Tag Archives: brt

Why I resigned from Geary Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) board

Posted on January 29, 2013 by kfarr

I love Bus Rapid Transit (BRT). Implementing BRT is recognized by transportation professionals across the world as a proven set of techniques to significantly improve a bus line’s performance with little up-front investment in costly infrastructure such as rail. BRT … Continue reading →

Posted in happiness, politics, tech, transit | Tagged brt, bus rapid transit, cta, geary, geary brt, mta, san francisco, sfcta, sfmta, transit, transportation, transportation authority | 8 Comments

When should public transportation systems be private?

Posted on July 10, 2008 by kfarr

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 … Continue reading →

Posted in econ, politics, transit | Tagged brt, city, econ, economics, econtalk, effectiveness, geary, macro, micro, mike, munger, muni, planning, policy, project, public, roberts, russ, russ roberts, san francisco, sf, talk, transit, transportation | 3 Comments

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 →

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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

Muni Chief Nat Ford on KQED’s Forum

Posted on December 14, 2007 by kfarr

Above: San Francisco Muni Chief Nathaniel “Nat” Ford (left) chats it up with Mayor Gavin Newsom. KQED’s amazing community affairs program “Forum” featured Muni Chief Nat Ford Thursday. Michael Krasny asks some hard questions but didn’t always get great answers. … Continue reading →

Posted in transit | Tagged 88.5, brt, bus, buses, ford, kqed, lrt, michael krasny, muni, municipal, municipal railroad, nat, nathaniel ford, railroad, railway, san francisco, sf | 4 Comments