SF News Delays: Not Just For BART Anymore The other MUNI rail-line to experience trouble was the J which this morning also went down. The trouble there was not wind related, but an issue with the "pantograph." The pantograph is not
misc The Return of Dear Mr. Ford A reader writes in to ask one of the biggest questions there is about MUNI: I've attached a screenshot of the J Church train on a Friday night, according to Next Muni's site.
SF News On No N Judah! The train's untimely passing occurred at 11 this morning, and the tracks remain blocked as of this writing (3:20 p.m.). Muni is running shuttle buses to get SoMa passengers to and
Arts & Entertainment Fun On Public Transit It's so much fun to complain about public transportation that we sometimes forget it's almost just as fun to take it (well, sometimes, anyways.) Here's two events that'll bring a bright ding-ding to
misc Dear Mr Ford: We Go First Person On Your Ass So, I'm on the N Judah this morning, around 8:45. I'm seated when I feel someone leaning on me. Lord help me, I look up, all annoyed, when I realize that the
SF News We're Betting on iTunes We have a lot of the screeners lying on our desk, gazing at us reproachfully as we while away the hours watching Tyra crap out on stripping and . We're pretty dubious that we're
Arts & Entertainment SF IndieFest: <i>Jimmy and Judy</i> High praise indeed! While we had hoped to see the film on the big screen at its IndieFest premiere on February 4, when we heard that Edward Furlong and Rachael Bella, the stars
SF News Undercover Gavin While his going undercover is eminently snark-worthy, it is the typical politician who gets dinged for living too much in the bubble and not with the public. Would His Willieness ever feign riding
Arts & Entertainment 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
SF News 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
misc SFist Holiday Gift Guide: Upper Playground Upper Playground is the real San Francisco treat, with apparel, accessories, lit, and art that has that safely countercultural vibe. Pick up a vintage polo for the office cool guy, a FIFTY24SF t
Arts & Entertainment Yvesdroppings Are Very Worldly Teacher: "You could have him gesturing at stuff." Student: "He can't gesture! He's British!" -- Academy of Art University Woman: "You know, in Georgian Republic, I was very religious, but it was banned.
SF News Again? Reports that SBC plans to rename itself AT&T after their proposed merger (which regulators are expected to approve shortly) have us thinking less about the issues of corporate consolidation and more
SF News Your Commute: BART Makes a Boo-Boo So, to make up for it, they've decided to add service and add the numbers of trains put on each run. It won't be back like it was before and people not going
SF News London Public Transportation Evacuated For the second time in as many weeks, our pals at Londonist have provided minute-by-minute reporting on what is presently being reported as another terrorist attack on London. Described as "not a major
misc SFist Rants: An Open Letter to Muni We were having such a great week that we didn't even publish a Rant. Unfortunately, all of this changed when we got on the N Judah this morning. Expand to see the letter
SF News SFist Raves: Ocean Beach Many readers took issue with our rave about the N Judah, all of whom making points we acknowledge as valid. However, we'll brook no such argument when it comes to Ocean Beach, this
SF News SFist Raves: The N Judah We complain about MUNI all the time, and we're not about to take it back. But like all great passionate affairs, our hate, anger, frustration, and disappointment is tempered by deep love, like
SF News BART! For those of you wondering why BART has been almost MUNI-like, it's because of a little software glitch that's throwing everything off. Due to that little glitch, switching equipment is malfunctioning somewhere between
Arts & Entertainment Beauty's Where You Find It SFist is the first to admit that we subscribe to a sh**load of magazines. The upside of this is tons of fun reading for the N Judah, gym, and plane ride. The