San Francisco Citizen

A kind of black celebration was held in Golden Gate Park this afternoon to mark the end of the MUNI’s San Francisco CultureBus.

See the death throes of CB via Steve Rhodes, Whole Wheat Toast, Plug1, Octoferret, MattyMatt, SftaJan, AgentAkit, and Jamison

Who showed up? Transit fans and local online royalty. Click to expand:

This 74-X couldn’t leave without baffling its last pair of tourists. They didn’t get on. Surprised?

All that was left was the filled-in pole hole that used to mark the CB bus stop:

Yes, the 74X is terminal. It’s dead, Jim

Here’s one last glimpse through the famous see-through bus: 

Perhaps these brand new buses and their friendly drivers will soon be put to better use, just in time for the possible BART strike.

We Can Only Hope.

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