Tag Archives: oil

Cab earnings update: seasonal rise in demand for taxis offsets increased fuel and gate costs.

Posted on April 24, 2008 by kfarr

San Francisco cab drivers face two recent cost pressures: a recent gate fee increase combined with the recent climb in gas prices. Fortunately, these cost pressures come at a time when aggregate demand for taxis in the City is increasing. … Continue reading →

Posted in econ, politics, taxi, transit | Tagged aggregate, cab, city, cost, demand, earnings, econ, employment, fee, forecast, fuel, gas, gate, gate fee, home, hourly, increase, infrastructure, labor, macro, micro, oil, pay, rise, san francisco, seasonal, sf, shift, take, take-home, taxi, taxicab, tips, transit, transportation, wage, winter, worker | 1 Comment

Driving a slow weekend in the City

Posted on April 24, 2008 by kfarr

It was another slow weekend in San Francisco. During my shifts I witnessed a non-trivial collision. A Toyota pickup truck was traveling behind me south on South Van Ness. As we approached the 16th Street intersection he passed me on … Continue reading →

Posted in econ, politics, taxi, work | Tagged aid, attempts, ca, cab, california, car, caravan, career, Chrysler, city, cost, counseling, culture, dodge, downtown, durango, english, espanol, gallon, gas, gas mileage, help, homeless, intrepid, language, left, mexican, mexico, mileage, miles, mpg, oil, per, poverty, price, program, rent, right, san francisco, sf, spanish, speaking, subsidy, taxi, taxicab | 1 Comment

“Energy independence” is silly. We must use less energy regardless of its source.

Posted on March 21, 2008 by kfarr

My unwavering allegiance to the American Public Media radio program Marketplace was made ever tighter by a clear and compelling opinion piece by Jerry Taylor of the Cato Institute. The piece is written so concisely I can do no better … Continue reading →

Posted in econ, media, politics | Tagged bush, clinton, cost, econ, economics, energy, energy independence, gas, gasoline, goods, hillary, independence, macro, market, micro, obama, oil, policy, prices, services | 6 Comments

Are taxis a “green” form of transit?

Posted on December 31, 2007 by kfarr

I love the premise of the Green Cab taxi company that started operating in the City this year. Sexy! Green! Buzzwords! Their cabs DO look good on the street. They stand out and offer clear differentiation from other cabs both … Continue reading →

Posted in taxi, transit | Tagged cab, carbon, co2, earth, emissions, environment, fuel, gas, green, green cab, green taxi, hippies, hippy, oil, peak, peak oil, san francisco, saving, sf, taxi, taxicab | 2 Comments

And now for some hippie speak on why cars are bad.

Posted on December 27, 2007 by kfarr

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 | 10 Comments