Have You Heard of the N Judah Heist?

This was the story back in 1955. Can you imagine a bunch of high school kids hoping on an N and going for a ride, picking up passengers and evading the Muni Managers today?

H/T SF Muni History List

Sunday Photo Dump: San Francisco

So I was out and about today around the N Judah and took a few photos. I also took a few on the 4th of July that I didn't get to post. I really like capturing what's going on around me and I always have my camera in my bag in case something inspires me to capture it. In any event, some of these are transit related but it's mostly about great cities, which are an essential part of the transit-oriented lifestyle.

This is a mural on some plywood on my street. This house has been under construction for about 2 years and the neighbors got tired of it. They told me that when the house is done, they are going to use these as their back fence. It's kind of sad because no one will get to see them. I kind of enjoy seeing something new on them each day I come home from work. It's a very cool evolution.


Over at the East Portal of the Muni Sunset Tunnel, made famous by numerous cars that drive in there thinking its a throughway even though its clearly for rail cars, purple flowers grow between the tracks.



Fixes for the entrance for the Market Street Subway for the N and J tracks are much needed. I hear they are coming soon. But here's the condition now. This is why speeds of 5 mph are used in this section of track.


This was a look at the Bay towards the Golden Gate bridge from Fillmore street on the 4th of July. It's quite a regular occurrence to have this much fog on the 4th. It's bad because it blocks out the fireworks show.

Here's golden gate park on the 4th. San Francisco fog style.
I've been seeing a lot more of these as well...

And while this might look ugly to some, it's music to my lungs. I would take visual pollution over air pollution any day. Usually you don't even notice, but it hurts more to breathe diesel exhaust than it does to see these.

Toyota Prius vs. Muni Tunnel

Some people just aren't that smart, and here is a case where a car driver either was just having fun, or wasn't thinking at all. But to my knowledge, the lights in the Sunset Tunnel aren't that bright and I can't imagine them being very inviting.



Hat Tip N Judah Chronicles

Still No Computer

Still don't have a home computer, its supposed to be coming next week. But it has allowed me to enjoy a bit of San Francisco transit. Last saturday i took a nice little jaunt into the Inner Sunset District from my home in Noe Valley using the J Church to the N Judah connection. There is a little place i recommend called tart to tart with awesome fudge sundaes.

Also, i attended a webinar on google transit. It's a really cool program that i recommend to everyone. Hopefully at some point we can merge it with something like Zillow to see true affordability and the connections to work from home through transit. Keep your fingers crossed.