Posts Tagged ‘transportation’

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 test. John taped the first successful Cabulous hail:

A few weeks back, [...]


It’s been a long time since I’ve taxi blogged.
I drove last Saturday for the first time in a few weeks. I’ve been working dispatch phones and doing VidSF work instead of driving over the past few weeks.
Novel-length post after the break.


A recent episode of Russ Roberts’ EconTalk podcast featured a wonderful intersection of interests: economics, public policy and public transit.
One of Russ’ academia friends, economist Michael Munger, speaks at length on the program about the public transportation system quality in Santiago, Chile before and after nationalization of their bus network.
Prior to 2007 Santiago’s surface transit [...]


I wouldn’t be doing my Civic Duty if I didn’t link to yet another Municide.
This time the culprit was an articulated standard coach (non-trolleybus) 71-Haight/Noriega heading inbound on Market at 6th. A 77 year old female pedestrian was struck and later died at SF General.
6th and Market is a zoo of an intersection at best, [...]


This weekend the City hosted its annual Bay to Breakers run. Bay to Breakers (B2B) is a 7 mile run through the heart of San Francisco. B2B starts from the east (bay) side of the City at the Embarcadero and runs directly west toward the ocean (breakers) side of the City.
B2B cuts through many varied [...]


The Chronicle reported on Mayor Newsom’s idea to turn a good portion of the Embarcadero into a pedestrian-only safe zone during certain times of the weekend. This is similar to the City’s current closing of JFK Drive in Golden Gate Park to vehicular traffic on weekends.
Is this a good idea? Yes, in spirit, but no [...]


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 better:

Parking meter enforcement: You think it’s hard enough to find parking now? Without meter enforcement you [...]


San Francisco cab drivers face two recent cost pressures: a recent gate fee increase combined with the recent climb in gas prices.
Fortunately, these cost pressures come at a time when aggregate demand for taxis in the City is increasing. More tourists, outdoor City festivals, and frequent conventions bring in more and more cab passengers as [...]


I was not originally scheduled to work today, but I had to make up for a missed shift from earlier this week.
More to the point, I wanted to experience San Francisco during the historic procession of the Olympic Flame through our streets. What better way to feel the heart of the City than to drive [...]


It was a tough weekend.

It was slow Monday and Tuesday in the City.
I am learning, albeit slowly, to let go of the natural feelings of elated success or critical failure that come from a high or low earning day. This is important.
While there are many factors over which I have control — the areas of [...]