The pandemic shows us how to fix Muni

From an email message this morning:

"From the Muni service that has remained during the past few months, we’ve seen just how much quicker public transit can be when there’s no traffic: 15% time savings systemwide, up to 50% along some corridors. 

Notably, bus routes with red lanes didn’t change much, meaning transit-only lanes work."

Rob's comment:

From The Onion? Don Asmussen? Nope, it's a presumably serious message from San Francisco Riders lauding Muni's efficiency during the pandemic.

Imagine too how fast Muni buses could move if they didn't have to stop for those pesky passengers! It also shows that bus-only lanes work really well. 

And Vision Zero: When there's no cyclists, pedestrians, and cars on city streets, no one gets injured or killed. 2024, here we come!

Rob Rogers

Every year cops shoot and kill 1,000 people

Washington Post

"Even amid the coronavirus pandemic and orders that kept millions at home for weeks, police shot and killed 463 people through the first week of June — 49 more than the same period in 2019. In May, police shot and killed 110 people, the most in any one month since The Post began tracking it."

Rob's comment:

Maybe like parking control officers they have a quota and have to shoot a certain number of people every year. See also this.