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TEP proposes good things for Muni. Is this good news?

Posted on February 29, 2008 by kfarr

A week ago the Chronicle reported on some promising preliminary recommendations based on findings from the Transit Effectiveness Project (TEP). These recommendations are great. In many ways they are in line with common sense: improve highly used lines using BRT, … Continue reading →

Posted in happiness, politics, transit | Tagged board, brt, bus, busses, effectiveness, ford, francisco, gavin, gavin newsom, heavy, light, lrt, mayor, muni, municipal, nat, nat ford, nathaniel, newsom, project, public, rail, railroad, railway, rapid, san, san francisco, sf, supervisors, TEP, transit, transport, transportation, union, workers | Leave a comment

How to fix Muni (for real)

Posted on February 20, 2008 by kfarr

On my ‘to write’ list is a manifesto of how to fix Muni. Lay out what’s wrong. Lay out what we need to do to fix it. Dave Snyder of SPUR beat me to the punch. I met Dave last … Continue reading →

Posted in transit | Tagged brt, bus, busses, heavy, lrt, muni, network, planning, politics, public, rail, rapid, san francisco, sf, spur, train, transit, transport, transportation, urban | 1 Comment

Mayor spends thousands of dollars to learn transit user fees are necessary.

Posted on January 31, 2008 by kfarr

Dear Mayor Newsom You didn’t have to spend City taxpayer money on private consultants. Anyone could have told you: Just like any other shared and limited public resource, public transit needs user fees. Offering ‘free’ Muni is a destructive proposal. … Continue reading →

Posted in econ, politics, transit | Tagged brt, bus, busses, gavin, gavin newsom, light, lrt, mayor, muni, municipal, newsom, politics, pricing, public, rail, railway, san francisco, sf, train, transit, transport, transportation | 3 Comments

Driving forward

Posted on January 20, 2008 by kfarr

During my shift today The City was slow as usual for this time of year. With just under one hour remaining on my shift, a lady hailed me in the Marina asking to head toward Tiburon to see her mother … Continue reading →

Posted in taxi, work | Tagged bart, cab, day, day shift, heavy rail, rail, san francisco, sf, sfo, shift, taxi, taxicab, train, work | 2 Comments

N-Judah tastes blood. Mmm.

Posted on January 9, 2008 by kfarr

This time the N-Judah tries to slice off an old lady’s foot. Links: Nice coverage in Metroblog SF Gate N-Judah Chronicles blog eats this up.

Posted in media, transit | Tagged accident, blood, bus, busses, feet, foot, heavy, heavy rail, hurts, judah, killer, light, light rail, lrt, metro, mmm, muni, muni metro, n, n-judah, ouch, pedestrian, rail, san francisco, sf, tram, transit | 2 Comments

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

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

We need more useful transit maps in the Bay Area. Here are a few.

Posted on December 27, 2007 by kfarr

Most transit maps of Bay Area and City transit systems suck. Some are misleading. It seems like everyone that moves to San Francisco checks out the Muni service map (warning, large GIF file) and responds with joy! “Wow, look at … Continue reading →

Posted in marketing, transit | Tagged agency, bart, bus, caltrain, gui, guide, heavy rail, interface, light rail, lrt, maps, muni, public, public transit, public transportation, rail, route, route map, san francisco, schedule, service, sf, transit, transport, transportation, user, user interface, user oriented | Leave a comment

Transit fun fact: Fillmore Street developed as a commercial zone because of the 1906 quake.

Posted on December 27, 2007 by kfarr

(Photo Credit) Here’s another cool factoid from the amazing (out-of-print) book on the history of the San Francisco Municipal Railway. We know Upper Fillmore Street today as a bustling commercial district with high-end shops and restaurants married closely with its … Continue reading →

Posted in econ, transit | Tagged 1906, build, cable, cable car, car, development, earthquake, econ, economics, fillmore, japantown, line, lrt, muni, pacific heights, public, public transit, rail, rebuild, san francisco, sf, train, transit, transport, western addition | Leave a comment

Tag Archives: rail

TEP proposes good things for Muni. Is this good news?

How to fix Muni (for real)

Mayor spends thousands of dollars to learn transit user fees are necessary.

Driving forward

N-Judah tastes blood. Mmm.

Killer Muni strikes again.

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…

We need more useful transit maps in the Bay Area. Here are a few.

Transit fun fact: Fillmore Street developed as a commercial zone because of the 1906 quake.

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