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9 years ago
Operating thousands of vehicles all over town for the past 100+ years, Muni is no stranger to dealing with wet weather issues. With today's major rainfall literally flooding the Bay Area, it seemed...
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9 years ago
Everyone has seen something odd on a Muni bus, but I'd almost guarantee that no one reading this blog has ever seen this one! The 1973 winter holiday season brought some pretty unusual passengers...
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9 years ago
Tomorrow marks the centennial of the opening of the Panama Pacific International Exposition (PPIE), a massive world's fair event that signaled the completion of the Panama Canal and showed the world...
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8 years ago
For this week's feature, jumping back to 1970 for a look into the world of Muni in the psychedelic era. In 1970, the de Young Museum held "The World of Peter Max," an exhibition of artwork by Pop Art...
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8 years ago
Muni has long strived to make innovative improvements to service while reducing the environmental impacts that come with operating a transit system. In the early 1970s, Muni decided to explore a few...
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8 years ago
As we approach one of our country's biggest holidays, the Fourth of July, we'd like to share a photo from a past celebration that was extra special. In 1976, for the 200th anniversary of the signing...
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8 years ago
Each year we celebrate Muni's history with Muni Heritage Weekend, a real-life throwback where we roll out our full roster of operational historic buses and streetcars. It's the highlight of the year...
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8 years ago
The time has come for Muni Heritage Weekend , and this year we have two special treats straight from the SFMTA Photo Archive! Join us this Saturday and Sunday, September 26 - 27, 2015, to celebrate...
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8 years ago
It’s Art Week on Moving SF! We’ve transformed 50 Muni buses into galleries on wheels , showcasing the work of local artists throughout the city. We’re celebrating by dedicating blog posts this week...
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8 years ago
In the darkness of the underground beneath Market Street is a long-forgotten spot that thousands of people pass by every day but few know what lies in the shadows of the tunnel. With Halloween...
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8 years ago
This year marks the 100th birthday for one of Muni's hardest working streetcars: motor flat C-1 — Muni's purpose-built historic work car that hauled materials, tools and equipment to maintain the...
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8 years ago
This Saturday, the SFMTA will host San Francisco’s 31st "Bus Roadeo,” a tradition which tests the safe driving skills of Muni bus operators and parking control officers. That’s right – the SFMTA's...
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2 years ago
With the F Market & Wharves returning to service on May 15th, here’s a brief look back through the past 115 years of streetcar service along Market Street, our most traveled thoroughfare. May 2,...
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4 years ago
Take a trip back through time with this neighborhood throwback looking at one of the busiest intersections in the Mission District - Mission and 16th Streets. A group of workers builds a new 14 Line...
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4 years ago
An archivist examines a 100-year-old photographic negative. This type of negative was shot on plate glass coated with light-sensitive materials, a common format in the late 1800s and early 1900s...
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4 years ago
A modest milestone to celebrate, but 2019 marks the 35th anniversary of Muni's articulated bus fleet. Casually know as "artic", "bendy boi", "caterpillar", or just "really long" buses, they're not...
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4 years ago
This year's Muni Heritage Weekend is slated to be perhaps the most historic year ever. As a special treat, Muni's largest and oldest cable car, former Sacramento-Clay Line Car 19, will hit the street...
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4 years ago
This year we're commemorating the 55th anniversary of the designation of the cable car system as a National Landmark with the 55th Cable Car Bell Ringing Contest! Come on out to Union Square tomorrow...
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4 years ago
This Halloween we would like to take you back in time for a look at the story of San Francisco's long lost funeral cars. As you may know in ancient Greek mythology, the deceased pass into the...
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4 years ago
Celebrating its 84th anniversary in October, the 33 Ashbury/18th Street descends from one of the very first electric streetcar lines and holds the distinction of being San Francisco's first electric...
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4 years ago
Black History Month is a great opportunity to tell big important stories, but also to highlight the smaller, less noted stories of everyday people. This week, we're looking back through Muni history...
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3 years ago
In recognition of Black History Month, we bring you the story of Gene Henderson, the first Black man to become the head of a Muni bus division, Muni’s Kirkland Division. Henderson’s Background Gene...
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3 years ago
At the corner of California and Powell Streets stands a diminutive but important building that has been in use for well over 100 years. This octagonal signal tower controls the crossing of the Powell...