Bus Shelter Decision 2007: Muni Does Something Reasonably Well

We're startled to report that Muni has, in a surprising and awesome display of openness, decided to make public a ton of information regarding their ongoing Choose-Your-Own-Shelter-Adventure. Check out the reams of dataz they've just posted online -- it's all there: facts! Figures! Feedback!

And we do mean feedback. They've just posted every single public comment they received, and boy howdy did they get a lot of comments. (Profanity, you'll be relieved to hear, has been excised, so the delicate sensibilities of Victorian transit enthusiasts will remain unassailed.)

So, what does it all mean? Ah, well ... hmm. Hard to say. The one thing this report seems to lack is an Executive Summary. There's about a million points of data here; but making sense of it, as always seems to be the case with Muni, is up to you. But for once, we're willing to overlook the confusing barrage of information, simply because it's just so nifty of Muni to have make this info available.

So now, readers, it's up to you to sift through some of the comments, find your favorites, and post them here. We're partial to a remark directed at the above design: "Looks like it belongs in Rochester, NY." Oh snap.

A footnote: whenever this topic comes up, someone always grumps that Muni should be spending its money on making the buses run on time instead of buying new shelters. But fear not: Muni doesn't pay for the shelters, advertisers do. So there.