Your place to share stories on and off the bus.
Photo by Eric Fischer
Over at Muni Time Capsule this morning, we posted a photo of some Muni maps from the decade leading up to the Great Depression. The charm here is anything but depressing.
Have a look — there’s even an instance of “Muny” as an actual acronym!
Are you on Pinterest or Tumblr? So are we!
On the Muni Diaries Pinterest account, you can follow boards like Muni pets, strange cargo, or Muni wedding (and lots of other stuff that’s…only on Muni).
On the Muni Diaries Tumblr blog, we’re curating the best of transit life from the Bay Area and beyond. Way beyond. Like this hilariously lazy DC Metro cop on his Segway, riding on the escalator.
So if you’re on Pinterest or Tumblr, come on over and keep us company.
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Photo by Agent Akit
We don’t have to tell you that our public transit system is far from perfect. So what do you do to make up for what our bus system lacks?
This year we’re honored to be on a panel at South by Southwest to talk about data solutions for public transportation. We’ve seen the many ways that Muni riders use social media to communicate about what’s happening on the bus in real time when the official information isn’t fast enough. So tell us how you think Muni and other transit systems can use technology to improve our commute:
What’s on your Muni wishlist?
More bus shelters with NextBus data? Better arrival prediction? Yet another Muni mobile app? Throw your wish in the hat!
And if you’re going to be at South by Southwest, please come to our panel:
Sexy* Data Solutions for Public Transit
Monday, March 12
11:00AM -12:00PM
AT&T Conference Hotel
Salon D
*according to SXSW
Image from a video by Jeremy W.
Over at Muni Time Capsule this morning, we bring video and photos of a scene earlier in the week. Using a two-car Breda LRV, Muni tugged one of its few remaining old Boeing streetcars from Mint Yard (behind Safeway on Market) to Metro Yard (near Balboa Park).
Click on over to Muni Time Capsule to learn more of Muni’s past.
Photo by David Lytle
Hey you. Yeah, you. The one making come hither eyes at me across the aisle on the J-Church. Muni Diaries is looking for your tales of love and lust aboard public transit. Aside from instant fame and exhibitionism, you could win a goodie bag from Good Vibrations. Yep. Mhm.
Head over to the Muni Diaries Facebook, like us, and let the e-ink spill. Post your best fatal attraction story there, tell your friends to like your story, then hold your breath.
You have until midnight on Feb. 13 to enter. The winner will be announced on Valentine’s Day, Feb. 14.
