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Have a rant against Muni? This week, our Muni Driver rants too, all in a response to a comment from last week. And remember, folks, if you got a question, send them to jon@sfist.com. We may not get to your question automatically, but we'll get to them as soon as we can.

Hey, look, it's back! It's "Ask a Muni Driver!" But we need help from you-- we need questions. So, if you got any, let us know at jon@sfist.com.

From our Muni Security Guy-

Hey, it's the return of our Muni Driver. Welcome back, driver! Today he discusses how Muni handles all those big events, like this upcoming Halloween. Question: Who gets to do the big nights and who doesn't and why does everyone complain that there's not enough busses? I've had to either wait for hours or even walk from downtown to the Haight just because there was no buses to take.

After a bit of a hiatus, our Muni Security Guy returns with a primer on how Muni Security Guys become Muni Security Guys. We'd also like to let everyone know that our Muni Driver has taken a bit of a break and hopefully will return soon. But if there are any other Muni Drivers (or anyone who does anything Muni-like) out there who'd like to take a plunge, let us know-- we'd love to have you.

Previously, we asked our Muni Driver how he'd fix Muni. This time around, we're going to ask our Security Guy. And hey, if you got any questions you'd like asked, send them to editor@sfist.com.

Since dogs on Muni has been such a topic of heated conversation lately, we asked our Muni Driver for his thoughts.

Our beloved Muni Driver has been sick for the past few weeks so we haven't been able to do our little feature. Well, he's back this week with an answer given to us by a reader. Question: "Why do bus drivers pass up stops and what goes into the decision-making process?"

Hey folks, we're back again with our favorites amongst the comments and opinions you, the readership, made about SFist's stories that ran the week of July 1. Despite the weird holiday schedule, there was plenty of excellent conversation.

This week, we're going to do a Very Special Edition of "Ask a Muni Driver" as our driver is going to give us his list of "Things That Annoy the Crap Out of a Driver." He's also asking submissions from SFist readers to list their "Things That Annoy the Crap Out of Muni Drivers." We've probably beaten that into the ground by now, but either post a comment in the comment section or e-mail me at jon@sfist.com and we'll put together a list for next week. Anyways, back to the show.

Okay, so we're a day late on this, but this post is still well worth it. Before we start, we'd like to issue this reminder-- if you got any questions for our driver, drop us a line at editor@sfist.com. We'd also like to say that next week we got a Very Special Ask a Muni Driver and we hear at SFist are pretty darn excited about it. Anyways, here we go, yo...

In the first past of our Very Special Ask a Muni Driver, our driver discussed what driving the lines are like. Today, we discuss two issues that always makes us wonder-- what do drivers do if they need to go the bathroom and just how boring is it to constantly drive the same route everyday for eight hours?

>While most of you have been analyzing the last five minutes of "the Sopranos" (soon to be the most analyzed piece of video since the Zapruder film) over-and-over again to figure it out, we got answers from our Muni Driver as to what a day in the life of a Muni driver is like. And since there's so much to his response, we'll do this in two parts. Today, the shifts. Next week-- bathroom breaks!

In today's installment, our new Muni Driver gives us his views on how to improve Muni. We'll get things started right away but first, a reminder. If you got any questions you'd like asked, send them to editor@sfist.com.

In today's installment, our Muni Driver takes a look at the Transit Effectiveness Project and gives us his thoughts on it. As always, drop us a line if you have any questions you'd like answered.

Yes, folks, we here at SFist are proud to announce that "Ask a Muni Driver" has returned and will run every Monday for as long as we have our new Muni Driver around to answer all your Muni related questions. And, hell, maybe even a few others-- he could be great at all of your relationship questions too. So let's start in with today's question, about our new drivers' thoughts on what's good and what's bad about Muni.

Let's see… big event? Check. Lots of people involved? Check? Lots of drunk people involved? Double check. Muni somehow screwing the pooch? Check, check, checkity check.

In today's installment of "Ask a Muni Security Guy" our security guy answers questions that commenters asked last time around. He will also discuss this week's Muni news about budget cuts and their impact on Muni security. And before we go to the post, we'd like to formally announce that "Ask a Muni Driver" will be returning next Monday as we have another driver willing to answer all your questions.

Our beloved Muni Driver may have stopped writing for us, but that doesn't mean we can't get another part of Muni to take their chances posting for us. So without further ado, we'd like to start our new feature, Ask a Muni Security Guy. And standard rules apply-- we're really lucky to have this feature and our Muni Security Guy is not a writer, so be nice in the comment section.

We are sorry to say that one of our favorite features, "Ask a Muni Driver" has come to a close. We'd like to give a sincere thanks to our driver for not only sticking his neck out to try and answer people's questions, but for sticking his neck out in general. After all, the Muni Union does not want their drivers speaking out at all. Our driver could have gotten into some serious trouble if he was found out.

We have a Very Special Edition of "Ask a MUNI Driver" today as our driver answers probably the biggest question we could ask of him, mainly what he'd do to fix the system. And remember folks, you too can ask questions. Just drop us a line at editor@sfist.com.

Here t'is, just in time for the four day work week, the Official Best MUNI Line poll. We have the F Market Line as the favorite because, well, who doesn't love that line? We love riding them all the time despite the fact they're always crowded. Also tapped as favorites are the Cable Cars. Would we be San Francisco without them?. Then there's the Fightin' 1 California which seems to be a favorite of a lot of people. We've always found the 1 to be one of the better lines, mainly because they seem to roll by every minute. The dark horse, however, just might be the 41 if only because it's the, well, most scenic of routes.

Our Best MUNI Line Contest is still in full force so don't forget to submit your nominees. So far, we're thinking the F Line is going to take it but we've had some other interesting choices. The 38 seems to be the one people either love or hate as it was also a contendor in the Worst MUNI Line contest. Same with the 1, a line that people either rave about or it makes them sick. Other contenders appear to be the 5 Fulton and the 41 Union, the Beautiful People Bus. And yes, we remember riding that one back in the day. We always pictured that bus as some sort of Marina Happy Hour on wheels. We haven’t ridden it in awhile but we wouldn’t be surprised if they serve mojitos and fish tacos on it.

Starting next week, we're going to be rolling out the newest addition to SFist-- Ask a MUNI Driver. Yes, we have a real-live MUNI driver who is ready to answer every and all your questions. Or at least the ones that won't get any of us in trouble.