SF News May Muni Payout: $61,176.13 We can't get any details on this month's cases, sadly, because the SF Superior Court website seems to have been completely demolished. (Maybe the SFMTA website ran into it.) We have it on
SF News Mr. Ford Assesses So let's start with the story in the Chron, the main gist of which is "happy days are here again." Or, as they call it "Transit chief upbeat on Muni." The story is
SF News The "No Duh" Story of the Day The study looked into the idea of creating bus only lines, either the center lane or outside lanes. One scenario envisioned would consist of two lanes towards the center with an island dividing
SF News News Shocker: Muni Aware of its own Shortcomings In case you were wondering how Muni was going to explain the near-meltdown two weeks ago, look no further than the agenda for the April 25th meeting of the Citizen's Advisory Committee. (It's
SF News We Are Family In his speech, Gavin added that he understands why people would feel the need to leave the city as his mother did the same when Gavin was just a wee little lad. Have
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Celebrated for its Excellence There's a heated and productive conversation happening over in our earlier post about Muni's dangerous plan to get bus-mounted cameras with optional bayonets and gatling guns. One of the best comments (and we
SF News Breaking News-- People Don't Pay Full Fares on Cable Cars This information was uncovered by the MTA's crack team of Muni riding Ninjas who rode the cable car forty-two times and took notes. The good news is that the Muni Ninjas didn’t'
SF News Smile For the Camera, Double Parkers The plan would have cameras placed on Muni buses that face outwards and take videos of their drives. Maybe they could post it online so everyone could see what they’re drives are
SF News In Which We Construct a Confusing "New Coke" Metaphor Muni's outreach for the meeting consisted of placing Chinese-only posters in buses in February (they're still up, BTW) and mailing out "several" flyers. According to the report, "staff expected 60-80 youth ... however, the
SF News We're Only Average The survey, conducted by the City Services Auditor found that while the city's grades seem to be improving from the last survey in 2005, they still aren't that great. In fact, in the
SF News Get Thee to the J-Church on Time During May, June, and July, Muni's going to be throwing every tool in their arsenal directly at the J. As one of the worst-performing lines, they're experimenting to see what it takes to
SF News April Muni Payout Part Two: $33,275 More controversial is a case in which a blind, partially-deaf subway rider stepped off the platform, thinking he was in front of the doors, and discovered that he'd fallen between two trains. The
SF News "Ask a Muni Driver" Bids You a Farwell If anything, we hoped to show that not every Muni driver is bad and that they're well aware of the problems with our transit system. There are bad drivers out there, but there
SF News Muni Drivers' Union Boss: "I feel the system works now." Fun fact: Muni is required to pay its drivers based on what the two highest-paying transit systems in the country offer. Right now, that works out to about $27 an hour, and amazingly,
SF News Muni Discovery: Windshield Wipers not an Adequite Remedy for Flop Sweat UPDATE! Let's just pretend that our embarassingly mispelled hedline is a Lindsay Lohan joke. Yeah, sure, that's the ticket. Thanks for sending in pix and video of your own experiences with Muni's near-meltdown
SF News Muni: "I'm melllllting! Melllllllllllting! Oh, what a world, what a world!" So, how's that commute going, subway riders? Any better today? More Muni-Meltdown, or less Muni-Meltdown? Above, we've embedded an animation of Metro activity yesterday afternoon; call us crazy, but is seems as though
SF News "We recognize that the quality of service Muni has provided is unacceptable." UPDATE! Since this post went up 45 minutes ago, Muni has removed the apology from its site. We expect a new statement to be issued any minute, declaring that Muni regrets nothing, would
SF News The T-Third S-Staggers to L-Life This is the first official week of service on the T line. And it's not all roses and rainbows -- this weekend saw delays, bunching, and nice long waits. At one point, the
SF News Hacking Muni Part Two: What to do When You Realize That it's Impossible. Gather evidence. Take photos or screengrabs, and post them to Flickr so you can point out how effed-up the situation was. Even better: take video, and post it to Guba. Write down the
SF News Support our Troops' Trips From October 4 to October 9, all military personnel can ride Muni free of charge. With their Army-strong training in orienteering and reconnaissance, will soldiers have better luck navigating our local bus labyrinth?
SF News Hacking Muni Part One: How to Try to Catch a Bus We are SO THRILLED thatGavin wants to rescind parking passes and also to have all city vehicles impounded and converted into community gardens. Not only does that mean fewer cars on the road,
SF News Could a Skirt Have Saved Xiao Feng Deng's Life? Would skirts have helped? From some accounts, the victim was hit by the side of the bus as it turned, and pushed under the wheel. That certainly sounds plausible; we personally witnessed, a
SF News April Muni Payout: $107,425.49 Other big winners: Amal Elmoraly, getting $14,559; Kathleen Callinan getting $9,640.99, Erin Altman getting $5,949.50, Veronica Ogletree getting $4,500, and Ismath Hussain getting $3776. Those cases were
SF News Gotta Catch 'em All We love when bus riders catch Muni meltdowns in any format -- on tape, photos, or screengrabs. Seriously, it makes us giddy. But one reader pointed out yesterday that screengrabbing isn't an immediately
