»In which we all slag on MUNI

Just when I think I am unduly hard on MUNI, sfist backs me up. They do rightfully point out that for once NextBus is doing something cool, with their widget that integrates their gps tracking with Google Maps. On the other hand, what good is staring at a map when really you want to be flying across town to go somewhere, see someone, do something? Nuts.
I sent my letter to Mr Sunshine vowing not to ride MUNI so long as they hike fares and cut service. One or the other, but not both. I can get around this 7x7 city on my two feet and two wheels.

And, irritatingly, The President of the United States has called for people to take public transportation. Does he know that it is hardly a viable alternative? And if I say that from the perspective of a citizen of a relatively small metropolis, with reasonably accesible transit lines, how are suburbanites -- who perforce have the greatest distance to travel -- going to manage to take public transit? Yet another piece of the neglected infrastructure of America.