Per SFist Rita's joke in the comments last week, we have found ourselves living in the "NOT IN SERVICE" district. Man, does it feel good!
It was around 11 last night when we caught the Metro Shuttle Bus to Church. We busted ass up Church, as we could see an N Judah pulling out of the tunnel and into the stop. As we approached the last car of train number 1490 at 11:20 Thursday night (for those of you keeping track), we noted that the train's display read "NOT IN SERVICE". What do we do? The doors are open, and there are people inside! "Screw it!" we thought (as we do about so very, very many things), and hopped on just as the doors began to close.
And "NOT IN SERVICE" the train remained, as it continued its, uh, service. We rode that glorious "NOT IN SERVICE" car to nearly the end of the line. Friends, we are not going to complain about our pleasant, uneventful Muni ride home last night, but we did experience a sense of anxiety over the lack of either attention to detail or mechanical wellness that our "NOT IN SERVICE" train seemed to represent. The only possible solution: we have indeed moved to "NOT IN SERVICE", a Narnia-like land where every bus and train eventually runs. We fully expect out Muni-related life to make a complete turn around from here out. Will this be the last Dear Mr Ford? Not if you keep sending your stories, both good and bad.
Ah, yes, we recall feeling the frustration that reader Lulu manifests after the jump Lulu, whenever you want to visit us in "NOT IN SERVICE", come on down!
Why is it that the 21 Hayes is supposed to run every 6 minutes from 4-6 pm and yet I wait upwards of 10-15 on a regular basis for one to escort me home? Then because there has been no bus for clearly a very long time, by the time we have passed the Powell and Market stop the bus is so full no one can get on or off until well past Divisadero. Also, in the mornings if I take the underground downtown, often there are no shuttles from Castro to Embarcadero, as there once previously were. What we get is packed to the brim one car trains going downtown and half empty two car trains going outbound. What's up with that? As a native I have ridden MUNI all my life and the service gets more expensive and less user friendly every year. I understand cuts to less used lines, but why hurt the lines we all need to use daily? It all makes me want to give up riding MUNI and walk instead. It is infuriating that nothing changes for the good and we are all just supposed to deal with it. What if it was so easy and efficient that thousands more riders gave up cars and taxis for public transportation? Wouldn't you then be making more money? Making the service worse makes people want to use it less. No wonder you have a huge deficit.
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..I saw a lighted display that read 'Testing New Bus'on Market and 3rd the other day. It was totally empty and they weren't letting people on. The bus didn't seem any different than the normal muni and I can't figure out why they had to test it on the 'real streets' rather than a test track or somewhere other than SF streets where an in-service bus would have been more helpful...