14 posts tagged “muni”

If you're looking for some spiritual guidance, I suggest the two creations Sean Timberlake posted at Hedonia, both made with Hangar One's amazing Chipotle Vodka.

Dateline Los Gatos: Bitter cheating ex-wife bitches to "Doctor Phil" about her ex-husband's post-divorce success, gets like totally pwned on the show, blames it on taking drugs and bad editing. Bonus: The comments on the story.

SFist continues the Google Maps quirk log with a look at what appears to be a N Judah the size of a BART consist.

Unprepared: People trying to get a passport not happy about having to wait twelve-plus weeks for one. I have moderate amounts of pity, but honestly, kids, the logjam-generating passport requirements for travel to Mexico and Canada weren't exactly state secrets.

Today's selections from SFGate:

eHarmony gets matched with a lawsuit accusing the company of discriminating against gays and lesbians. The suit was filed in California, where such discrimination is illegal. Lawyers for the Christian-themed dating service equated it to suing a sushi bar for not serving Blanquette de veau.

 "You dare to rape people's will, betray us, and threaten the community," said the newspaper ad directed at two legislators opposing a Chinatown expansion of City College.

They failed at math, bought homes they couldn't afford and at least one California legislator wanted to save them from foreclosure. Alas, the bill to save idiots who attempted to live beyond their means dies a quick death in committee.

As I discovered during my move from Seattle to San Francisco, wifi in the car makes the trip -- and finding stuff along the way -- much, much easier. Tom set up his own wifi solution (a Sprint EVDO router), which is trivially easy to do. Since mobile wifi seems to be the sort of thing that is quite handy when traveling, it makes sense that Avis is now offering it with car rentals from SF International Airport.

SF Supervisor Aaron "sources say" Peskin is offering a ballot measure that he says will improve MUNI. The unions are already screaming a blue streak about it, which means it just might be effective, if approved by voters.

We're a little funny, a little kooky, here in California. One of our wacky beliefs is that the people who represent us at the city level should actually live in that city. The San Francisco City Attorney isn't quite sure if SF Supervisor Ed Jew (whose offices and home were searched by the FBI last Friday for clues in a corruption investigation) actually lives in the city. The Chronicle helpfully points out that water to his primary San Francisco residence wasn't turned on until 60 days after residency requirements kicked in, and that neighbors rarely, if ever, see him or his family in the neighborhood.

I can admit that sometimes I'm too self-conscious for my own good, and that I especially hate making mistakes or looking like a complete fool in public. Whenever I'm in a new place and situation, I tend to hang back and watch what other people are doing before I dive into the fray, so that's why I really like this quick list of San Francisco "guides for n00bs" as written by one Yelp contributor. I think I'll do my own Yelp reviews in this format from now on.

If that's not to your taste, perhaps you'll appreciate a subjective list of "REAL Chinese food in the Bay Area."

MUNI means business: Nat Ford sent out a diplomatic (and leaked) memo to his management team requesting "that everyone participate in representing the best interests of our organization, the City, and our patrons by following SFMTA's standards for performance." In the business world, this are usually the type of memo that arrives a few months before mass firings begin (at which point everyone realizes "oh shit, management means business" and real change occurs).

Bay Area foodies are kinda-sorta-yes-really pissed off at Slow Food maven Carlo Petrini for slamming the organic wares of the Ferry Building's farmers market as being tailored for "a clientele whose social status was pretty clear: either wealthy or very wealthy".

In the why-bother department, a major hotel chain approached Rosas Farms about using their organic and grass-fed beef in that chain's restaurants. All went well until they demanded all incoming meat be irradiated as part of "a risk management thing." The Rosas showed the hotel executives the door and Erin Rosa wrote some informative words about irradiation.

Democrats may be the Congressional majority (by a slim margin), which at least allows us some point-and-laugh room

when the more shrill of the wingnuts start ranting. This time, Sadly, No! mocks the latest utterances of Debbie Schlussel -- she's some sort of columnist, I guess -- who has decided that Muslim doctor = medical terrorist. Stay classy, Debbie.

And speaking of things that make wingnut conservatives scream, read an excerpt from Al Gore's upcoming book The Assault On Reason.

In the latest chapter of the ongoing serial known as Oh My God Best Buy Sucks, the kids over at Consumerist feature a letter from the latest happy customer victim of the Big Blue Box. It's titled Best Buy Stole My Computer and I think you can figure out the contents on your own.

This Link Lounge is not brought to you by Dee's Nuts, the salty snack treat that's been filtered through a pair of breasts.

MUNI had a few contractors over for show and tell at City Hall today, showing off models of proposed bus shelters to replace the aging structures you now see throughout San Francisco. I snapped about fifty semi-blurry camera photos, which you can see in this set at Flickr.

My favorite:

There was also this proposed BART/MUNI entrance, which I am in favor of being adopted:

The professional pictures from SFMTA's photographer should be available on the official Web site by Monday afternoon.

Or you could see them at City Hall, they're on display tomorrow, too.

SOMA developers get an overdue bitchslap from the Board of Supes. Who knew they'd have a problem with builders creating studio condos for the rich abusing a post-Loma Prieta rule designed to ensure ample housing supplies for the poor. On the other hand, one might make the case that a $350K studio condo is affordable housing in San Francisco.

