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Tag Archives: san francisco
Muni strikes again. Teen killed.
This time it’s the 9x Bayshore Express — articulated — tough busses to drive. Link (Examiner) Same rant as usual.
Posted in politics, transit
Tagged accident, articulated, bus, busses, death, error, killer, manslaughter, muni, murder, pedestrian, san francisco, sf
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It’s quiet in the City driving between holidays.
Above: an elevated view of Golden Gate Park in San Francisco. (Source) I didn’t want to fart around and write more blog entries yesterday, so I showed up to DeSoto early in the morning to see if they had an … Continue reading
What would a San Francisco subway system look like? Maybe a little something like this…
I’m a big fan of Eric’s Transbay Blog. This Eric fellow never fails to impress. A recent post posed this question: if we had all the money in the world to spend on transit (and sometimes it seems like we … Continue reading
Posted in transit
Tagged bus, heavy rail, light rail, lrt, muni, public, public transportation, rail, san francisco, sf, subway, train, transit, transport, transportation, tube, underground
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Transit fun fact: Fillmore Street developed as a commercial zone because of the 1906 quake.
(Photo Credit) Here’s another cool factoid from the amazing (out-of-print) book on the history of the San Francisco Municipal Railway. We know Upper Fillmore Street today as a bustling commercial district with high-end shops and restaurants married closely with its … Continue reading
Posted in econ, transit
Tagged 1906, build, cable, cable car, car, development, earthquake, econ, economics, fillmore, japantown, line, lrt, muni, pacific heights, public, public transit, rail, rebuild, san francisco, sf, train, transit, transport, western addition
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UCSF makes its own power. Why?
This past weekend I took a guy home early in the morning at the end of his night shift at the University of California, San Francisco‘s power plant. At first I thought he meant he works to maintain the big … Continue reading
Posted in econ
Tagged cng, coal, education, electric, electricity, gas, generation, higher, higher education, lng, natural, natural gas, pacific gas and electric, pg&e, plant, power, power plant, san francisco, sf, uc, ucsf, universities, university
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Driving cab on Christmas day
After a disappointing shift on Monday (Christmas Eve Eve?) from midnight ’till 11, I figured Christmas Day from midnight ’till 11 would be even worse. It turns out the Christmas Eve revelers were out in full swing. Summary after the … Continue reading
You exchanged presents and illuminated an evergreen to celebrate the Lord’s birth. I drove a cab.
I work Sunday, Monday and Tuesday. There is no such thing as paid holidays when you’re an independent contractor driving a cab. In fact, it’s more difficult to get time off during the holidays since nobody else wants to take … Continue reading
Muni’s incompetent management structure injures more people.
The Examiner reports a Muni bus hit a pedestrian Monday evening bringing the total number of “pedestrian incidents” to 20 since the start of Muni’s fiscal year on July 1. 20 incidents? Why so many? Is this excessive? Yes. Is … Continue reading
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Tagged bus, hit, incident, injury, management, muni, pedestrian, policy, san francisco, sf, strike, struck, structure, system
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