San Francisco's public transportation system is a many layered and often overwhelming flow of people moving to and from all parts of the city. We depend on transit workers to keep this complex system running despite any number of obstacles they may encounter on their daily routes. Inevitably Muni operators gain an intimate familiarity with the city and accumulate a rich history of experiences as the travel their daily routes. Muni Maps is a series of six posters created for the San Francisco Arts Commission's Art on Market Street Program. Each poster features a route map that has been annotated with an individual operator's portrait, hand-written notes, interview excerpts and related drawings — depicting the public transportation experience from the perspective of the operator. Posters will be on view in 24 kiosks on Market Street between Van Ness Avenue and the Embarcadero from July 16th - November 6th, 2007. In addition, bus cards featuring modified designs (portraits and extended excerpts from interviews) are on view inside Muni vehicles.

The San Francisco Arts Commission's Art on Market Street Program is funded in part by the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency and CBS Outdoor. www.sfartscommission.org/pubart/

Posted by helena at June 29, 2007 10:26 AM

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