Arts & Entertainment Ye Olde Transit Porn This goes out to all of you who get clammy-palmed as soon as you see your favorite F-car rolling up to your stop. Oh Milano, you come on smooth with that designy orange
SF News N Judah Train Derails at Duboce and Church SFist came upon an odd scene at Duboce and Church this evening, in which one N Judah was stopped facing downtown with passengers stuck on it, another train was facing Ocean Beach on
Arts & Entertainment What You Should Know About Flattening Coins On the F-Market Rail For some bored downtown workerbees, flattening coins on the F-Market track is a shiny way to pass the time. Take, for example, Matthew Knudsen, who pressed these beauties just the other day. SFist
SF News Gas Leak at Howard and Beale [Updated] A gas leak at Howard and Beale streets has prompted a street closure in the area. Which is to say, avoid the area of Beale between Mission and Howard for now. Muni is
SF News Woman Struck, Killed by Muni Bus in Castro Identified Authorities released the name of the 23-year-old woman struck and killed by a Muni bus on Friday afternoon. San Franciscan Emily Dunn was at the end of the crosswalk at the intersection of
SF News Muni Bus Kills Pedestrian at 18th and Hartford A woman was struck and killed by a Muni shuttle in Castro District this afternoon. According to reports "Police say the woman was at the corner of 18th and Hartford when she was
SF News Bus vs. Car Accident at Howard A Muni bus traveling down Howard hit a passing car -- no word yet on who's to blame -- but the accident, which has since been cleared, resulted in massive delays for folks
SF News Teens Robbed Riding Muni Bus Wednesday Night At around 8:45 p.m. Wednesday near the intersection of Brookdale Avenue and Santos Street, near the Cow Palace, two young folks, ages 15 and 19, were robbed on a Muni bus.
SF News Dennis Herrera's Plan to Fix Muni While BART gets torn to shreds as of late, let's redirect the unbridled hate where it belongs: on Muni. And because we almost feel bad about ribbing Dennis Herrera about his Sisters of
SF News Department of Homeland Security Bringing High Tech Surveillance to Muni Buses We know Muni's in-vehicle cameras work, we've enjoyed/gasped at footage of at least one accident in the past year, but the Municipal Railway's aging fuzzycams aren't sophisticated enough for the surveillance geeks
SF News Muni Doesn't Want You Riding With Despair So, we were just on the Muni underground. Miraculously, it was operating on time and only a little bit jerkily, but then again it isn't rush hour yet and we all know those
SF News McAllister Goes Both Ways This Week Citing "quicker bus service" as the main reason, a portion of McAllister Street between Hyde and Market will go into two-way traffic mode "after previously only allowing westbound traffic." The change will go
Arts & Entertainment Sexpigeon's Muni Shirts Now Available Online You know those stellar shirt Sexpigeon made a year or so ago, and sold at parks and bars around the city? You don't? Well, you simply must check them out at once. They're
SF News Muni Vehicles to Get More Corporate-Sponsored Decorations Or "advertisements" as people in the business like to call them. At yesterday's meeting, the Board of Supervisors narrowly approved an initiative to allow the SFMTA to completely cover Muni buses and trains
Arts & Entertainment 1980 Gay Party Poster for Castro Muni Station Uncovered Muni Diaries brings our attention to this groovy 1980 poster advertising a party for the opening of the Castro Muni station. D. Robert Foster, who sent MD the poster, notes: This is a
SF News Bayview Pastors React Charitably to Kenneth Harding Shooting Death In response to tension sparked by Kenneth Harding reportedly shooting himself to death while trying to evade fare police earlier this month, several pastors "stood on a Muni platform Monday in San Francisco's
SF News Muni Passengers Shot While Riding Bus Speaking of shooting, two Muni passengers were shot while riding the bus early Sunday morning. The incident happend in Visitacion Valley near Arleta and San Bruno avenues, presumably on a 90 Owl bus.
SF News False Alarm: BART Directors Don't Want Nat Ford Either Yesterday's rumor from the generally reliable Matier & Ross speculating that Nat Ford was in the running for BART's top spot was apparently way off base. According to a couple members of BART's
SF News Protest Planned Today Against SFPD for Bayview Self-Defense Shooting Death Oh dear. A protest is planned today in Dolores Park over the shooting death of murder suspect Kenneth Harding, 19, who was killed by SFPD officers in Bayview on Saturday after evading fare
SF News Ex-Muni Chief Nat Ford Could Be Ruining BART Next Nat Ford might be out at Muni, but as Chronicle super sleuths Matier and Ross report this morning, the much-loathed golden parachutist could be in the running to fill a vacancy as BART's
SF News Video Shows Graphic Scene Moments After SFPD-Involved Bayview Shooting Death With shouts of "fuck the police" filling the background, the following (very graphic) video shows SFPD officers just moments after they shot and killed armed 19-year-old Kenneth Harding on Saturday. You can see
SF News Muni Fare Evader Killed by SFPD Was Washington Murder Suspect SFPD has identified the man shot and killed by officers after a Muni fare inspection turned in to a shootout Saturday afternoon. According to the Chronicle this morning, SFPD identified the victim as
misc Run With The Bus: Race The 22-Fillmore Bus Next Week According to Muni, the 22-Fillmore route from the Marina Green to Geary takes anywhere between 22 just 17 minutes. You'll need strong legs if you want to run beat that time. See, on
Arts & Entertainment Urbane Studies With The Tenderloin Geographic Society, Volume 24: Muni or Death, A Mayor's Tale Remember that time the mayor wanted to do away with San Francisco's Cable Cars? Of course you don't, it was in the 1940s. Here now, the Tenderloin Geographic Society adds historical perspective to
SF News Downed Bus Wires Reroute Muni Lines Eight major Muni lines are affected tonight after power lines went down at Mission and Front in downtown San Francisco. The following Muni lines were rerouted due to the downed lines: F-Market, 6-Parnassus,
