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Tag Archives: city
Captain Obvious: Walking is nice and walkable urban spaces are in high demand.
Above: Pedestrians rock the crosswalk. Note the awesome vintage MUNI bus in the background. American Public Media’s Marketplace has a great segment about the rising popularity of walkable cities in the United States. Link (Here’s a direct link to the … Continue reading
Posted in happiness, transit
Tagged cities, city, dense, muni, pedestrians, smart growth, spaces, transit, transportation, urban, walkability, walkable
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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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GTA vs. Real Life: Taxi Driving
Above: The intersection on Hyde and Lombard Streets, just above the start of the curvy portion of Lombard, as seen in real life and Grand Theft Auto. Note the GTA version shows the Transamerica building clearly to the east although … Continue reading
Posted in media, taxi
Tagged 3, auto, cab, cap, capture, city, comparison, gaming, grand, grand theft auto, gta, iii, mission, ps2, san andreas, san francisco, screen, screen cap, screen capture, sf, taxi, theft, vice, vice city
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Post-Thanksgiving Cab Driving
Starting with Thanksgiving I drove 4 days in a row, a first for me. I wore out quickly. The driving doesn’t phase me nearly as much as waking up so early (5am). I didn’t get enough sleep any night. After … Continue reading
Posted in taxi, work
Tagged cab, city, driving, microeconomics of taxis, san francisco, sf, taxi, urban, work
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Moving the City forward?
San Francisco 1900: Average speed of public transit 8.0 mph* San Francisco 2007: Average speed of public transit 8.1 mph (SF Gate) What went wrong in the past 107 years? How has the San Francisco City and County increased average … Continue reading
Posted in transit
Tagged agnostic, city, city planning, congestion, mixed mode, mode, muni, planning, san francisco, street use, sustainable cities, transit
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