Castro Street Station’s Rainbow Escalator Is Here!
Behold, Castro Street Station’s rainbow-lit escalator is in service, appropriately delivering you above ground to our wonderful gayborhood! Thanks @trocadero152 on Instagram for the video.
Muni practices safe emergency exit sex
Hey artists, here’s a chance to put your art on Muni
SF Beautiful and the SFMTA are once again calling for artists to submit their work for a chance to be featured inside Muni buses. The Second Annual Muni Art Project is calling for artists to submit original art that will be reproduced for display in 100 Muni buses, doubling the number of buses from last year’s project. A committee will pick finalists and we, the public, will get to vote for the winning artist.
Hat tip to rider Deirdre O for the heads up!
Submissions are due June 17th by 6pm. Here are the submission details.
You may remember seeing some of the great art work from last year’s contest on your daily commute:
Ariel Dunitz-Johnson
Phillip Hua:
Reynaldo R. Cayetano Jr.:
Andria Lo:
Todd Berman:
Self Driving Muni Buses Among Ideas in SF’s Grant Application
Could self-driving Muni buses be in our future? San Francisco is among the seven finalists applying for a $50 million grant to change the future of transportation, according to the Examiner. Proposed in the plan are self-driving buses, driverless Lyft and Uber cars, and ideas for new affordable housing now that we can get more cars off the streets.
More from the Examiner:
Per The City’s plan, autonomous buses would be connected to each other via wireless technology to avoid collisions, shared bikes would dot The City, and taxis, Uber and Lyft vehicles would ferry commuters in groups without drivers.
The City would own a fleet of electric vehicles, and neighborhood shuttles would connect bus lines to homes in less dense outer neighborhoods.
This future may also include transforming parking garages into affordable housing.
Ultimately, at least 10 percent of San Francisco’s car use would shift to “sharing” rides, or taking transit.
The grant comes from U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx via the agency’s Smart City Challenge. The agency will be choosing the winning city in the next few weeks.
You can see more details of the city’s proposal. Quick question though: without drivers, who will be left to tell us how to hold on to a transfer the correct way?
h/t: SFist.
Clickhole: ‘6 Words Of Encouragement That Helped Me Stop Bringing My Own Chair On The Bus’
Over on Clickhole today, there’s a post that struck a chord. From 6 Words Of Encouragement That Helped Me Stop Bringing My Own Chair On The Bus:
I used to bring my own folding chair on the bus, but now I don’t, and I owe it all to the good-hearted people who reassured me that it was okay not to bring a chair.
The thing that really stands out here is that, over the years, we’ve seen a fair number of chair-wielding Muni passengers.
To whit:
Strange Cargo on Muni: Wooden-Chair-Sitting Crooner (above)
Swivel chair swivels on Muni
A new-new BART seat appears on trains
The question is: After reading the inspirational post on Clickhole, will you all be able to quit bringing your own chairs on Muni and BART? Only time will tell.
Random nice gesture on Muni or kind of creepy? You decide
Here is a kind of cute (I think) Muni moment on the 38-Geary from @saytchy on Instagram, who reports: “Some dude on the bus was making cranes, and offering them to female passengers.”
But what about the dudes, dude? Is this kind of odd or kind of cute? Can’t decide, but I do love a surprise moment or two in my week, like a little drawing or a lovely tune.
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