SF News 22-Year-Old Cyclist Killed by Muni Bus A cyclist was killed Thursday night after a collision with the 44-O'Shaughnessy line at Sixth Avenue and Clement Street. The cyclist has been identified as 22-year-old Derek Allen, who, according to BCN (via
SF News Muni Reform Drama: Rafael Mandelman v. Scott Wiener Aaaand, we're off! Regarding to local politics, the election--at last--is getting good. See, a little drama sparked over the weekend after District 8 candidate Scott Wiener.sent out a mailer accusing his opponent,
SF News Muni Service Returns to Normal After a hellish morning commute on Muni -- outbound service was suspended, inbound was sluggish -- train service has returned to normal. SFMTA notes,"The severed signal cable that affected service this morning
SF News Muni Supends Outbound Train Service Service is suspended this morning on all Muni outbound trains (according to KRON) from Embarcadero to West Portal "due to a mechanical problem." Shuttle buses are running instead. Update: KCBS reports, "MUNI METRO:
SF News Rumor Mill: Muni Set for Driver Sick Out This Week Rumors continue to surface that, at some point this week, Muni drivers might call in sick en masse. SFist showed you this delightfully fury-inducing flier last week, a suspicious missive that encouraged drivers
SF News Read the Full Muni Sickout Flier, and Get Angry An anonymous flier has circulated among Muni drivers encouraging a sickout next week, from September 13 to September 17, to protest the August revamping of Muni's sick leave policy. Basically, as the Snitch
SF News Man Struck, Killed By 47 Van Ness Bus Update: The death was ruled a suicide. A man was struck and killed by the 47 Van Ness bus on Saturday evening at South Van Ness and Market. Some witnesses say they saw
SF News Teen Arrested In Alleged Gay Attack On Muni Police have arrested a 15-year-old boy this week suspected, along with others, of beating Zachary Davenport, a gay man, on Muni on August 14. Davenport, according to reports, "was getting off the J-Church
SF News Behold: An Embroidered Muni Transfer Muni Diaries brings out attention to this nifty bit embroidery. As you can tell, it's a Muni transfer as conceived by Flickr user tweetsweet.
SF News Muni to Reinstate 61 Percent of Previous Service Cuts Your super crowded and sporadic bus line just might get closer to the way it was before those nasty service cuts took place in May. (Unless the whole line was cut, of course.
SF News A Word About the Clipper Cards And Why They Already Fail SFist Jay decided to use his first Clipper card yesterday, given that it was August 1st and Muni is phasing out the paper FastPasses soon. Having procured a free card from one of
Arts & Entertainment Central Subway Public Art Competition Winners Announced Director of Cultural Affairs for the San Francisco Arts Commission (SFAC) Luis R. Cancel announced the winners of the Central Subway art installation contest today. Six local and national artists were chosen to
misc Visualization of Muni Movement Jeff Hunt of Muni Diaries brings our attention to this wonderful visualization of Muni movement. Using data provided by NextBus, Eric Fischer "posted an animated version of Muni vehicle movements for all of
SF News SFPD Arrests Muni Mechanic in Illegal Transfer Sting SFPD's Twitter and Facebook feeds garner many fascinating reports, such as the previously mentioned unsolved armed robbery case. Another recent report boasts of a successful sting operation geared toward combating illegal Late Night
misc Relevant Facebook Status Update of the Day Via R.B.: "exciting bus rides today... one guy decided to put his body under the back bus tire after getting thrown off for smearing ravioli on all the seats, and seriously almost
misc Photo du Jour 670 "Cutest muzzle of all time?" by Got My Pass In Here Somewhere. (Hat tip: Eve Batey)
misc Afternoon Palate Cleanser: 38 Geary (1996) 38 Geary, directed by Dave Gebroe (1996) from Mike Spiegelman on Vimeo. Artsy short film from the mid-90s, 38 Geary, was shot on Super 8 by Dave Gebroe, starring Mike Spiegelman (who will
SF News Muni Holds Hearing On Restoring Service Muni is holding a hearing today to discuss/debate the restoration of more than half the service cuts they made this past spring, which they say can happen by September. They're crediting "stronger
SF News 31-Balboa Crash Injures Two Whoops. At around midnight last night, the 31-Balboa fell victim to a sinister crash with another vehicle at 36th Avenue and Balboa Street. According to BCN (via SF Appeal), "Two people were reportedly
SF News Muni Drivers Reject Contract Concessions, Muni Head Not Giving Up Despite Gavin's threats of "real consequences" if they didn't vote his way, Muni bus, metro, and cable car operators voted 747 to 548 yesterday last Friday to reject the proposed contract concessions aimed
SF News Fast Passes Phasing Out in October, Translink Is Becoming Clipper, and More Change is afoot in your commute, ladies and gentlemen. As of late June, you'll no longer be able to buy Muni Fast Passes online, and as of October those fun, colorful, ever-changing paper
