Fast Pass Shirts, Now Cheaper and Still Awesome
We lost the colorful paper type “A” Fast Passes in October, and soon the type “M” will be phased out as well. Sad, we know, but at least you’ll have the shirts to show your local cred.
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And the Great Muni bus shelter goes to …
A bus shelter turned into public art? Next time you see a bus stop, think again: this may very well be in our near future.
In internet time, it seems like forever ago when we were looking for someone to give a 30-Stockton bus shelter a good home. Thanks to the generosity of SFMTA, the bus stop has been a fun addition to Julie Michelle’s I Live Here: SF exhibit at SOMArts. Last week you voted for who gets to take the beast home, and the winner, receiving 1,616 votes, is Michael Burstein. He has been rumored to have changed Bush Street to Obama Street, installed swings on BART, and placed mistletoe throughout the city last Christmas, among other things.
Michael has said that the bus shelter should be “public art” and promised to use it for something “whimsical, interactive, and possibly flammable.” Interesting! Thank you to everyone who participated in the poll. We’ll keep you updated on what happens to the bus stop.
All the enthusiasm for the bus shelter only made us realize once again how much public transportation is a part of our daily lives. If you spotted something funny on Muni or overheard a conversation that made you think, share it here with your fellow riders. Let’s blow up the party talk!
Shop Transit Goods
Our Muni Diaries Fast Pass shirts, modeled by Tara on the top left, is on sale for 20% off this weekend! The same design on baby onesies are also available at Secession Art and Design on Mission and 30th Street.
Nate1 of NewSkool, also an in-house artist at Secession, has this adorable brown Muni onesie (top right) and a bunch of other designs for your mini transit riders.
Headline Shirts pays homage to the 22 in this 22-Fillmore t-shirt (bottom right) with instructions on how to ride Muni if you’re new in town.
And what’s always on the sidewalk in San Francisco? Muni transfers and pigeons, of course. We found this super limited edition Pigeon Book (bottom left) from Joscelyn Nicole on Etsy. She only has one left!
Want more? Here we go:
Another crafty crafter made these Market Street transit token cuff links. These ones were issued from 1921 to 1944.
Market Street Railway has made these Information Gladly Given t-shirts that can come really handy at a bar or a company meeting:
BART maps also make for cool buttons:
You’ve probably seen Amos Goldbaum‘s curbside shop near the Ferry Building. He’s got a cool drawing of an old LRV, available on tees and the San Francisco uniform, a hoodie sweatshirt:
You might know them as the Muni Manners Ladies, but they’re authors now too. Julie Hayes and Angelie Agarwal have written a book called Muni Manners: An Etiquette Guide for the Mass Transit Savvy. Next time you see poor manners on the bus, you can pull out the book on them:
Has the N failed you or saved you? Greg has these N Judah mousepads for you to remember your ride by:
Walter Koning has lots of shirts with Muni lines, but I am partial to this design that he calls “Timeless 14 Mission“:
Last year we also did a merchandise roundup, so if you spot any more Muni-inspired items, let us know!
The Great Muni Shelter Giveaway Poll (Update)
Ed. Note: The bus stop we’re giving away served the 30 Stockton, which has seen colorful stories like a Giants fans takeover, a short angry lesson on taxes, and an incident involving a nylon Excalibur. Ever since the bus shelter’s arrival at SOMArts, visitors have covered the it with their own stories and memories. What’s your Muni story? We want to know.
Original post:
Ever since the SFMTA generously gave us the go-ahead, this 30-Stockton Muni shelter has been sittin’ pretty at Julie Michelle’s awesome I Live Here:SF exhibit at SOMArts. And now it needs a home.
We were overwhelmed by the amazing responses after we posted about the Great Muni Shelter Giveaway. In honor of our user-generated tradition, we thought it appropriate that you get to decide who gets to take the Muni shelter home. The following brave folks want this bus stop, and you can help them make it happen.
Poll closes at 11:59 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 29. The candidate with the most vote wins. We will announce the winner at the closing night reception of Julie Michelle’s I Live Here:SF exhibit at SOMArts on Tuesday, Nov. 30, 5-7 p.m. 934 Brannan Street. Good luck to all!
The Great Muni Shelter Giveaway (Update)
Photo by Alyssa Jones
(Update) Vote for who gets to take this Muni shelter home! Poll closes at 11:59 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 29. Winner will be announced at the I Live Here:SF closing reception on Tuesday, Nov. 30, 5-7 p.m. at SOMArts, 934 Brannan Street.
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You know that awesome Muni shelter that we’ve been talking about at SOMArts? The one that you’ve been covering with your stories and cartoon captions?
Well, it can be yours. Yes, seriously.
We are having perhaps our biggest give-away ever. The truth is that the Muni shelter at SOMArts needs a home in less than two weeks. And if you can haul it, it’s yours.
Think of the possibilities: BBQ under a real bus stop in your backyard. Bartend on the playa under a bonafide 30-Stockton bus stop. Dine al fresco on your front lawn, protected from the elements under the bus shelter. The shelter comes with a two-sided advertising space that actually works, and you can put anything you want in these huge light boxes. Currently photos of I Live Here:SF subjects Chloe and myself are in the advertising space.
Send us an email if you are interested in the bus shelter. But do it soon — we have until Dec. 2 to find the Muni shelter a new home.
Photo by Dan McKinley
Photo by annieinseattle
Time Running Out to Cover This Muni Shelter with Stories
You might already know that we scored a real Muni bus shelter for Julie Michelle’s I Live Here:SF exhibit at SOMArts this month, thanks to the generosity of the SFMTA. You can see photos of the bus shelter being delivered over at I Know Alyssa Jones.
On the bus shelter, we’ve provided some blank story cards so you can write your own Muni story and post it (yes, on real paper!). You can also caption some fun Muni cartoons by Michael Capozzola, who draws “Surveillance Caricatures” in the San Francisco Chronicle’s 96 Hours section.
We’ll be posting some of the stories and cartoon captions from the gallery here on Muni Diaries. I already saw some funny anecdotes and captions when I was at SOMArts this Saturday. So get over to the exhibit for Julie Michelle’s amazing photography, Chris Rusak‘s text-based art, and Rick Prelinger‘s Lost Landscapes film, and partake on a little Muni fun.
SOMArts (934 Brannan between 8th and 9th Streets) will be open this Tuesday and Wednesday from noon to 7 p.m., and then Tuesday, Nov. 30, for the closing night reception.