SF News At Last, Muni Hires New Safety Chief Four months after a Muni agency report showed collisions between Muni buses and pedestrians "nearly doubled from the end of fiscal year 2006 to the same period in 2008," a new safety chief
SF News March MUNI Fast Pass Missing Something Can you guess what it is? If you guessed price, then you're right. The March 2009 Muni Fast Pass (a calming mix of sea green and sky blue) is missing its $45 tag.
SF News Angry Union Member Causes A.M. Muni Delay Around 70 Muni buses serving more than two dozen biodiesel buses were delayed this morning after a union steward with Transport Workers Union Local 250-A blocked the gate and prevented the buses from
SF News Did You Ride the 33 Outbound Yesterday Afternoon? ABC 7's Dan Noyes needs your help, public transit riders! It's for a story. According to his latest tweet, "I-Team's looking for anyone aboard MUNI bus 33 outbound yesterday @3:45pm who witnessed
SF News New Ads Ask: Why Islam? Baghdad by the Bay, indeed. But in all seriousness, the site is actually interesting. Check it out.
misc Translink - still a few bugs Now that there are working Translink readers on all Muni busses and trains, we decided to get a card. The card-getting process is easy - just sign up on the site as a
SF News Muni Feels Pretty Either you are the kind of person who feel giddy whenever a train passes, or you aren't. If you aren't, then there's simply no explaining the glee with which transit enthusiasts will receive
SF News Your New Year's Eve According to Muni: Free Like last year, Muni will be free tonight. Rejoice! Also, there will be additional service added and a few re-routes. Free service on New Year’s Eve (details below) Additional service: Metro Subway,
SF News Man Hit by Muni train Hospitalized with Life-threatening Injuries Over in fantastically quaint Glen Park, an unidentified man was struck by a Muni train (presumably the F-Market or J-Church) at San Jose Avenue and Randall Street. The accident happened at around 2:
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SF News Students Stabbed After getting into a heated argument on a MUNI bus, two 19-year-old college students were stabbed after exiting the bus. The two boys, according to reports, were injured at Sixth Avenue and Geary
misc This is Your Muni on Microsoft Snapped up by Flickr photog Mike G., this is the new system that replaced the "unreliable" OS/2 system. Let the hair pulling start...now.
SF News Can Muni run more express buses? A spot.us (a reader-supported news-ish site) pitch person wonders why most express buses stop by 8:30 a.m. (inbound) and 6:15 p.m. (outbound). Also, since most express lines are
SF News TransLink Update A few things: SFMTA is inviting an exclusive number of Muni customers to take part of the TransLink trial group and help get the system up to snuff. "The TransLink system is a
misc Oh, Muni, is There Nothing You Can't Break? And hey, while we're at it, when were you planning in replacing these dinosaurs with the far-more-readable NextBus ones?
SF News Central Subway One Step Closer to Becoming a Reality The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) announced yesterday that the feds have given the much-needed Central Subway its final environmental clearance. Praise God. The $1.3 billion plan will connect the new-ish
SF News Muni Executive Director Defers His Yearly Raise, Bonus As the SFMTA looks deep into the abyss of a budget deficit in the $40 million range, San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency chief Nathaniel Ford has decided he wants to halt the annual
SF News Update: Another Muni-Cyclist Accident After colliding with an elusive 16-X Muni bus on Upper Great Highway, a cyclist is in critical condition this morning. The crash happened at around 6:30 p.m. According to reports, the
SF News 10-Townsend Hits Cyclist The elusive 10-Townsend, according to Muni Diaries, hit a female cyclist this morning at Townsend and Fourth streets. I saw a young woman squirming in pain on the ground at Townsend and Fourth.
misc NextBus Completely Hornswaggled by Daylight Savings Time-Change But is it too much to ask that Muni explain the outage to riders by posting a message on NextBus signs? Apparently, yes; it is. So yesterday evening, we watched as perplexed bus
