This is MUNI’s message to the world:
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Or I suppose this is the message when it’s not “GO GIANTS!“
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Now the Brand Ambassadors of MUNI are Loitering About at Night – What’s the Point of This, SFMTA?
Thursday, May 31st, 2012You see, MUNI, your problems aren’t really concentrated during the night, so what’s the deal here?
What function are these people performing?
Four in the day, two at night, at just one intersection:
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Oh, really? OK, but how does that help the average MUNI passenger? You know the people you disappoint each and every day? Yes, traveling to Europe on junkets (can I bring the wife, can I bring the kids!) and buying gigantic tunnel boring machines (for the useless and ultimately burdensome Central Subway) is fun, but why not instead just struggle to get an extra run or two in on a few lines during drive time? At least you’d look like you’re trying.
Don’t you realize that you’re a defective government agency, SFMTA? Don’t you think you have better things to do with your resources than operate your brand ambassador outreach program?
Or, more likely, you think, “Wow, if only we could get more money, we’d have six people out there talking to each other about what kind of weed is the best kind of weed and what was on Colbert last night ‘n stuff, and then our outreach would be three times more effective!”
MUNI Wants to Take Away Six Bus Stops on the 21 Hayes Line in the Western Addition to Create 14 New Parking Spots
Friday, May 11th, 2012Oh, and also to speed up the 21 Hayes bus.
Oh, and also to make local homeowners happy. Well, to make some of them happy anyway.
Check it, the stops near Central Avenue,* Broderick, and Scott are all on the chopping block:
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You can try to go down to the public hearing on May 18th, 2012, but it won’t matter – MUNI’s already decided to do this.
Will these changes make MUNI suck less?
Sure
Do I approve?
Sure, why not?
*Avenue? You’re no wider than any other street in the nabe. All right all right, Central, you’re an “avenue.” Keep on telling yourself that, but the nearby streets are all laughing at you.
Mayoral Candidate and Reset San Francisco Founder Phil Ting To Hold Muni Town Halls Starting Today
Thursday, September 29th, 2011From today to October 22, 2011, City Assessor Phil Ting will hold eight Muni town halls.
All the deets, below:
All the deets:
“Mayoral candidate, and Reset San Francisco Founder, Phil Ting will hold eight Muni town halls in four weeks to engage residents around the vital issue of making public transportation faster and more reliable.
“If the politicians and the policy makers could do it alone, Muni would already work. The people need to be engaged at every level to help find the best ideas and to hold the city accountable for change,” Ting said.
Ting’s first Muni Town Hall will be Thursday, September 29 at 6:30pm focused on improving the 38 Geary.
Ting will review the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency’s Transit Effectiveness Project (TEP) and discuss how to implement it faster.
“The Transit Effectiveness Project is a good start to reducing our travel times and making Muni work better. But all San Franciscans need to be part of this conversation,” Phil Ting said. “The City doesn’t have the resources or budget for extensive community outreach, so Reset San Francisco is taking the first steps to engage residents to get involved and to participate in the discussion.”
“We want to work with the City to engage San Franciscans on this important issue,” Ting said. “The TEP will take 5 more years to implement, and at Reset San Francisco, we think we can tap into the community to maybe help speed up this process.”
“If we speed up our buses and streetcars by just 1 minute, the SFMTA would save over $20 million a year. And those funds could be spent on ways to ensure that our world-class city has world-class public transportation.”
Last August, Phil Ting hosted a Muni town hall with the Reset San Francisco community and transportation experts Tim Papandreou, Joel Ramos and Greg Dewar. Nearly 300 San Franciscans came to share their ideas and their priorities for Muni with the panelists and each other.
Learn more about these Muni Town Halls at: http://bit.ly/resetsf-muni-events
Below is the list of scheduled Muni Town Halls this fall:
38 Geary
Thursday, September 29, 6:30pm
San Francisco Public Library (Richmond), 351 9th Ave.
N Judah
Saturday, October 1, 1:00pm
Villa Romana, 731 Irving St.
L Taraval
Tuesday, October 4, 5:30pm
Taraval Police Station, 2345 24th Ave.
30 Stockton
Saturday, October 8, 2:30pm
Bin 38, 3232 Scott St.
K Ingleside
Thursday, October 13, 6:30pm
Ingleside Police Station, 1 Sgt. John V Young Ln.
5 Fulton
Saturday, October 15, 10:30am
Richmond Police Station, 461 6th Ave.
M Ocean View
Thursday, October 20, 7pm
West Portal Playground, 131 Lenox Way
1 California
Saturday, October 22, 2:30pm
San Francisco Public Library (Richmond), 351 9th Ave.
