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Muni to Presidio Commuters: "F**k You All"

You might accuse us of being overly cynical with our doom-and-gloom predictions of Muni's impending Second Meltdown, but nothing can mitigate that aspiring transit agency's daily f**k-ups. Case in point: the temporary

Dear Mr Ford: Special First Day Of Work Edition

So here you are, on your first day of work as the new new Muni transportation director. If your first day was anything like ours usually go, you've probably learned how to use

Take it to the Streets, and Take it Politely

There's a lot going on in this picture, snapped last night in the Castro Muni station (click it for a larger version), so let's begin our reading with the original author's intent. Those

Subway Disruption Illuminated

At about the same time that Nathaniel Ford takes over as the new head of Muni, using the subway is going to get very confusing. But don't panic: we've got tips here for

Thinking Outside the Boxer, Ha Ha Ha Bet She Never Heard That One Before

Whether or not you enjoy Barbara Boxer's senatorial antics, there's no denying she's a master of making grandiose gestures without actually committing to any specific action. Fer instance, she sent out some emails

SFist Rants: A Modest Public Transportation Proposal

While having to go through all the rigmarole of hopping on Caltrains and being at the least fifteen minutes late kind of sucks, what really chaps our hide is that we have a

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Come On And Take A Free (Or Cheap) Ride

Driving can be a real pain, as we're expected to retain a level of alcoholic responsibility while everyone else on the road appears to be hammered into oblivion. Taxis can be hard to

More Concrete, Please

Yeah, San Francisco's nice, we guess. But you know what it REALLY needs? Parking garages. Yeah, get rid of that stupid Yerba Buena garden, and that useless Golden Gate Park, and that , smelly

The 'Fisties: Most Ineffective Activism

But all those totally unsuccessful efforts pale in comparison to 2005's greatest activism-loser: the Muni fare strike. Because it could've been so awesome, if it had worked. There is no organization more loathed

Yes Siree Bob, It's Winter

The atheists and earthists out there (wish we had a hand sign we could flash right now) know today is the last crucial day of our year. It's the winter solstice. Today at

The 'Fisties: Best News Story 2005

So here's a random selection of our favorites from 2005. Did we leave out yours? Best Daly: Our favorite post this year? The provocative interview of Chris Daly's better half, of course! In

Another Muni Accident

As with December 5th's fatal accident, the victim was crossing the street as the bus was turning, but was apparently unseen by the driver. The victim, a middle aged white man, was taken

Wetter Than a [Fill In Tasteless Reference to Aroused Female Genitalia]

SFist Rita (always looking out for the staff) was worried about flooding in North Beach earlier this week, and now we can report the corners of Powell and Columbus on Union are now

Token Booklet Expiration Extended

We're big Muni token fans, as our Muni use is pretty much limited to daily weekday morning rides on the N Judah. When Muni announced that a token shortage necessitated creation of Muni

Muni Union Gnawing Off Own Leg?

But what happens when the union starts turning on itself? Being Stallone fans, we know where this can end up. Given the fearful power of our Local 250, could this schism be a

Google, Take Me Away

Our heart skipped a beat when we heard that some collaborative Twenty-Percent-Time at Google was being devoted to creating transit trip planners. We haven't bothered using the loathsome transit.511.org for a

Will We Get What We Paid For?

His base pay will be $298,000, but he has eligibility for up to "$337,000 when all compensation is taken into account." We got excited hearing that last bit, thinking "maybe they'll

You Can't Get There From Here ... Yet

Also on the agenda for the meeting: the Third Street Light Rail project is behind schedule and over budget. Suprise! Service will be start in fall of 2006 at the earliest -- what

It's Hammer -- And Pizza -- Time

She sent us to this craigslist entry, which contains identical verbiage to the one we posted earlier, except that it lists an additional audition venue: Monday November 21st between 7 -9 Round Table

Dear Ted's Boss: Ted Wasn't Lying, He Really DID Have to Wait 30 Minutes For the J. Again.

But what happens when NextBus tells us news we don't want to hear? Reader Ted W, who has sent us his J misery in the past, sent us the above screenshot this morning,

SF Examiner Letters in Reruns?

The always-vigilant Bay Area Transit News gets credit for pointing out the apparant Xeroxing. Only a few words were changed between his letter published on September 5th and the one published yesterday; that's

SFist Wants A Pony For Christmas

Known as "the holidays", this is the time of year when we have to quit blowing all our expendable income on candy and pr0n, and must use it instead to buy what they

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Interview: Rachael Sbuttoni

Hey, what's with the new cool SFist banner and block ads you can see all over the -ist network? Well, after an intense, breakneck reader contest, we had our winner, with Rachael Sbuttoni's

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Yvesdroppings Find Success Elusive

Guy on cell: "I lost forty pounds in the last 20 weeks! I want to look great in that courtroom." -- On the 21 @ Diviz On the Muni excalators at Civic Center, a

We Like NextBus and We Cannot Lie

http://www.nextbus.com/googleMap/test.jsp?a=sf-muni&r=31 Most buslines aren't on the system yet; if you enter a line that isn't wired, then the "Initializing Agency" message simply