Monthly Archives: December 2007

Killer Muni strikes again.

Posted on December 31, 2007 by kfarr

This is getting ridiculous. Rant. Link (Examiner) Link (SF Gate)

Posted in politics, transit | Tagged accident, articulated, breda, bus, busses, death, error, ingleside, k, killer, light, light rail, lrt, manslaughter, metro, muni, murder, pedestrian, rail, san francisco, sf | Leave a comment

Are taxis a “green” form of transit?

Posted on December 31, 2007 by kfarr

I love the premise of the Green Cab taxi company that started operating in the City this year. Sexy! Green! Buzzwords! Their cabs DO look good on the street. They stand out and offer clear differentiation from other cabs both … Continue reading →

Posted in taxi, transit | Tagged cab, carbon, co2, earth, emissions, environment, fuel, gas, green, green cab, green taxi, hippies, hippy, oil, peak, peak oil, san francisco, saving, sf, taxi, taxicab | 2 Comments

New Year’s Eve Eve

Posted on December 31, 2007 by kfarr

Another tough day. The revelers were out full swing when I started my shift at midnight. I had constant fares until 3 am. Unfortunately, when the well ran dry at 3 am it never filled up again. Nobody had to … Continue reading →

Posted in taxi, work | Tagged bar, bars, bus, cab, driving, drunk, drunk bus, drunkies, marina, night, nightshift, san francisco, sf, shift, sober, taxi, taxicab, the marina district, transit, transport, van, yuppie, yuppies | Leave a comment

Thanks for your 3 months of work on the competitive analysis, Suzy. Let’s meet at 3:30 tomorrow and figure out how to implement!

Posted on December 30, 2007 by kfarr

Here’s a great interview with Columbia University professor of management William Dugan about why brainstorming doesn’t always serve our needs as well as it could. I echo some of his thoughts from my personal experience below. Surely you’ve had these … Continue reading →

Posted in econ | Tagged analysis, brainstorm, brainstorming, business, creative, discussion, flow, generation, ideas, implementation, management, managing, meetings, planning, strategic thinking, strategy, techniques, thinking, though | 1 Comment

Slow driving

Posted on December 30, 2007 by kfarr

Today was a tough, tough day to drive a cab. I left the garage at 5 am. Nobody was out in the morning. I had about one fare per hour until around noon when the fare faucet started to drip … Continue reading →

Posted in taxi, work | Tagged day, depressing, depression, difficult, driving, fares, guests, idiots, making, money, san francisco, sf, shift, slow, taxi, taxicab, tough, tourists, tourons, traffic, visitors, work | Leave a comment

Muni strikes again. Teen killed.

Posted on December 29, 2007 by kfarr

This time it’s the 9x Bayshore Express — articulated — tough busses to drive. Link (Examiner) Same rant as usual.

Posted in politics, transit | Tagged accident, articulated, bus, busses, death, error, killer, manslaughter, muni, murder, pedestrian, san francisco, sf | Leave a comment

It’s quiet in the City driving between holidays.

Posted on December 29, 2007 by kfarr

Above: an elevated view of Golden Gate Park in San Francisco. (Source) I didn’t want to fart around and write more blog entries yesterday, so I showed up to DeSoto early in the morning to see if they had an … Continue reading →

Posted in taxi, work | Tagged at&t park, ballpark, baseball, cab, dayshift, driving, earnings, effort, emerald bowl, football, hourly, money, muni, pac bell park, san francisco, sf, shift, taxi, taxicab, work | Leave a comment

Illegal taxis suck, but they’re a symptom of insufficient supply, not lax enforcement.

Posted on December 27, 2007 by kfarr

A fellow SF taxi driver and blogger, the same guy or gal that posted a great map of where to find a cab in the City, posted a few pictures of a taxi operating illegally in the City during his … Continue reading →

Posted in politics, taxi, transit | Tagged bandit, black, black cab, board of supervisors, cab, california, commission, econ, economics, fare, illegal, illegal cab, illegal taxi, measures, meter, operating, regulation, san francisco, sf, taxi, taxi commission, taxicab, weights, weights and measures | 8 Comments

And now for some hippie speak on why cars are bad.

Posted on December 27, 2007 by kfarr

First, a surprising statistic about per capita car ownership. The USA doesn’t even rank in the top five! First, a non-surprising statistic about per capita vehicle ownership. The USA ranks at the top! (Source) (Old Source – This data set … Continue reading →

Posted in econ, transit | Tagged bus, buses, cars, cost, cost of ownership, economy, energy, heavy rail, light rail, lrt, muni, oil, ownership, per mile, personal vehicles, public transit, rail, train, transit, transport, transportation, vehicles | 10 Comments

What would a San Francisco subway system look like? Maybe a little something like this…

Posted on December 27, 2007 by kfarr

I’m a big fan of Eric’s Transbay Blog. This Eric fellow never fails to impress. A recent post posed this question: if we had all the money in the world to spend on transit (and sometimes it seems like we … Continue reading →

Posted in transit | Tagged bus, heavy rail, light rail, lrt, muni, public, public transportation, rail, san francisco, sf, subway, train, transit, transport, transportation, tube, underground | Leave a comment

Monthly Archives: December 2007

Killer Muni strikes again.

Are taxis a “green” form of transit?

New Year’s Eve Eve

Thanks for your 3 months of work on the competitive analysis, Suzy. Let’s meet at 3:30 tomorrow and figure out how to implement!

Slow driving

Muni strikes again. Teen killed.

It’s quiet in the City driving between holidays.

Illegal taxis suck, but they’re a symptom of insufficient supply, not lax enforcement.

And now for some hippie speak on why cars are bad.

What would a San Francisco subway system look like? Maybe a little something like this…

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