Complaining about Muni is more than a hobby for San Franciscans. It's a religion.
But despite the system's massive budget and myriad problems, you could have it worse -- and almost always will.
Take AC Transit (please). While Muni riders were "enjoying"
partial restoration of earlier service cuts, the East Bay transit agency was
threatening to gut its service. That won't save AC Transit, warns Gerald Cauthen, a longtime Bay Area transit engineer. AC Transit slashes lines, then, when it comes into money, it adds them back. The real problem, he says, is that the service runs archaic, nonsensical lines -- and refuses to change them.
