SF News Muni Bus Runs Over Cyclist On Tuesday afternoon, a cyclist was rushed to a hospital with serious injuries after a Muni bus hit them at Market and New Montgomery streets at around 4:40 p.m. "Police said
SF News Reminder: Mission Street Muni Lines Extra Annoying, Starting Tomorrow Attention 14-Mission and 49-Van Ness riders: much needed road repairs are coming to Mission Street starting tomorrow, Saturday March 3rd. While the busiest stretch between 16th and Cesar Chavez will be nice and
SF News Mentally Ill Woman Rides Muni To Poop At Nob Hill Bus Stop Today in the local news beat, ABC7's Dan Noyes has uncovered an unfortunate problem plaguing one Nob Hill bus stop: a local woman has been using it as her own public outhouse with
SF News N-Judah To Become Slightly More Frustrating On Weekends The city's most used (and most loved/hated) light rail line will be taking weekends off starting at the end of this month. As the Examiner explains this morning, Muni will stop running
Arts & Entertainment New York v. S.F., via Minimalist Transit Maps Lineposters has just created a series of minimalist transit maps for different cities in the world, including New York, Berlin, and Paris. Thankfully, they've including little old S.F. in the mix, even
SF News Federal Money Coming Through For Central Subway Mayor Ed Lee today announced the arrival of a "letter of non-prejudice" (whatever that is) from the Department of Transportation which he says is a "strong sign" that the $1 billion+ in federal
SF News And Now, Here's That SUV Stuck In A Muni Tunnel [Photo] Much to our delight and amusement, photos of the SUV that clogged the Muni underground this morning have emerged, showing the offending Sports Utility Vehicle doing the worst sort of off-roading. According to
SF News All Muni Metro Shut Down After SUV Drives Into Subway Tunnel [Update] At around 6 a.m. today, a car drove into the Duboce Portal tunnel. Said automobile is now stuck inside the tunnel, effectively shutting down all underground Muni metro lines. SF Muni shuttle
SF News Handy Reminder: Cellphones Still Get Stolen on Muni, Like This Guy's Having someone make off with your telephone while playing Angry Birds on the commute home is still a major problem around town, apparently. So today's handy reminder to keep your phone stashed safely
SF News Ride Muni Free On New Year's Eve Before you take off for the holidays, remember that come New Year's Eve, you can ride Muni for free. For free? For free. Muni travel, including cable cars, is free of charge from
SF News Police Seeking Stabby, Muni-Riding Phone Thief In the Tenderloin last night, a 50-year-old man was stabbed and critically injured after loaning his phone to a fellow rider on the 19-Polk. The knifecrime occurred near Turk and Hyde Streets around
SF News Downtown Muni Metro Train Strikes Pedestrian Around 5 a.m. this morning, a Muni Metro light rail vehicle struck a pedestrian walking on the tracks in an underground tunnel between the Embarcadero and Montgomery Street stations. The pedestrian was
SF News SFist Scribe Trapped On Muni Train! Jerry James Stone, Treehugger writer and occasional SFist scribe, sent out the following urgent Twitter message this afternoon while riding the L Taraval. It seems that he's stuck on the train due to
SF News SFMTA is Creating Another Clipper-like Card for Taxis and Parking Because your wallet isn't already fat enough, the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Authority is currently cooking up another universal payment card to give locals yet another way to feed parking meters or pay
SF News Pedestrian Hit, Killed By Muni Bus [Updated] An unidentified pedestrian "wearing a security guard uniform" on Sunday afternoon was struck and killed by a Muni bus at Mission at Fifth streets. According to reports, the man "crossed in front of
SF News Cyclists Fume as City Allows Taxis to Use Bike Lanes Infamous for their lack of vehicular finesse (and numbers), taxicabs will now be allowed to legally use bike lanes to pick up and drop off passengers. Taxi drivers who used to use the
Arts & Entertainment John Waters' Adorable Muni Observations Muni Diaries alerted us to this little audio piece featuring John Waters talking about his love of Muni, which was recorded during Waters' visit to the Jewish Community Center last spring. He considers
SF News Muni Switchbacks Down by 40%, Outerlands Residents Continue to Complain Taking a look at one possible metric for gauging Ed Reiskin's performance since he took over Nat Ford's gig as Muni chief back in July, the Examiner reveals today that the always-frustrating switchbacks
SF News Man Pepper-Sprayed, Robbed During Muni Rush Hour Speaking of vigilante justice (we kid!), two hooligans brutally robbed a man on Wednesday during the rush hour commute on the M-Ocean View. While sitting at his seat and using his iPad, a
SF News Muni to Spy on Drivers to Curtail Texting, Cell Phone Use The California Public Utilities Commission has ordered Muni to install video cameras in the cabs of Muni metro trains to surveil operators and discourage cell phone use while operating trains. We all know
SF News Mayoral Candidate Leland Yee Wants to Make Muni Free Gee, this is rich: Leland Yee, arguably the goofiest candidate running for San Francisco mayor, wants to make Muni free for all public school kids. Yee's Clintonesque-titled new plan, “It Takes a Community,
SF News Family Of Woman Killed By Muni Bus To Sue S.F. The family of Emily Dunn, the 23-year-old who was struck and killed by a Muni bus driving an improvised route in the Castro last August, will sue San Francisco. The Examiner reports: "Michael
SF News Muni To OK Back-Door Bus Boarding Despite the fact that every ne'er-do-well and elderly lady with a pink plastic shopping bag already does this, back-door boarding on Muni busses is still illegal, and that one Muni driver in twenty
