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Category Archives: transit
SF Central Subway is slowest slow motion train wreck in history.
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
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Dear MUNI, wouldn’t it be nice…
Wouldn’t it be nice if San Francisco MUNI bus drivers had this sort of fire under their butts? Link PS. This should serve as yet another reminder of how little motivation and accountability MUNI drivers have. Let’s hope the passage … Continue reading
Posted in transit
Tagged bus, bus drivers, muni, on-time, san francisco, schedule, sf, speeding, time
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How much is a San Francisco taxi medallion worth?
The Goldman School of Public Policy at UC Berkeley prepared an analysis of the City’s taxi medallion scheme in 2006. Read it if you have a spare hour or so and if you enjoy these sorts of things. Here’s a … Continue reading
Where to find a cab in San Francisco.
Another blogging SF cab driver posted a great find: a map showing where to hail a cab in the City. This map seems quite accurate from my few months of cab driving experience. You might want to keep a link … Continue reading
Posted in taxi, transit
Tagged cab, fare, find, find a taxi, finding a cab in sf, finding a taxi in san francisco, hail, san francisco, search, sf, street, taxi, taxicab, where
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MUNI Haikus
Haikus about MUNI, just like the title says. Organized by bus line. My favorite from the 1 California (outside my window): pings, sci-fi noises 1 California zooms by not 1am yet –bobboman Link
“Peak Medallions” are the answer to evening cab rush.
You have a 7pm reservation with friends across town in the Mission. It’s 6:30 and you know MUNI won’t get you there in less than an hour, so you have to cab it. You walk to the nearest busy street … Continue reading
Posted in econ, taxi, transit
Tagged cab, demand, dispatch, econ, economics, local, medallions, partnership, peak, private, public, regulation, san francisco, sf, taxi
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News Flash: French are skinny ’cause they walk.
I came across this article, dugg from the Santa Barbara Independent. The confused author claims the French are skinny because they eat slowly and are chatty during meals. Bull! The French are skinny because they walk! France (obviously) consists of … Continue reading
Ridiculous sums of federal capital money encourage foolish transit projects.
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
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There’s no free parking.
This excellent article in Slate discusses the hidden costs of parking. I won’t attempt to summarize, it’s worth reading in its entirety. Link It got me thinking about the cost of parking in the City, especially residential parking permits. Is … Continue reading
Posted in econ, transit
Tagged congestion, demand, econ, economics, idiocy, local, parking, parking pricing, policy, public policy, regulation, supply
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