Cow Hollow merchants are rejoicing after crushing Muni's new terminal bus idea. If you recall, Muni wanted to "establish a 291 feet long Bus Terminus at Union & Fillmore." But after merchants threw a temper-tantrum, culled in thousands of signatures, made lots of frowny faces, Muni Executive Director Nathaniel Ford relented. "[T]he two sides agreed to a compromise — the articulated buses would only run from 5 to 9 a.m. on Union Street and the terminal idea at Union and Fillmore streets would be temporarily abandoned," chirps The Examiner. [Curbed, via Ex] more ›

A Muni proposal is underway to "establish a 291 feet long Bus Terminus at Union & Fillmore," which we think it a might fine idea. Improvements to public transportation like this should be a top priority. But merchants in the Cow Hollow are up in arms. Why? Because they lack clarity. Proving to be as inane as Geary merchants (who, time after time, fail to see the bigger picture, resulting in years of curably crippled traffic) and Valencia business owners (elitists of the very worst kind), Union Street businesses worry that the "bendy" buses will ruin their precious gem of a neighborhood. The NIMBY's harrowing press release on the subject, which can be found in its entirety at SFCitizen, is a regular hoot. more ›