Tag: muni-chair
New Muni Seating Options
Photo by Eric Wilson
Yet another case of taking the issue of Muni seating into our own hands.
See more seating options, inspired by other cities who think you’re a public transit royalty.
Photo Diary: ‘All kinds of weird shit went down’
Photo by Heather
Heather‘s rad Muni tale is a few years old, but evergreen for us:
All kinds of weird shit went down on my bus ride back from HMCRA today–people transporting enough grape juice to quench a high school, a 60-year-old dude totally covered in (some really awesome) tattoos (we’re talkin’ legit head-to-toe, here)–but this guy wins hands down. Homie totally just rolled up onto the 33 today with this patio chair, put it down in the aisle next t to me, and sat down in it. From something like 16th and Mission to 24th and Potrero.
We missed this dude when we did a roundup of creative seating on Muni last month. Apologies.
Bring Your Own Seat While Waiting For Muni
Photo by Jayne
Kind of reminds me of this photo that we’ve seen before of a man waiting for the bus on his own comfy seat:
Photo by davitydave
And this sodden couch for anyone waiting for the 22-Fillmore:
Photo by Jason
Or if you’d like to swivel around while you wait…
Photo by Danny Howard
Some people aren’t satisfied with the seating once they get on the bus…
Photo by @amber_kit
Photo by Tina
Photo by John C
These crafty knitters in Philly took it a step further (via Wooster Collective)
Wow. Well, I guess even though Muni seats are less gross than BART seats, you can never be too careful!
Bring Extra Seating On Muni
Rider John C. saw a passenger with a curious-looking cargo. Read on:
Once we reached Stockton and Columbus, an older gentleman ambled onto the train carrying some sort of tall black metal or plastic apparatus, a pinwheel, and a few helium balloons on string. It was the balloons which first got my attention. President’s Day, a joyous holiday I’m sure for a few history buffs out there, isn’t a holiday I typically associate with party favors.
At the point when the gentleman paid his fare and shuffled back toward me, the bus was full in terms of seating capacity and probably about 20% full in terms of those of us who were standing. He had some difficulty keeping his whole package together, and I soon saw why – the black bulky thing he was holding was a tall stool.
He set his stool down next to the occupied second row of frontward-facing seats and hopped onto it, converting his row into a row of 3. (Perhaps he knew that this is the row with the most legroom…you can tell I had spent much of the prior day in United Economy cabins.) He then deployed his pinwheel and balloons and started an incoherent lecture on how people needed to stay out of his way because he had a bad back. This went on as we proceeded down Stockton until I took the blurry shot I’ve included here. Sorry for that, it was a moving bus after all.
Once we reached Clay Street, a bunch of us moved to exit. Our stool-sitter had to get up and move out of the way in order for all of us to get out and he was not happy about it. He harrumphed loudly until one of the last women to exit said, “you know, that’s about the coolest thing I’ve ever seen on a MUNI bus. That’s a great idea.” I wasn’t thinking anything close to that, but I think it made his day as he immediately stopped complaining and let us all leave. I pictured him getting off at Market St. and transferring to BART, lording over a train to Fremont. Or maybe he set up shop somewhere with his balloons and pinwheel. Did anyone else see this guy on President’s Day?