December 6, 2007
Your Muni Double-Decker Has Arrived
With its umbilical sliced, face slapped, and shivering body wrapped in a toasty blanket, the new Muni double-decker bus has finally arrived. San Francisco Sentinel has the story (as well as a few more images) for you. And we must admit: the buses are not that bad looking. With the little spray of hearts at the tail-end? Not bad at all. Your thoughts?
The buses will (temporarily) go into action on December 12. Enjoy your ride.
Image credit: Bill Wilson / SF Sentinel
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u should mention that it's a trial between dec 12 and jan 8, from http://www.sfmta.com/cms/malerts/SFMTAandTEPtestingdouble-deckerbuses.htm
12/12-12/15
38L-Geary Limited
12/17-12/20
* 1BX am peak
* 28L-19th Avenue Limited midday and pm peak
12/21-12/22 & 12/24 & 12/26
49-Van Ness/Mission
12/27-12/28
* 1BX peak periods
* 14L-Mission Limited midday
12/29
14L-Mission Limited
12/31 & 1/2-1/4
38-Geary Local
1/5
14L-Mission Limited
1/7 & 1/8
Hold for special runs (based on data collection)
@kewlio: Thanks for the info. I'll plan my trips accordingly.
Pat Murphy of the SF Sentinel is the most intrepid-looking reporter of all time.
Great concept, but I hope it will fit tall people on the top deck.
I'm 6.5 and have this image of having to crawl to a seat. I can't fit thru BART or MUNI doors without bending down. Hope the other freaks of nature like me can use these buses.
If not, I guess we can always do a head split brain splat and sue.
As a daily MUNI rider, my first thought was: Oh great, instead of just the usual bottlenecks at the doors as people fight to get on and off we're going to have an additional bottleneck as people try to get up and down the stairs. Ugh.
Good luck, MUNI!
Slappydafrog, my thoughts exactly. Add to this the additional opportunities for groping and theft, and there is no f*ing way I'm riding on the top deck of one of these.
Yay!! We'll get to see how it runs on Van Ness. Possible candidate for Van Ness BRT...hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
Hmmmm... a little too Spirit of '76, don't you think?
Sounds like fun. Can't wait for Dec 12 to give the 28L a try.
No, no. The design is clearly a nod to Love American Style.
Not that it matters. Larger space on Muni coaches = A GOOD THING, with the paintjob being almost beside the point.
Actually, the more I mull it over, the more I fucking LOVE these buses. The 2 layers:
A) Increase bus capacity while
B) Freeing up valuable traffic space for other vehicles, and
C) Boost the city's largest industry (tourism).
And mucho kudos for the hearts. The heart campaign is marketing genius for Ess Eff. Whichever ad agency whipped it up should get a big, fat bonus. Betty & Earl on vacay from Kansas eat that shit up. (And pony up good money to do so.) It plays into some already existing themes and landmarks. The Summer of Love? Check. Gay marriage? Check.
San Francisco is the City of Love, Philly be damned. And the ubiquity of hearts reinforce that meme, even if the SoCal-ish palm trees don't. This town is already practically a Hallmark card. Might as well get paid for it.
See you on the 38.
I don't know ...
It just reminds me of this, this, and this.
Personally I think they should run these at full throttle down the 1 California line, and charge extra to sit up front on the top deck, sort of a rollercoaster ride, if you will.
http://www.njudahchronicles.com/2007/12/double_decker_muni_bus.html
Wouldn't a rainbow be a more appropriate color scheme?
I saw one of these today in the excelsior cruising down Mission. it said 10 limited on it which was really weird because a) the 10 line doesn't go anywhere down Mission that far and b) there's no L version.
It looked pretty cool, no more lumbering than the jointed MUNI busess.
USA! USA! Sorry, couldn't resist.
Jas, those links are awesome.
14L should be...interesting.