outfielder Billy Burns, standing left, are hella taking BART. Major delays were predicted due to Bay Bridge construction, and these guys are clearly paying attention.
A reader/rider on the scene, who says this was taken after Monday night’s Battle of the Bay matchup against the Giants, commented on Brazil’s FB post, saying they were “so unassuming and could have been mistaken for regular college guys with their backpacks on!”
Those backpacks don’t happen to be designed by other Oakland A’s teammates and prominently (boldly, fantastically) feature unicorns?
Bonus: Gray is featured in the green-collar baseball ad near the middle of the pic.
(h/t: A’s fan Ericka. Go, Giants.)
Got a BART story? @bartdiaries is your place to share it.
Last week, we told you about the end of an era: the departure of paper transfers because SFMTA was looking to upgrade farebox technology. This week, SFMTA approved the new fareboxes, diagrammed above, that will print out receipt-like transfers when you board the bus, reports SFBay.ca. The approved contract for $21.9 million will mean the installation of 1,336 new fareboxes for cash-paying riders, according to SFBay.ca.
Here’s what the new transfers will look like:
Yeah, well, OK. While the images feel more descriptive of a Vertsateller machine from the ’80s or a prop from Back to the Future, we accept that it’s probably more efficient, if less “San Francisco” — an outcome that always requires at least one sad face emoji.
That’s right, gone are those nights when you feel like you’ve won the lottery because the driver gave you a Late Night transfer, so get your nostalgic transfer shirts (or tattoos) soon.
Photo credit: SFBay.ca
Alex asks on Twitter: “What have I become? I just spent the last several hours making BART fan art.”
To which we answer: You’ve become our favorite person on the internet this week. Is the Muni map next?
@bartdiaries — and probably Bart Simpson — do not have a cow and approve this message.
Photo by @lexammmm
Oh shit, pop the popcorn, you guys! Here it all is, in the order in which it transpired.
We challenge @metrolosangeles to a transit poetry slam. Haikus only.
Your move, LA.
— SFBART (@SFBART) June 24, 2016
Believe it or not
There's a subway in LA
(Transit, not sandwich)@metrolosangeles— SFBART (@SFBART) June 24, 2016
Remember the days
When the federal gas tax
Kept pace with pop. growth?@metrolosangeles— SFBART (@SFBART) June 24, 2016
Accept our challenge
Your silence is deafening
NorCal is best Cal@metrolosangeles— SFBART (@SFBART) June 24, 2016
Metro palms kiss sun
Tracks to sand, mountain, stars
BART has hammer pants #transithaiku @SFBART— Metro (@metrolosangeles) June 24, 2016
Seventy-three wins
This was your reality
Yet no ring to show@SFBART #wewentthere— Metro (@metrolosangeles) June 24, 2016
Pied Piper Hooli
Tech bros in Dolores Park
We just chill and ride@SFBART— Metro (@metrolosangeles) June 24, 2016
Metro palms kiss sun
Tracks to sand, mountain, stars
BART has hammer pants #transithaiku @SFBART— Metro (@metrolosangeles) June 24, 2016
SNAP!
BART runs trains on time
Better than a traffic jam
(It's five, seven, five)— SFBART (@SFBART) June 24, 2016
Seventy-three wins
This was your reality
Yet no ring to show@SFBART #wewentthere— Metro (@metrolosangeles) June 24, 2016
#weaksauce