Tenderloin residents march on City Hall over crime issues. Less crime is always a good thing, but after my own experiences in trying to get the City's attention in a pre-dotcom SF for similar problems in the Mission, I hope you'll pardon my jaded response that the only reason TL residents get press coverage and official attention is that the number of professional white people living there has reached a critical mass.

In a surprising and unexpected revelation, one of MUNI's most complained-about drivers allegedly ignores passenger safety, continues driving without alerting police or activating emergency strobes when muggings and assaults occur on his runs. ABC7 interviewed the driver for this story, and in my opinion he comes across as a liar.

Wondering why it's going to cost you ten bucks to get into the KFOG Kaboom festival this year? SF Party Party says it's because Gavin Newsom's administration has increased usage fees by 100 percent. Some say this is the latest assault from the Mayor's anti-fun brigade that's killing off street fairs and park events left and right. While I think the trend is somewhat alarming, I have to wonder if there was anything to the fees being too low to be fair to San Francisco. If someone has to pay for all the bridge-and-tunnel types to have a grand time in The City, I'd rather it be the users of the event, thanks very much.

MUNI Graveyard

Public transportation on Third Street began as a horsecar line and converted to electric streetcar service around the turn of the century. Buses replaced the 15 streetcar line beginning June 23, 1940.

On a regular weekday, buses on the 15-Third line traveled approximately 2,500 miles, taking passengers from City College to Fisherman’s Wharf and back.  After 67 years of service to the public, the 15-Third bus line retires April 7, 2007.

And with that, MUNI ended one of the system's workhorse bus lines, replaced with a shiny new light rail line that took almost 20 years from conception to completion.

Some, including Metroblogging San Francisco contributor Mark Pritchard, have fond memories of people and places the bus connected them with over the years. Others, including a MUNI motorman going by the name of trolleypup on LiveJournal, warn that Monday's commute might be... well, I'll let him say it:

Monday...Muni Meltdown II ... Expect slow going in Metro with the profusion of overlapping service.

I would suggest that tomorrow's commuters take advice from Harvey Fierstein's character in Mrs. Doubtfire:

Alright, everyone... let's pray.

Find out the same way InfoWorld staffers found out their publisher planned to ditch their print vision. Surprise!

Did a totally hot guy knock on your door the other day with a tale of raising money to take a trip with his university rugby team? You've been scammed.

CA Dems would like Jerry Brown to be the next governor of California, again. What in reincarnation is going on here?

Why don't you appreciate the Bay Bridge more? You should, you know. Personally, I appreciate it more by night when it's in lights.

MUNI is officially retiring the 15 line, because the Third Street light rail project is

about to start operating daily. The 15 started in 1940, when it replaced a streetcar line.

Quote Of The Day: Remarking on an Metblogs SF entry about having one's laundry boosted from communal washing space, Jason commiserated with his own experiences, ending with: The next day I got to call into work and say, "I may not be coming in today. I no longer own any pants."

Who in the hell thought encouraging people to dig for treasure in a cemetery was a good idea? Dr. Pepper, that's who. Never mind, it's been called off.

The Examiner's Ken Garcia is in favor of MUNI inspectors fining fare evaders, unless the scofflaw happens to be his daughter, at which point they should realize it's just circumstances and give the kid a break. The N-Judah Chronicle calls this what it is: Fare evader junkie logic.

Seattle Storm fans may want to consider that the team's new owners contribute heavily to anti-gay political action committees.

If this clip about Hollywood working stiffs was indeed rejected for the Academy Awards show last night, I think it had less to do with any implied conspiracy theory and more to do with it being a hackneyed piece of crap.

Although I won't be getting one because you'd have to be insane to buy first generation Apple hardware (not to mention switching to Cingular) , I really like the iPhone commercial.

In the timing-is-everything dept., Bill Gates gushes enthusiastically about the innovation of High-Tech Bayshore, a Bay Area high school, as a shining beacon of innovation -- the day after it closes.

When the lights go down in The City: Two thousand folks in SoMA are powerless this morning, which certainly explains the dearth of rush-hour snark on the Internets.

NSFW fun from the 100 Worst Porn Movie Titles, including Topless Brain Surgeons.

A gripe about MUNI that's not the transit agency's fault: Mind your manners! Out of all the behaviors, I think the one that's by far the most offensive are those foul creatures who clip their nails (especially when they're clipping their toenails).

YouTube envy: Video sharing site Veoh can't even get sued for enabling copyright violators. Viacom, who slapped a multi-million dollar lawsuit against YouTube said "We allocate our resources based on where we think the most harm is being done ... We haven't focused on Veoh at this point." Oh snap.

QOTD: "Two hours passed and everyone's hair was messed up, lipsticks were ruined and I was so hungry I could have eaten the Penis Pasta in the other room out of the box." Violet Blue goes to a kissing class.

Expedia, when forced to actually implement its price-matching guarantee, tells a customer that his account will be cancelled if he actually uses the vouchers they offer

Pork slaughterhouse suddenly becomes deeply concerned about immigration when a union tries to organize its undocumented workers.

When cheese is cheaper than therapy.

This was the Chronicle's above-the-fold major headline in today's newsprint edition. Are they new to San Francisco? And maybe it's just my cynicism shining again, but 70 percent on-time sounds like an improvement over the MUNI I remember.

Speaking of The People's Transit System, SFist's newest feature, Ask A MUNI Driver, debuted today.

You want to know why the Zune is so frustrating for Microsoft? They can't blame its flop on piracy like Steve Ballmer did to explain Vista's crappy sales.