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Tag Archives: road
More Bay to Breakers
This is a continuation of a previous post. Toward the end of my shift, around 3pm, I picked up an elderly Chinese couple hailing on the street downtown. They were heading all the way out to the deep Richmond on … Continue reading
Mayor Newsom’s crazy ‘take back the streets’ idea is well founded but slightly misguided.
The Chronicle reported on Mayor Newsom’s idea to turn a good portion of the Embarcadero into a pedestrian-only safe zone during certain times of the weekend. This is similar to the City’s current closing of JFK Drive in Golden Gate … Continue reading
Posted in happiness, politics, transit
Tagged bicycle, bike, blocks, car, cars, cement, city, dense, density, gavin, grass, gray, green, greenblocks, greenspace, grey, infrastructure, livable, manufacture, newsom, open, owned, park, pedestrian, personal, personal vehicle, planner, planning, property, public, public space, quality, right of way, road, roadway, roadways, shared, space, street, streets, transit, transportation, urban, vehicle, view
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Sad news: New York City congestion fee proposal killed by New York State.
The NY Times reports on the sad news that the New York State Assembly vetoed New York City Mayor Bloomberg’s proposal to charge drivers to enter Manhattan during peak times. While I do not understand the legal wrangling between agencies … Continue reading
Posted in econ, politics, transit
Tagged albany, bloomberg, city, congestion, fee, hour, mayor, new york, new york city, nyc, peak, personal, pricing, proposal, road, roadway, san francisco, sf, throughput, toll, vehicle
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