29 5 / 2009

Okay!? Ed was responding to my frustration that we in the shadow rush hour (the large segment of the population of this New Economy city who need rush-hour transit between 8:30 & 10:00AM) depend heavily on the precious few trains running inbound on the N line after 9:00. This morning, the train I rely on (which arrives at 9th Avenue some time around 9:11-9:18, depending on, you know, the direction of the wind or the prediction of Muni’s resident shamanic healer or something) was out of service. If there’s one thing that makes you want to commit grisly murder, it’s that “Sorry No Passengers” sign. You know, it’s interesting that while I am more informed than the average person on Muni’s history, budget problems, internal inefficiencies, and routes & schedules, I maintain this kind of starry-eyed boosterism, which is an optimism characteristically lacking from the rest of my worldview. It’s making me feel a bit like a sucker, more and more.

Okay!?

Ed was responding to my frustration that we in the shadow rush hour (the large segment of the population of this New Economy city who need rush-hour transit between 8:30 & 10:00AM) depend heavily on the precious few trains running inbound on the N line after 9:00. This morning, the train I rely on (which arrives at 9th Avenue some time around 9:11-9:18, depending on, you know, the direction of the wind or the prediction of Muni’s resident shamanic healer or something) was out of service. If there’s one thing that makes you want to commit grisly murder, it’s that “Sorry No Passengers” sign. You know, it’s interesting that while I am more informed than the average person on Muni’s history, budget problems, internal inefficiencies, and routes & schedules, I maintain this kind of starry-eyed boosterism, which is an optimism characteristically lacking from the rest of my worldview. It’s making me feel a bit like a sucker, more and more.

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