cantilevers are for houses, not buses

Ever since my earliest bus riding days as a preteen, I'd always wondered how those MUNI bus seats stay up when they're essentially cantilevered off the side of the bus. "What magical engineering this is!" I used to think.

Not today! Today's Nx left two passengers stunned and speechless and a bus full of passengers snapping photos. No one was hurt so the bus driver carried on, but not without advising a passenger to file a complaint card.

The view from my seat... my safe seat in the back that rests on solid matter and not a triangle of tubing attached to the faux wood siding.

a telltale sign of Muni's dependability

From this view you can see that these two benches were supported by a single screw connecting the pole to the cup. That screw is now missing.

Just when you thought the bus was safe... oh wait, no one thinks that! When you flash those transit cards, choose your seats carefully!