Tag Archives: california

My First Hail Using Cabulous

Posted on October 27, 2009 by kfarr

I’ve been advising the team working on Cabulous, a new mobile location-enabled app that makes it easier for cabbies to advertise their locations — and for passengers to find them. I drove last Saturday and helped with an early beta … Continue reading →

Posted in internets, taxi, tech | Tagged android, app, application, at&t, blackberry, ca, cab, cabbie, cabulous, california, gps, gps-enabled, hail, iphone, location, location-aware, location-enable, mobile application, san francisco, sf, taxi, taxicab, taxis, transit, transportation, web | 4 Comments

“Sunday Streets” delights bikers, frustrates drivers along Embarcadero

Posted on September 15, 2008 by kfarr

When the Chronicle ran a story about Mayor Gavin Newsom’s idea for “Sunday Streets” I was a bit skeptical. I wasn’t so sure that we needed another street closure, especially on a Sunday when so many tourists rely on the … Continue reading →

Posted in politics, transit | Tagged bicycles, bike, bikes, california, city, gavin, infrastructure, mayor, newsom, planning, public, san francisco, sf, space, sunday, sunday streets, transit, transport | Leave a comment

Belated driving summary

Posted on June 21, 2008 by kfarr

Here’s a summary of my cab shifts from last weekend. I picked up an older guy from the Kaiser. I’d guess he was 60+. I have a hard time judging ages, especially those +/-5 years from mine. He was heading … Continue reading →

Posted in taxi, work | Tagged cab, california, castro, cinch, city, driving, dutch, francais, France, french, gas, gasoline, gay, gay bars, haight, hills, history, indiana, kaiser, lawyers, netherlands, nob, nob hill, polk, prices, richmond, russian hill, san francisco, seward, sf, stern grove, sunset, taxi, taxicab, the city | 1 Comment

Driving: Lawyers, reporters and crackheads, oh my.

Posted on June 4, 2008 by kfarr

Sunday was a busy and good day, buoyed by City events and nice weather. Monday and Tuesday were a bit slow. As usual, I picked up a few lawyers going to or from work. (Work seems to always be the … Continue reading →

Posted in media, taxi, work | Tagged addict, bavc, bayvac, blog, blogging, ca, cab, cabbie, california, Canada, cocaine, com, crack, crackheads, cray, dot, driving, drug, drugs, internets, law, law school, lawyers, local, market, media, news, Philippines, reporters, reporting, san francisco, school, sf, soma, south, south of market, startup, taxi, taxicab, television, tender, tenderloin, tendersoma, tourism, tv | 3 Comments

Cab driving: earnings update

Posted on June 4, 2008 by kfarr

Time for an earnings update. My earnings floor — the lowest take-home pay I can expect — is increasing from the record lows of the winter. In other words, it’s rare this time of year to see a shift that … Continue reading →

Posted in econ, taxi, work | Tagged average, ca, cab, cabbie, california, cents, chart, cluster, dollars, driver, driving, earnings, euro, gas, gas prices, graph, historical, how, how much does a cab driver earn, inflation, many, mean, median, mode, money, much, pay, prices, san francisco, sf, shift, summer, take-home, taxi, taxicab, tourist | 2 Comments

Thank a DPT traffic control officer today.

Posted on May 9, 2008 by kfarr

DPT officers get a bad rap. Everyone seems to despise them, yet they are a crucial element necessary to help all of us to effectively share our City streets. Here are a few of the ways they make our lives … Continue reading →

Posted in econ, politics, transit | Tagged authority, california, charge, cleaning, curbed, department, double, double-park, dpt, fee, fine, generate, income, mta, municipal, municipality, officer, park, parking, parking ticket, revenue, san francisco, sf, sfmta, street, street cleaning, ticket, traffic, transit, transportation, wheels | Leave a comment

Driving a slow weekend in the City

Posted on April 24, 2008 by kfarr

It was another slow weekend in San Francisco. During my shifts I witnessed a non-trivial collision. A Toyota pickup truck was traveling behind me south on South Van Ness. As we approached the 16th Street intersection he passed me on … Continue reading →

Posted in econ, politics, taxi, work | Tagged aid, attempts, ca, cab, california, car, caravan, career, Chrysler, city, cost, counseling, culture, dodge, downtown, durango, english, espanol, gallon, gas, gas mileage, help, homeless, intrepid, language, left, mexican, mexico, mileage, miles, mpg, oil, per, poverty, price, program, rent, right, san francisco, sf, spanish, speaking, subsidy, taxi, taxicab | Leave a comment

Something Muni does well: Trolleybusses

Posted on March 21, 2008 by kfarr

I am so fond of ragging on San Francisco’s poorly managed Municipal Railway that I often overlook Muni’s remarkable, world-class achievements. (Yes, they really do have some remarkable, world-class achievements.) This post is a first attempt at fixing my glaring … Continue reading →

Posted in transit | Tagged bus, busses, california, coal, dam, diesel, electric, electricity, generation, hetch, hetch hetchy, hetchy, mta, muni, municipal, nuclear, o'shaughnessy, power, railway, san francisco, sf, transit, transportation, trolley, trolleybus, trolleybusses | Leave a comment

Driving highlights

Posted on March 19, 2008 by kfarr

I drove 3 shifts in the past 3 days. One of them starts early at 5 am, the other two are graveyard shifts starting at 1 am. Each lasts 11 hours. During my shifts I picked up two young, professional … Continue reading →

Posted in taxi, work | Tagged bretagne, britain, british, cab, california, commonwealth, english, francais, France, french, gate, golden, golden gate bridge, indiana, iowa, japan, japanese, midwest, nice, nova, saint-brieuc, san francisco, sf, taxi, taxicab, teacher, teaching, tourist, travel, trip, Visit | 2 Comments

Meeting people in the City is tough. Why?

Posted on March 5, 2008 by kfarr

I am a recently single guy and just realized how hard it seems to be to meet new people (men or women) in the City. One craigslist post summed it up well, “Ever notice how people (downtown anyway) just walk … Continue reading →

Posted in happiness | Tagged bars, cafe, california, connection, craiglist.org, craigslist, interaction, intimacy, meet, meeting, meetup, people, proximity, restaurant, san francisco, sf, social, socializing, university | 2 Comments