Category Archives: politics

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

SFPD says 80% of taxi security cameras don’t work.

Posted on December 15, 2007 by kfarr

At the December 11 meeting of the San Francisco Taxi Commission SFPD Sergeant Reynolds admitted 80% of the time they were unable to pull images from taxi security cameras.

Posted in politics, taxi, transit | Tagged cab, cameras, commission, monitoring, mta, muni, privacy, public safety, safety, san francisco, security, security cameras, sf, taxi, taxi commission | 2 Comments

Is the Transit Effectiveness Project just expensive City government masturbation?

Posted on December 11, 2007 by kfarr

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 | 2 Comments

The best Democratic candidate debate you didn’t know existed.

Posted on December 6, 2007 by kfarr

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 | Leave a comment

SF Central Subway is slowest slow motion train wreck in history.

Posted on November 18, 2007 by kfarr

Do you like watching bloody transit carnage unfold? You’re in luck, here’s a doozy. Check out these fantastic series of posts on the proposed Central Subway in San Francisco. (Primer for the uninitiated: a proposal is on deck to extend … Continue reading →

Posted in politics, transit | Tagged central subway, china, chinatown, crap, disaster, fourth, idiots, incompetency, light rail, lrt, metro, muni, planning, rail, san francisco, sf, street, subway, t-third, town, train, transit agencies, transit agency, underground | 3 Comments

Ridiculous sums of federal capital money encourage foolish transit projects.

Posted on October 26, 2007 by kfarr

Inflated federal funding for the capital costs of transit projects brings about wasted spending, poor planning and poor service for transit riders in the United States.

Posted in econ, politics, transit | Tagged capital costs, econ, economics, funding, planning, policy, poor government incentives, public policy, transit, transportation | 1 Comment

What if the Van Ness BRT wasn’t run by MUNI?

Posted on October 12, 2007 by kfarr

I stumbled upon this excellent set of posts by “Eric” on his Transbay Blog. If you’re interested in BRT in San Francisco, these are an excellent read: Part 1 – Van Ness BRT: Why We Need It Part 2 – … Continue reading →

Posted in politics, transit | Tagged accountability, bus, busses, enforcement, local, management, muni, operators, out-source, outsourcing, partnership, policy, private, privatization, public, public private partnership, regulation, source, transit, transportation | 3 Comments