ABOUT RESET SAN FRANCISCO: Reset San Francisco is an offline and online community founded by San Francisco Assessor-Recorder and candidate for mayor Phil Ting. The community has already united more than 10,000 San Franciscans and given them the tools to learn about policy, debate ideas and make their voices heard at City Hall. The ResetSanFrancisco.org community uses web-based Government 2.0 tools to help its members connect with government, and it also organizes in-person forums to connect San Franciscans to each other and to help the community unite around solutions.”
Showdown at Masonic on the #5 Fulton Bus: Did a MUNI Driver Discriminate Against a Disabled Rider?
Monday, September 26th, 2011It’s hard to say.
Famous San Francisco photographer Justin Beck was on the scene:
“Photo: #Muni rider who refused to leave the bike rack of the 5 Fulton bus, and the driver whom he called a motherfucker. http://pic.twitter.com/jIphZ9Cw“
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Here’s the prior scene.
And here’s the aftermath.
I don’t know what to make of this one…
The Streets of San Francisco: SFMTA Rips Off Famous MUNI Critic Greg Dewar and His N Judah Chronicles
Friday, July 1st, 2011This bus ad doesn’t say The Streets of San Francisco, oh no, it says The Treats of San Francisco.
See? (The fine print in the ad says that MUNI has permission from CBS to run to use the SoSF logo, so everything’s nice and legal.)
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Isn’t this ad kind of a rip-off of Greg Dewar’s N Judah Chronicles?
Signs point to yes.
Speaking of whom, here’s MUNI’s Death Spiral from Greg Dewar and Joe Eskenazi. (Boy, the head of MUNI at the time just flipped out, I mean, really flipped out over this bit in the SF Weekly from last year. He hosted a big meeting in response to this one article. It was epic, I’ve been told.)
Anyway, do you know what that “treat” is, the one referenced in the MUNI ad?
It’s the price increase what starts today.
Hurray!
Here Comes the SFMTA, the People Who Run MUNI, to Save Us From Alcoholic County and State Workers on Masonic Avenue
Thursday, May 12th, 2011This isn’t my “preferred option,” but it’s the preferred option, so there you go.
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How much will this cost?
Tens of millions, before overruns. $50,000,000 per mile or about $50,000 a parcel depending on how you look at it.
Who’ll pay for it?
Local, state, and federal taxpayers, just like the Bridge to Nowhere (let’s do something for Alaska) and the Chinatown subway (let’s do something for District 3).
Why does the public hearing notice enumerate the dozen-and-a-half parking spaces to be added but then leave out the hundred-something parking spaces that will be taken out?
Because this is a political document written by a politician.
Well, is there a cheaper, safety-only option to go along with the SFMTA’s “preferred option?”
Not that I’m aware of. Safety improvements have been held hostage over the years on account of this big maghilla project. The Project Director will tell you that if you ask him.
Do you have something against wide medians filled with trees that can never ever, ever, ever be removed for any reason at any time in the future, the likes of which can be found on Octavia and Divisadero?
Yes.
Any advice for cyclists in the mean-time?
Yes. Cyclists should stay the hell off of Masonic between Turk and Fulton. Use the wide, underpopulated sidewalks, and, if you want, run the red light at Golden Gate to get a head start on traffic going downhill to Fulton.
Ah MUNI, You Were So Close to Having a Sweet Belly Button Stud on This Bus Ad
Wednesday, May 11th, 2011I don’t know, if this ad had been laid out ever so slightly differently, the four metal studs on the back of this MUNI bus would be aligned so as not to detract from The Message:
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Of course, nothing beats Robo-Chauffeur from Emirates Airline. Sometimes his light would start blinking. Good times:
A Call for Witnesses of the MUNI N-Judah Accident at 24th Avenue in the Middle Sunset on March 3, 2011
Wednesday, April 27th, 2011If you have any information or photographs regarding this injury accident, please contact the injured driver’s grandson below.
Via Nina Le
Here it is:
“To better understand what happened on March 3, our family is searching for any witnesses of the accident.
Were you in the immediate area of the N Judah accident on March 3 (or do you know anyone who recalls the scene)?
Were you on board the outbound N Judah Muni train on March 3 (or was anyone you know on board the Muni train)?
Do you live near the intersection of Judah and 24th (or do you know anyone who lives in this area)?
If you’ve answered yes to any of the above questions, please contact me at david.s.drabkin@gmail.com. Thank you for your attention to this urgent personal appeal.”
Meet MUNI’s Most Popular Bus Route, the #76 Marin Headlands – Only on a Sunday
Thursday, April 21st, 2011Finally, the Yelpers agree – the 76 Marin Headlands rulez!
Check it, Per Helen L:
“I hate that this bus ONLY runs on Sundays and certain holidays.
I hate that this bus ONLY runs once an hour.
I hate that this bus stops running in the evening.
However, this is still the bestest MUNI route EVER!!!”
Here it is, in action near the Golden Gate Bridge:
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See you on the 76!
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