Tag Archives: sf

Hey, SFMTA, please double residential parking fees and introduce traffic congestion fees.

Posted on March 19, 2008 by kfarr

The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) is a bureaucratic whale, containing, in separate stomachs, the Department of Parking and Traffic (DPT) and the San Francisco Municipal Railway (Muni) public transit system. Recently, the SFMTA crunched some numbers and said, … Continue reading →

Posted in econ, politics, transit | Tagged bus, busses, congestion, department, dpt, econ, economics, empty, fee, fines, macro, meter, micro, mta, muni, municipal, neighborhood, parking, parking and traffic, permit, pockets, pricing, railway, san francisco, sf, sfmta, shortfall, spot, traffic, train, transit, transportation, user, user fee, variable, variable pricing, yearly | 3 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

Driving highlights

Posted on March 19, 2008 by kfarr

I drove 3 shifts in the past 3 days. One of them starts early at 5 am, the other two are graveyard shifts starting at 1 am. Each lasts 11 hours. During my shifts I picked up two young, professional … Continue reading →

Posted in taxi, work | Tagged bretagne, britain, british, cab, california, commonwealth, english, francais, France, french, gate, golden, golden gate bridge, indiana, iowa, japan, japanese, midwest, nice, nova, saint-brieuc, san francisco, sf, taxi, taxicab, teacher, teaching, tourist, travel, trip, Visit | 2 Comments

The headline should read, “Mayor signs taxi gate fee increase, lowering pay for City workers.”

Posted on March 13, 2008 by kfarr

Mayor Newsom signed a bill last week that increases gate fees for most cab drivers by $5 (effectively a $.50/hr paycut) and increases the gate fee for Compressed Natural Gas and hybrid cab drivers by $13.50 (effectively a $1.35/hr paycut). … Continue reading →

Posted in politics, taxi, transit | Tagged alioto-pier, bill, cab, charge, fee, gate, gate fee, gavin, gavin newsom, increase, law, legislation, local, newsom, politics, rental, san francisco, sf, sign, taxi, taxicab | 1 Comment

Driving highlights

Posted on March 12, 2008 by kfarr

There’s a new traffic light at California and (upper) Stockton. It’s a real buzz-kill when you’re flying up or down California Street, but it’s a wonder there was never one before. This intersection splits 2 segments of California which both … Continue reading →

Posted in taxi, transit, work | Tagged airport, cab, calm, city, comfortable, drive, driving, drugs, hill, mission, passengers, potrero, projects, robbery, rude, safe, san francisco, sf, steal, taxi, taxicab | 5 Comments

Teen killed Sunday in bright daylight. Chronicle doesn’t report it?

Posted on March 10, 2008 by kfarr

San Francisco is really a tale of two cities: the yuppie, high income, peaceful facade of the northern and western edge of town, and the rougher, minority majority, low income Bay View/Hunters Point district. But, you’d think that the San … Continue reading →

Posted in media, politics | Tagged bay view, bayview, degree, first, gun, hunters, hunters point, local, media, murder, newspaper, point, report, san francisco, sf, shot, violence | 3 Comments

Driving highlights

Posted on March 5, 2008 by kfarr

While driving Sun-Mon (1am-12pm) These few days were slow, slow, slow. I find it funny that I have such a hard time estimating how much I’ll make beforehand. It’s almost like gambling. The only ‘sure-fire’ well-paying weekends are those with … Continue reading →

Posted in econ, taxi, work | Tagged cab, congestion, driving, graveyard, morning, night, rush, san francisco, sf, shift, taxi, taxicab, traffic, work | 1 Comment

Meeting people in the City is tough. Why?

Posted on March 5, 2008 by kfarr

I am a recently single guy and just realized how hard it seems to be to meet new people (men or women) in the City. One craigslist post summed it up well, “Ever notice how people (downtown anyway) just walk … Continue reading →

Posted in happiness | Tagged bars, cafe, california, connection, craiglist.org, craigslist, interaction, intimacy, meet, meeting, meetup, people, proximity, restaurant, san francisco, sf, social, socializing, university | 2 Comments

TEP proposes good things for Muni. Is this good news?

Posted on February 29, 2008 by kfarr

A week ago the Chronicle reported on some promising preliminary recommendations based on findings from the Transit Effectiveness Project (TEP). These recommendations are great. In many ways they are in line with common sense: improve highly used lines using BRT, … Continue reading →

Posted in happiness, politics, transit | Tagged board, brt, bus, busses, effectiveness, ford, francisco, gavin, gavin newsom, heavy, light, lrt, mayor, muni, municipal, nat, nat ford, nathaniel, newsom, project, public, rail, railroad, railway, rapid, san, san francisco, sf, supervisors, TEP, transit, transport, transportation, union, workers | Leave a comment

“Hacking” traffic signals in the City

Posted on February 27, 2008 by kfarr

Driving so many hours in the City offers a lot of time for thinking, especially thinking about driving. I put a lot of thought toward the question: How can I reach a destination most quickly? The answer is rather complicated, … Continue reading →

Posted in taxi, transit | Tagged green, hacking, hacks, intersection, life, life hacking, light, red, san francisco, sf, signal, timing, traffic, traffic light, yellow | 5 Comments

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