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Tag Archives: buses
And now for some hippie speak on why cars are bad.
First, a surprising statistic about per capita car ownership. The USA doesn’t even rank in the top five! First, a non-surprising statistic about per capita vehicle ownership. The USA ranks at the top! (Source) (Old Source – This data set … Continue reading
Posted in econ, transit
Tagged bus, buses, cars, cost, cost of ownership, economy, energy, heavy rail, light rail, lrt, muni, oil, ownership, per mile, personal vehicles, public transit, rail, train, transit, transport, transportation, vehicles
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Muni Chief Nat Ford on KQED’s Forum
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
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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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