Podcasts about san francisco muni

Elizabeth Levett Fortier reminds us that the value of a San Francisco Muni ride is often much higher than the fare. 

If you're new to San Francisco Muni, using it can feel overwhelming at first. Well, don't worry. Whether you've just moved to the city, are planning to visit and don't want to rent a car or have lived here for some time but haven't taken advantage of all Muni has to offer, we at Taken with Transportation have your back.In this episode, we offer a practical how-to guide for getting around on Muni. Host Melissa Culross speaks with SFMTA Senior Manager of Revenue Collection and Sales Diana Hammons, operators Lynnette Richie and Arnold Gray, station agent Rigo Ortega and Deputy Chief Security Officer Teresa Scism to go over all the ins and outs of the system from how to pay your fare to how to be a courteous passenger. A couple of regular riders even share their experience on Muni and offer a bit of advice.

The hard-working 22-Fillmore is one of San Francisco Muni's longest running bus lines. We hop on board to learn about the history of the 22, as well as its modern-day impact on the city it serves. San Francisco Transit Riders Board member and retired SFMTA Manager of Service Planning Peter Strauss walks us through the early days of the line. We also talk with Muni operators Earl Scott and Julio Ruano, who drive on the 22-line, and we check in with some businesses along the route.

When the two greatest auction houses in the world – Christie's and Sotheby's – vied for the privilege of auctioning off $20 million worth of art in 2004, little did they know that they would be forced to engage in an ancient form of ritualized combat known as rock paper scissors.Plus, we get a hilarious breakdown of the Shang-Chi bus fight scene by a real San Francisco Muni bus operator, Mc Allen.Rock Paper Scissors BusSubscribe to Snap Judgment

When the two greatest auction houses in the world – Christie's and Sotheby's – vied for the privilege of auctioning off $20 million worth of art in 2004, little did they know that they would be forced to engage in an ancient form of ritualized combat known as rock paper scissors.Plus, we get a hilarious breakdown of the Shang-Chi bus fight scene by a real San Francisco Muni bus operator, Mc Allen.Rock Paper Scissors BusSubscribe to Snap Judgment

Vaccine mandates facing the test and its not just police, 580 muni workers in San Francisco are balking at getting vaccinated. For more, KCBS Radio news anchors Margie Shafer and Eric Thomas spoke with KCBS Radio Insider Phil Matier.    See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

 Michael Keaton is playing Batman in a movie called ‘The Flash’, Marvel introduces the first Asian superhero in a new trailer where San Francisco Muni steals the show,  and Steven Seagal is selling his bulletproof compound in Arizona! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Facing a steep drop in fare revenue during to the coronavirus pandemic, San Francisco MUNI on Monday suspended all light rail and subway trains, replacing them with buses. Meanwhile, Caltrain cut its weekday train service by half, and the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority halted light rail service and modified bus routes to prioritize lines that stop at hospitals, grocery stores and food pantries. AC transit also announced deep cuts that will go into effect on Tuesday. We'll talk about the impact of the pandemic on Bay Area transit systems, operators and riders.

Monday Jan 13 2020 News, Northern California   San Francisco: Muni train strikes, kills man Black market fuels brazen Bay Area laptop thefts in cafes  Another rainy week on tap, with chance of rush-hour showers Tuesday (Latest line: A good week for Santa Clara, bad one for e-scooters) - couldn’t expand the article...not sure what the problem  Palo Alto: Reward offered for bandits in armed robbery of Safeway Two Clayton men charged in connection to Contra Costa County residential burglaries San Jose: Man fires at couple in road rage shooting on Highway 101 Electric moped rentals now available in Oakland Big increase in firefighters proposed for California Northern California executive fired after admitting to shooting, killing a lion UC Santa Cruz appears in trailer for FX’s Silicon Valley thriller Bay Area woman protesting mandatory vaccinations charged after allegedly throwing menstrual blood at California senators California’s largest private giant sequoia grove saved from development Stomach illness outbreak at Yosemite prompts major clean-up Food Source to close two Sacramento stores citing low sales and traffic Man with multiple felony warrants on the run after evading police chase in Nevada City Two found dead inside houseboat west of Yosemite, Sheriff’s Office says Annual minimum wage increase felt locally Longest-running equipment show returns to Colusa County Group protests ICE contract at Yuba County Jail Saturday Fecal bacteria in California’s waterways increases with homeless crisis California Reservation's Solar Microgrid Provides Power During Utility Shutoffs

