muni - SFist - San Francisco News, Restaurants, Events, & Sports

Woman Slashed With Knife at Muni Stop

It that that seems a day can't go by without some sort of danger happening with Muni transportation. This time an argument between a man and a woman at the Seventh Street and

Arts & Entertainment

Divisadero: Smelly, Dirty, Dangerous, and We Liked it That Way

Ah, beautiful Diviz. Is there no boulevard more perfect, more blissful? When we think "nice places to take an afternoon constitutional," we are drawn instantly to its divine charm. It is, simply put,

Don't Forget to Tip Your Driver, or Brakeman

When our relative from out of town just had to ride a cable car before his departure from our superior city, we decided to indulge him and follow some tracks until we caught

Long Wait; Tight Squeeze

This photo was taken last Wednesday at Fulton and Masonic around 7pm. You can't possibly imagine how packed this bus was -- people stepping on each other, on each others' laps, holding the

Hey, Here's Some Vaguely Interesting Filler that we can Post During the Weekend

Well, actually, Muni's only tracking one event that far into the future: the SF Marathon. We can't believe the dates have already been set for the next decade's worth of running, but see

UPDATE: Good Deed = Stabbing

While riding the 14-Mission, a 50-year-old man received a few non-fatal but violent stabs to the chest after coming to the rescue of an elderly woman. It seems that she was slapped during

Muni's Weekend Guide

(And of course, if you enjoy online scavenger hunts, you can also attempt to get this info on Muni's website.) So what's on Muni's radar this weekend? The Noe Valley Harvest Festival! The

SFist Blotter

Bad day on the transportation front yesterday: so someone got stabbed on a MUNI bus yesterday afternoon around 1 p.m. at 16th Street and Mission, and on the morning commute, southbound 880

SF's Continuing Crime Fiesta: Bus Stabbing

No signs of slowing down: Someone was stabbed on a MUNI bus at 16th and Mission today a little past 1 p.m. this afternoon. "One person was transported to a hospital with

The Return of Ask a Muni Security Guy

How people used to get trained at security: We used to put them through a minimum of 40 hour orientation / training to include: -- uniform issuance, locker issuance, etc. -- the MUNI system

At Least You Weren't On This Bus

Yes, the Metro trains yesterday were all screwed up, but it could have been worse. We saw the ad above on a #22 and...shudder.

Muni Almost Kills Someone

The man being dragged was fine. The driver of said L-line, of course, was pissed, "yelling, 'Who pulled the release bar?'" Muni spokeswoman Maggie Lynch says that streetcar doors aren't designed like

Muni - Wanna Guess Where This Is Going?

If you're unlucky enough to be a regular Muni rider, you may have followed the ongoing ridiculousness involving the NextMuni displays at Church Street Station. As you can see above, the display now

Darling MUNI LCD Screens Colorful, Nascent

On the sunnier side, at least the outbound J-Church and N-Judah intervals are almost spot-on.

Yay for Buses and Oxygen! Boooo for Pretending that Hummers are "Low-Emission"!

So, obviously, SFist can't even pretend to be neutral when it comes to Prop A. We've been covering its progress for months, and now it's evolved into a smart, fair compromise that has

Oh Muni, Come On....

Remember last week when we saw those fun pretend displays that Muni put up in Church Station for no discernible reason? We were down in Church Station yesterday, and we were pleased to

MUNI Bus Smacks Pedestrian On 24th Street Last Night

Last night -- according to fredsharples, who took these shots, found on SFist Contribute -- a pedestrian was (reportedly) hit by a MUNI bus at around 7 p.m. on 24th Street between

Ew. What’s Up With All That Goo?

Residents suspect some sort of oil spill as being the culprit. The city, surprise surprise, hasn’t been all that helpful. Samples were taken months ago by the city, but residents have yet

The Telephone Hour

From the moment you first plugged it in, your home telephone has been waiting for the moment when its existence would be justified. And now! At last! The Gavin Newsom '08 Phone Bank

MUNI - Inscrutable, or Just Wasteful?

If you're like us, you noticed that MUNI put up these little paintings in several stations a few weeks ago. The one pictured above is at the Church Street station, right when you

Day Around The Bay

-- RIP: Chronicle cartoonist Phil Frank dies. [Chron] -- Busted water pipe downtown = Bay Bridge entrance difficulties. [ABC 7] -- What a good idea! MUNI cop ride-alongs. (Oh, you know you also love

Arts & Entertainment

We Read The Weeklies

Next up, a completely not soaked with alcohol East Bay Express: Hey, we just picked our issue up with the classifieds side up and you can go to LA on a Price Is

Shakedown 1979

h, 1979…"I Will Survive" topped the charts and Bette Midler gave us "the Rose" (love, it is a river, you know). ESPN came into existence, the kids were into "Captain Caveman," and

Happy Birfday BART

Tomorrow BART celebrates 35 years of hauling your asses around. Revenue service began on 9/11 in 1972. Since then, according to BART Board President Lynette Sweet, BART has continued to "carry the

September Muni Payout: $34,609.05

There's only three claims being paid off this month, none of which are particularly tantalizing. Some Muni person dropped something on someone's foot, and they're getting $15,000 -- that sort of thing.