Let's get a look at your legs, San Francisco! Saturday, January 12 is the annual "No Pants" subway ride, as originated in NYC by Improv Everywhere and elevated to fame by Ira Glass. The details are as follows: more ›

Alarmists of SF: We just received an word via AlertSF that: more ›

Remember how effed-up Muni was at last year's Bay to Breakers, with no signs and riders vomiting and drivers getting lost and nobody having any idea how to get anywhere? Yeah, it's probably going to be rough this year, too. (The race is on Sunday, the 20th.) We've got some reasons to be scared, very scared, but also some tips for avoiding the worst of it. more ›

The city's disaster-alert network just texted us an alert! It would seem that the City College of SF (Phelan Campus) is having some electrical problems, and may not have their power switched back on until 4pm. the alert insists. more ›

Today, we take a break from dealing with MUNI's problems and take a look at the Day in the Life of a MUNI driver and answer that most important question: how and when Muni drivers go to the bathroom. And remember folks, you too can ask questions. Just drop us a line at editor@sfist.com. more ›

-- From Tim / At a restaurant, of all things; in Fremont more ›

Have you ever noticed that in San Francisco, directions are only printed in places where people who already know where they're going will see them? Like, signs to the highway on-ramps are hidden behind trees and BART maps are hidden behind obscure walls? It's like, if you know where to look for the directions, you probably already know where you're going. Drives us crazy! Anyways. So on a similar vein, if you ride the MUNI buses, you probably already know that to open the back door, you need to step down into the stairwell, and the door will open automatically. That's not really the most intuitive way for things to work, but whatevs, that's cool. Here's the problem. Let's say you've got someone who doesn't usually take the bus. They pull the bell on a string, ding ding, stop requested. Bus stops. Our newbie commuter, obediently reading the signs in the bus that say "EXIT THROUGH REAR DOOR," moves to the back and makes to walk down the steps. But no! There's a huge sticker on the door that says "DO NOT STAND IN STAIRWELL." What are the newbie commuters to do? They blink confusedly. The bus driver starts to pull away. The commuter starts screaming, "Back door. Back door! BACK DOOR!!!!!" Meanwhile, other helpful passengers start shouting, "Step down. Step down! STEP DOWN!" The stress, the confusion, the anger! If you're a seasoned commuter, you already know that the instructions for opening the back door are printed on the bus -- over the stairwell itself. But who's looking up over their heads when they're trying to get out of a bus? No, they're looking at the window, desperately trying to tell if they've already passed the cross street they want. Would it kill MUNI to put a "Step down to open back door" sticker on the back door window? Presumably, it could take the place of the "do not stand in stairwell" sign, since -- of course -- the reason why you can't stand in the stairwell is because when you stand in the stairwell, you..... open the back door. Picture of the 30 Stockton bus by itinerant off flickr more ›