It hasn't been an easy few weeks for public transit. On the first day of what transit advocates recently dubbed "Transit Week", two San Francisco Muni underground lines broke down and the next day the new Transbay Transit Center was evacuated due to cracks in support beams. But as KCBS reporter Holly Quan found, this only fuels the fire for one of San Francisco's newest rider advocates. For five years Rachel Hyden worked for the agency that runs Muni, and now she advocates for the tens of thousands of riders who rely on it. "It's not working that well for people right now," Hyden told Quan during the most recent episode of KCBS Radio's In Depth. "So when I say hey, you know, give up your car and take the "T," the "T" doesn't show up on time or it takes an hour and half to get across town. Why wouldn't you just drive your car. It's probably going to take twenty-five minutes. So those are the challenges we're looking at. To one extent, getting people out of their cars, to get them onto transit, but we don't really want to push that message until we can actually deliver them the product or a service that's going to compete with the car." According to Hyden, another challenge is safety or quality of life. "What we really need people to do is be more respectful. I hear a lot of people complain about music, drinking and drug use on transit and those are the types of behavior that make riders not want to ride. So, if you don't want to be up close to somebody who's drinking a can of beer at 8:00 a.m. you'll just hop in your car or ride share." Ultimately, Hyden talks to Quan during In Depth about the overall push to convert drivers to riders.

Last month, there was a thought-provoking article on programmers who were asked to do unethical work on the job. We often talk about balancing security with precaution and paranoia, but I wondered about the balance of ethics and execution. As always, I was curious to hear the reactions from the Inside Out Security Show panel – Mike Buckbee, Kris Keyser, and Mike Thompson. Here’s what they had to say: Thompson: “The downside in technology is that shortcuts lead to lapses in security…In healthcare, there are tight regulations…but who is making that decision in the technology industry?” Buckbee, “We talk about different kinds of crime like property, violent crime, and white collar crime. There’s cybercrime as well. People have different acceptable models in these different areas. [For instance] when it comes to SQL injection, you probably don’t think that adding a few additional characters to a URL is a felon criminal trespass, but it totally could be…” Keyser, “I drew a parallel between engineers that work in the physical space and engineers that work in the digital space. And engineer or somebody who builds a faulty house with a poor structure or horrible locking system, there would be repercussions for that if the house collapsed…I don’t think people have realized the parallels between that and the digital space.” Click play to see what else they had to say! Additional responses include: thoughtful insights to the most recent San Francisco MUNI hacker that got hacked, potentially unnecessary malware fixes, as well as the latest hacking tools and exploits.

In today's podcast, we learn that Shamoon is back, again probably from Iran, and again hitting Saudi targets. Mirai infestations are turning up in the UK; observers see a criminal race to round up the biggest bot herd. Fancy Bear is also back, and still pawing at WADA. Good backup practices enabled San Francisco's Muni light rail to recover from ransomware. Palo Alto warns of a new Android Trojan. Facebook says there's no way ransomware was hidden in Messenger images. Firefox patches the zero-day that threatens Tor anonymity. Professor Jonathan Katz from the University of Maryland explains why ransomware crypto is hard, and Group iB's Dmitry Volkov describes ATM jacking group Colbalt.  Germany mulls going for more surveillance, less privacy, as investigations of ISIS operations continue.

This week, Ryan shows up for an episode (and tells us about his love for the Matrix), we order nerds to lose the pony tails, fat shaming gets shameful, Canada is dumb and full of mutants, we totally wish for mutant superpowers, our dreams (and night terrors) go under the microscope, Ryan opens up about the most absurd "fear" ever, we wonder if the new Star Wars movies will suck, we offer more free art school advice, awkward moments continue to be the best moments, little kids still suck, and the San Francisco Muni gets terrifying (and just a little bit awesome). Starring Scott Bromley, Brian Altano, Anthony Gallegos, and Ryan Scott.