SF News When Kids Invade Muni The above photo of the adorable little ones on their way to the Symphony was taken by Flickr user Alie Slavin. The expression on every face pictured is priceless, especially the adults' in
SF News Ask a Muni Security Guy And with that, let's get it on. It'd be cool if the streetcars could have fare machines in the cars like the ones on the platforms out on the Embarcadero. Sometimes you can't
SF News NextBus TextMarks are at Your Service And: Ariel Poler, the CEO of TextMarks, has caught wind of our DIY transit project. In a comment on our last post, he writes, "I LOVE how you are using our service! If
SF News June Muni Payout: $15,272.53 (With The Possibility of $300,000 More!) Details are sadly limited, but apparently, back in 2005, a Mr. Smith and Ms. Jones (their real names!) were crossing the street when the 19 broadsided them. Ker-pow. That'll be $300,000, please.
SF News Ask a Muni Driver Our driver begins: Before I start on a new topic, I’d like to add an addendum to last week’s post. When I was talking about schedules, I was referring only to
SF News Muni's Fastpass Treasurehunt Flickr user JM3 reports a heck of a time finding a Muni pass -- despite going to a Muni station to obtain one, he had to get on the train and ride a
SF News Why Nobody Goes to the Richmond So it's videos of the 38 you want, is it, Diego? Well, knock yourself the hell out with the above movie. The 38 isn't officially wired for NextMuni yet, so it looks kinda
misc Elsewhere in the Ist-a-verse All across the Ist-A-Verse (or at least the American parts thereof), writers and editors are in the midst of enjoying their three-day weekend. But after the week we've all had, we feel like
SF News Day Around The Bay --They reopened the Macarthur Maze! And of course, now the bridge is backed up. --TiVo is getting a lot of angry emails after the triumphant conclusion of American Idol was cut off by
SF News Ask a Muni Security Guy Part II And away we go... Why do the fare inspectors seem to cluster together in packs of 4 or more? Safety in numbers? Or because it's an easier way to check for passes/transfers?
SF News Ask a Muni Security Guy Then there's last week's story about Aaron Peskin trying to propose new rules to make paying Muni fines easier then we guess the process is now (as we've never been fined-- we once
Arts & Entertainment The Stranger Thinks That We Are Awesome We complain a lot about San Francisco -- MUNI is a disaster, the homeless guy down the street left his post-digested lunch on our doorstep again, our bicyclists are psychopaths, our supervisors accept
SF News Oh No, Ed Jew!: A Trip To China Aaron Peskin seems to have moved away from his original "let's see what happens and maybe it's all a big mistake" position, since he's now saying Jew has brought "dishonor" to the Board
SF News Muni Discovers Cartography: THE WAVE OF THE FUTURE This notice of service changes offers up two different map formats (one simple, one confusing). Which is your favorite? We prefer the one that doesn't look like a trail of drunken ants on
Arts & Entertainment Design Remix Here At SFist This top menu lineup will soon change; keep those eyes peeled. We're thinking we'll put up easy links to search by category, like MUNI, politics, and burritos -- so let us know if
SF News Let's Ride Muni to the Lazyweb Since Muni has been made reluctant, thanks to the union, to release any details from customers' complaints, let's start our own website where people can submit reports. The data from those reports would
SF News It's Like Having Your Own Personal I-Team! We like to compile these little time-lapses of the 33, since that's the bus we take to work every day. But would you like us to make one of your favorite route? Just
SF News The Return of Ask a Muni Driver And, as always, if you have a question you'd like to ask, e-mail us at editor at SFist.com {Disclaimer: I am not an official spokesperson for anything except my opinion as a
SF News Our Kingdom For a Bus We stumbled out of the park around 2 in the afternoon, full of that dread that comes from being tired, sun fried, and a little drunk and knowing that there was no easy
Arts & Entertainment Top 5 Comments Of The Week Hi, folks -- as promised, here's our very first "Top 5 Comments Of The Week Audio Podcast." While there's a clear reason we're not in radio, we hope you'll check out this five
SF News Day Around The Bay --Whoa, Ed Jew! See below. Aaron Peskin told the I-Team that the FBI was searching Jew's City Hall office for "$100 bills with specific serial numbers listed." That does not sound good at
SF News Running in Circles Remember our earlier post about how Muni's not going to be providing much information at Bay to Breakers? You'll be delighted to hear that Muni will, in fact, provide "special posting" of their
SF News Leaked Muni Memo: "we need to take steps to ensure that unacceptable conduct does not continue" There's probably no shortage of folks who'll claim that this is yet another polite platitude. But check out this leaked Muni memo from Nat Ford: "we need to take steps to ensure that
SF News Bay to Breakers Approaching; Bring Your Rollerskates in Case You Can't Catch a Bus Remember how effed-up Muni was at last year's Bay to Breakers, with no signs and riders vomiting and drivers getting lost and nobody having any idea how to get anywhere? Yeah, it's probably
