SFist: The Presses: Stilllllllllllll Stopped.

cheesemonkey

Mon, 26 Mar 2007 10:23:22 -0800

It is outrageous that Muni claims it will take another three years to train a sufficient pool of bus drivers to make up for the driver shortage. In my experience, this is pretty typical of the level of training Muni drivers demonstrate. The Board of Supervisors and the mayor need to exercise greater oversight over Muni. Otherwise, the money we spend on it is just wasted.

sfjohn

Mon, 26 Mar 2007 09:10:04 -0800

I've lived here 25 years - I wish i could remember the number of times I've witnessed "Muni Drivers behaving badly" (to paraphrase a KRON segment). Once back in the 80s I worked in Piedmont & almost every day i was the only passenger on AC coming back into the City. This one time another driver was on & both were talking about some other driver who "was always sooo high that ONLY Muni would hire him!!!"

Cari Spencer

Sun, 25 Mar 2007 23:41:54 -0800

If only Cell phones with video had been around in the 1980's! I was a cute young student back in 1981 riding the 47 Van Ness several times a week. I frequently endured the unwelcome and humiliating attentions of a particular creepy Bus driver who never missed an opportunity to loudly voice lewd comments whenever I boarded his bus. It was so offensive and outlandish that other passengers sometimes came to my defense, trying to shame this driver into silence. I was too young to understand I had the right to NOT endure sexual harassment. American society was just beginning to recognize sexual harassment in that time. Eventually over some months, I saw prominently displayed throughout the MUNI system, a 'Driver of the Month' poster featuring this guy.

Alexis

Sun, 25 Mar 2007 19:16:46 -0800

I saw your interview at 6:30 (btw MattyMatt, you look a lot different than I thought you would) and the KPIX footage was so much fuzzier than the much-better-to-look-at SFist.