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The City’s continuing support of MUNI is worse than no-bid Halliburton contracts in Iraq.

Posted on December 1, 2007 by kfarr

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 | Leave a comment

Dear MUNI, wouldn’t it be nice…

Posted on November 16, 2007 by kfarr

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 | 3 Comments

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

MUNI lies.

Posted on October 12, 2007 by kfarr

I love this picture on Muni’s routes and schedules page: Through clever use of the ‘motion blur’ Photoshop filter they give the impression that Muni transit vehicles move quickly enough to be blurry. Ha ha ha! Boy, that Muni website … Continue reading →

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