SF News Volunteer Oversight Panel Thinks Central Subway is Expensive, Not That Great In a 55-page report released yesterday, a Civil Grand Jury tasked with keeping an eye on SFMTA's Central Subway Project called out the project for being too expensive and poorly laid out. While
SF News Muni Breaks a Nice Lady's Apartment Window A dear reader sent in some photos of an unfortunate Muni mishap this morning: one of the 30-Stockton's antennae has popped loose to wreak havoc -- havoc! -- on the apartment window of
SF News T-Third Toucher at Large? Described as a 6-foot-plus man who tends to sits in the two-person seats n the T-Third line, an alleged molester is on the loose on Muni. According to a Muni Diaries contributor, "He
SF News Reminder: Muni Passes, Cable Car Fares and Tolls Get a Bit More Expensive Today Sales taxes might be dropping slightly today, but prices for services getting you around the Bay Area are going up a bit. Muni's regular monthly Fast Passes got a $2 bump, so you'll
SF News SFMTA Approves Nat Ford's Big Payout While Pool of Replacement Candidates Shrinks Slightly At the SFMTA meeting last night, board members unanimously approved Nat Ford's $384,000 separation agreement. That "poof" sound you're hearing is Ford's golden parachute deploying to slow his fall after years of
SF News Once Again Folks, There's a Big Mess on the Muni Underground [Updated] Hope you don't need to get anywhere in a hurry right now on the Muni Metro. We're receiving reports from the Ex and Twitter (via Muni Diaries) that the Muni underground is running
SF News SFMTA Chief Nat Ford Leaving His Job Nathaniel Ford, the (infamous?) San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency chief, plans on leaving his job later this month. The Chronicle, who broke the news, reports: "The governing board will meet in closed session
SF News Able-Bodied Reporter Faster Than Cable Car In the latest edition of the Examiner's Man vs. Muni series, reporter Will Reisman again challenges one of Muni's notoriously slow transit lines to a friendly contest. This time it's the $6 fares
SF News Google Maps Brings In Real-Time Transit Data Edging ever closer to omnipotence, the big G has added real-time transit data to Google Maps. If you've ever tried to catch a bus or BART train based on Google's arrival in the
SF News Muni Operators Emphatically Reject Union Deal, Don't Like SFMTA's PR Flack The tentative union deal between the Transit Workers Union and the SFMTA flamed out pretty hard yesterday. The Transit Worker's Union rejected SFMTA's proposal by an overwhelming margin, once again going against the
SF News K-T Morning Commuters Get Stuck on Barfy Train A morning Muni nightmare occurred Thursday when a passenger lost his breakfast (or Wednesday night's dinner, we don't know what kind of morning meal habits you people have) on an outbound K-T train.
SF News That Service Animal You Like to Bring Everywhere For Emotional Support? You May Soon Be Denied. We're just now catching wind of the fact that, back in March, the federal government quietly changed the definition of "service animal" under the Americans With Disabilities Act to include only dogs and
SF News Muni Allows New Awkward Thing on Buses Folding bicycles, the nerdy mode of self-propelled transportation preferred by anyone who has to go more then 4 blocks from home to train or train to office, will now be allowed on all
SF News Muni Drivers Now Literally Under Attack As the Examiner reports today, assault cases against Muni drivers have shot up this year. In April alone, ten cases of assault against operators were reported. Or if you prefer to look at
SF News Muni Cameras Prevail: Violin Thief Apprehended Scott Sylvester, the man spotted making off with a $23,000 violin on Muni, was arrested yesterday. According to the Examiner, Sylvester left the violin with a Priest at St. Mary's Cathedral yesterday
misc Relevant Facebook Status Update Of The Day Via MLG: "Yesterday's commute involved a "suspicious package". Today's involved a fainting woman. Bus driver drove bus to nearest fire station and parked so that she could get medical assistance. Every day another
SF News Man vs. 14-Mission Footrace Ends in Facepunch This morning, the Examiner returns with the third installment of their Man vs. Muni series in which an intrepid transit reporter bravely walks some number of blocks along a busy Muni route to
SF News Your Morning Muni Delays Two issues snarl your Monday Muni commute today. First, a suspicious package found in the Sunset caused delays with both inbound and outbound portions of the N-Judah at 8th Ave. and Irving. Shuttle
SF News Teen Pepper-Sprays Alleged Assailant on 14 Mission, Plus Two Elderly Passengers, Driver A 17-year-old girl told police she was accosted by an older man on a crowded southbound 14 Mission bus this afternoon at 16th and Mission a little after 3:30 p.m. Acting
SF News Muni Gone Wild: Driver Gives Family the Boot, 24-Divisadero Now Home to Worst-Behaved Operators After last week's texting-while-driving scandal on the 24-Divisadero, Muni is about to have another terrible day for PR. According to witnesses quoted on the Examiner, over the weekend a Muni driver on the
SF News Man Shot By Teens Expected To Survive The 19-year-old man shot by teens getting off the 44 O'Shaughnessy on Thursday is expected to survive. If you recall, young men, described as being between 13 and 15 years old, got off
SF News Man Shot by Teens Getting Off Muni Bus An 18-year-old 19-year-old man was shot by a group of teens getting off a Muni bus in the city's janky Bayview district this morning. "The shooting was reported at 8:02 a.m.
