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Tag Archives: sf
N-Judah tastes blood. Mmm.
This time the N-Judah tries to slice off an old lady’s foot. Links: Nice coverage in Metroblog SF Gate N-Judah Chronicles blog eats this up.
Posted in media, transit
Tagged accident, blood, bus, busses, feet, foot, heavy, heavy rail, hurts, judah, killer, light, light rail, lrt, metro, mmm, muni, muni metro, n, n-judah, ouch, pedestrian, rail, san francisco, sf, tram, transit
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KQED Perspective: Peak Medallions
I condensed my usual rant about peak medallions down to a 2 minute piece for a KQED‘s Perspective. It’s a quick op-ed that airs during the morning drive time. It will air again on Saturday morning. It sounds a bit … Continue reading
Posted in media, politics, taxi
Tagged cab, find, hail, kqed, local, local policy, medallions, op-ed, opinion, peak, perspective, perspectives, policy, politics, regulation, san francisco, sf, supply, taxi, taxicab, variability, variable supply
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Driving the storm
(Source) I drove on Friday during the heavy storm that hit most of Northern California. It was a great day to drive. Details after the break.
Posted in taxi, work
Tagged cab, california, driving, falling, flood, norcal, northern california, rain, san francisco, sf, shift, storm, taxi, taxicab, thunder, thunderstorms, trees, weather, wind, work
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Should the City allow cab companies to charge higher gate fees to taxi drivers?
In some ways, blogs are great. They present frequently updated writing with a nice user interface that emphasizes recent postings first. But, most blog interfaces (including this one) bury old postings even if new, interesting and worthy comments are posted. … Continue reading
Posted in econ, politics, taxi
Tagged alioto-pier, blogs, board, board of supervisors, earnings, fee, gate, gate fees, gui, hourly, increase, rates, san francisco, sf, supervisor, taxi, user interface
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New Year’s Eve Driving
I drove late in the night on New Year’s Eve. As a recent beginner in the world of cab driving, I am a ‘day driver’, low on the taxi company totem pole. I cannot drive during the lucrative hours of … Continue reading
Dear Chronicle: Exodus of low-income City residents caused by rent control, not SOMA development.
This Chronicle article misses the mark. It gives a strong impression that development South of Market represents the reason San Francisco has become unaffordable for low income City residents. I paraphrase the introduction of the article: “Our City is changing. … Continue reading
Posted in econ, politics
Tagged affordable, affordable housing, california, city, diversity, econ, economics, housing, income, low income, rent, rent control, rental, residents, san francisco, sf, urban
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Killer Muni strikes again.
This is getting ridiculous. Rant. Link (Examiner) Link (SF Gate)
Posted in politics, transit
Tagged accident, articulated, breda, bus, busses, death, error, ingleside, k, killer, light, light rail, lrt, manslaughter, metro, muni, murder, pedestrian, rail, san francisco, sf
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Are taxis a “green” form of transit?
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
Slow driving
Today was a tough, tough day to drive a cab. I left the garage at 5 am. Nobody was out in the morning. I had about one fare per hour until around noon when the fare faucet started to drip … Continue reading
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