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Monthly Archives: December 2007
“I want everyone to feel that it is but the nucleus of a mighty system of streetcar lines which will one day encompass the entire city.”
I went to the library this evening to check out a great book about the history of Muni. Unfortunately, it is out of print and is now reference material. I couldn’t take it with me. I consumed the first 30 … Continue reading
Posted in happiness, transit
Tagged bus, cable, cablecar, car, cars, city, dream, infrastructure, leadership, metro, muni, network, planning, public, public transit, san francisco, sf, streetcar, tram, transit, transportation, utilities, vision
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Distribution of cabs in San Francisco by company
I always wondered what the exact makeup of cabs were on our City streets. To answer that question, I threw this pie chart together from data available on the Taxi Commission’s website that lists current medallion holders and company affiliation. … Continue reading
Posted in taxi
Tagged by company, cab, color, color scheme, companies, company, medallions, san francisco, scheme, sf, share, taxi, taxicabs
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Tourists hibernate for winter. My earnings decrease.
Tourism is San Francisco’s top industry by revenue. San Francisco is the 3rd most popular destination for overseas tourists. (1) (2) During the summer at least a quarter of all of my fares were tourists. Sometimes these visitors are aggravating … Continue reading
Posted in econ, taxi
Tagged business cycle, cab, cycle, earnings, econ, economics, industry, local, local economy, san francisco, season, sf, summer, taxi, tourism, tourists, winter
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Is the Transit Effectiveness Project just expensive City government masturbation?
I attended a presentation by the Transit Effectiveness Project at the November 28th meeting of the Transportation and Land Use Coalition (TALC). I was excited at the prospect. Finally, the City Controller Office is doing serious work regarding a delinquent, … Continue reading
Posted in politics, transit
Tagged audit, bus, controller, effectiveness, light rail, lrt, metro, mta, muni, project, research, ridership, san francisco, sf, sfmta, TEP, transit, transportation
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Sunday by day, Sunday by night
This past weekend I worked Sunday 5am-3pm, slept from 4pm-11pm, and then worked Monday from 12am-11am. A group of about 6 hipsters flagged my van down in the Mission around 1am: It was a friend’s 21st birthday and they got … Continue reading
Posted in taxi, work
Tagged airport, cab, midnight, night, night shift, san francisco, sf, sfo, shift, taxi, taxicab
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Captain Obvious: Walking is nice and walkable urban spaces are in high demand.
Above: Pedestrians rock the crosswalk. Note the awesome vintage MUNI bus in the background. American Public Media’s Marketplace has a great segment about the rising popularity of walkable cities in the United States. Link (Here’s a direct link to the … Continue reading
Posted in happiness, transit
Tagged cities, city, dense, muni, pedestrians, smart growth, spaces, transit, transportation, urban, walkability, walkable
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Driving the graveyard shift
I switched my shifts around. I stopped working Saturdays so I could get my Friday nights back. I kept my Sunday (5am-3pm) shift and added Mondays and Tuesdays from midnight-11am. (That’s the only time they have available for newbs like … Continue reading
Posted in taxi, work
Tagged cab, dispatch, fares, graveyard, nightshift, order, radio, san francisco, sf, shift, taxi, work
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The best Democratic candidate debate you didn’t know existed.
NPR hosted a radio debate Tuesday between the Democratic presidential candidates. It was a radio-only debate with no cameras, no audience, and no strict time limits for candidate answers (although they were kept thankfully brief). It was an excellent forum … Continue reading
Posted in politics
Tagged candidates, caucus, clinton, debate, democrat, democratic, hillary, iowa, npr, obama, presidential
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The City’s continuing support of MUNI is worse than no-bid Halliburton contracts in Iraq.
Surely, you’re familiar with no-bid contracts in Iraq. The United States federal government and its armed forces awarded numerous reconstruction and basic services contracts with no open competitive bidding processes during the early years of the Iraq War. The most … Continue reading
Posted in transit
Tagged awards, bus, buses, city, contracts, lrt, management, muni, no-bid, public transportation, san francisco, sf, transit
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