Tag Archives: industry

Examiner print daily is heaven, Examiner online is hell. Why?

Posted on May 28, 2008 by kfarr

The current iteration of the San Francisco Examiner — the free, tabloid-sized print daily focused primarily on San Francisco news and events — is top notch. It’s a quick read, conveniently sized and simple but effective in delivering a local … Continue reading →

Posted in internets, media | Tagged ads, chronicle, cpm, daily, digital, examiner, industry, journalism, journalist, media, news, newspaper, online, pageviews, print, reporters, revenue, san francisco, sf, sfgate, stories, the examiner, views, web | 2 Comments

Website highlights financial stress of driving a taxi in the City

Posted on March 26, 2008 by kfarr

I point your temporary attention to a Flash website produced by UC Berkeley j-school grad students Eric Zassenhaus and Amy Jeffries. The video clips thumbnailed along the bottom are accurate and colorful paintings of a typical taxi shift. Well worth … Continue reading →

Posted in econ, politics, taxi, transit | Tagged cab, city, commission, county, driver, econ, economics, fee, gate, gillespie, government, heidi, increase, industry, jim, labor, local, machen, macro, micro, oversight, policies, politics, regulation, san francisco, sf, taxi, taxicab, transportation, union, united, utw, worker, yellow, yellow cab | 2 Comments

My taxi earnings: are City tourists back?

Posted on March 19, 2008 by kfarr

I sure noticed when tourists to the City took a vacation from vacationing. Now it appears they might be back in force. Monday I had 3 trips to Pier 33, the most common departing point to catch the ferry to … Continue reading →

Posted in econ, taxi, work | Tagged cab, city, daily, earnings, hotel, industry, motel, san francisco, sf, shift, sightseeing, take-home, taxi, taxicab, touring, tourism, tourist, tours, travel, travelers, vaca, vacation, Visit, visitors | Leave a comment

Tourists hibernate for winter. My earnings decrease.

Posted on December 11, 2007 by kfarr

Tourism is San Francisco’s top industry by revenue. San Francisco is the 3rd most popular destination for overseas tourists. (1) (2) During the summer at least a quarter of all of my fares were tourists. Sometimes these visitors are aggravating … Continue reading →

Posted in econ, taxi | Tagged business cycle, cab, cycle, earnings, econ, economics, industry, local, local economy, san francisco, season, sf, summer, taxi, tourism, tourists, winter | 4 Comments