Yoda on Muni: Paid his fare, he did
Now I’m wondering whether the Jedi master was able to make his bus run on time …
Yoda joins a pantheon of Star Wars characters spotted on Muni:
h/t Muni rider Krista: “Yoda says a good day you should have.”
That time Richard Nixon rode BART
For whatever reason, and despite the choreographed nature of it, we like when celebrities and politicians (same same?) do the things us normal folks do.
Case in point: That one time in 1972 when President Richard Nixon (a former California senator, you’ll remember) rode the spiffy, shiny, new BART. Muni Diaries Live veteran Peter Hartlaub wrote about Nixon’s visit to the Bay Area recently for the SF Chronicle:
Photos and words from The Chronicle archive show the president, often with his eyes wide and mouth agape, in wonder at all the tech surrounding him.
“You know, it does look like NASA,” said Nixon, as he peered at the electrified route displays in the BART control room.
Nixon arrived in the Bay Area with a surprise $38.1 million in bonus funding for BART, then hopped on a train at San Leandro Station, taking a nine-minute trip to Lake Merritt for a tour of the BART control center.
All of Bay Area’s transit in one awesome poster
How much do you like trains? This poster by Peter Dovak helps you count the ways. I spy BART, Caltrain, Muni, VTA, and ACE so far. Find it on Society6.
If you’re particular in your Muni line allegiance, here’s a 38-Geary landmark poster you might be into. I love these Fast Pass neighborhood posters, too.
h/t: @TelstarLogistic and @justanyrb
Sleepy Ninja Turtle on Muni
Props to Mom and Dad for dressing up this kid as a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle and creating the cutest Muni moment this week. Wouldn’t it be great if we could dress in costumes every day? Oh wait, we live in San Francisco, so yes, this is definitely an achievable life goal.
Thanks to @cceres for submitting this Muni moment. Tag #munidiaries on Instagram to submit your own.
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Video: Go inside BART’s new trains
Taking a break from BART’s woes of late, some insiders recently got a first taste of the trains set to go online beginning this fall. I found this video on Muni Diaries Live veteran Kelly Beardsley‘s Facebook. I thought you might want to see it, too.
h/t Mark Ambus
Peek at an old Muni driver manual
Derek from 4fifeen Clothing is a San Francisco native who makes great tees and hats showing some serious city pride. It turns out he had even more reason to claim SF street cred: His dad was a Muni driver and has the operator’s manual to prove it!
My pops’ old #sfmuni #amgeneral operator’s manual. #woodsdivision Born and raised in #sf.
Here’s what Muni’s driver recruitment looks like today, and the Muni operator’s handbook, all 155 pages on the mechanics of being a Muni driver. A fascinating read for any transit geek, really.
More insider driver tales:
What do Muni drivers really think of you?
Muni driver reveals behind the scenes stories
An oldie but a goodie: Muni driver decorates bus for Halloween
Photo via @4fifteen.
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