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Established in 1976, residential parking was created to "preserve neighborhood-living within a major urban center."
Residential parking is set up by area within the city, with each area designated
by color and a one or two letter combination
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Residential parking is... read more
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For the past few years the SFMTA
has been throwing tepid water at sequence of fires.
The failure of the economy coupled with theft of funds by
the Governor have led to a transportation system in San Francisco that is
drowning in debt. Clearly this situation cannot be allowed to continue.
Two... read more
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How many of you can recall a scant one-hundred years ago when a ride
on MUNI cost a mere nickel? Currently a ride on MUNI costs two-bucks
while Mayor Newsom pressures the SFMTA or raise the
historic F-line's fare to a whopping five-bucks.
So how did we land in the current mess? How did the cost... read more
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Anyone who walks on San Francisco's sidewalks quickly becomes aware that the pedestrian in this city
is often relegated to the lowest face on the totem pole.
By pedestrians we include anyone who walks, uses a wheelchair, a walker, or pushes a stroller.
To illustrate, first examine the below... read more
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Most parking meters in the city are not enforced between the hours of
6:00 p.m. and 6 a.m. which means from early evening through the following early morning.
The effect of this non-enforcement is that cars
may park free during those hours.
In addition, many parking meters
are not enforced on... read more
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The SFMTA (San Francisco Metropolitan Transportation Agency) announced
that it intends to impose a fare increase to the F-line. It will raise the fare
from $2.00 per ride to $5.00 per ride. The SFMTA additionally intends to require use of a
$70 fast pass to access the F-line instead of the... read more
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All electric buses turn left onto 3rd Street off of Townsend. The only bus that continues
straight along Townsend is the 10, a diesel bus. The below photo shows that all electric
buses turn, this one happened to be a 30 Stockton.
Notice that the overhead electric wires both turn up 3rd and... read more
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As mentioned in our November 25, 2009 blog
the easternmost entry to the MUNI Embarcadero and Powell Stations,
only had a single Translink entry. This was a problem
because of the arrows on the other... read more
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For the first few years of the N-Line's extension out the Embarcadero to 4th and King, bars were embedded
into both platform edges. (See the above photograph.) The idea appeared
to be for the bars to prevent people from falling between the two coupled trolley cars.
There were no signs to explain... read more
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At the easternmost entry to the MUNI Embarcadero and Powell Stations,
only a single Translink entry exists. This is a problem
because of the arrows on the other side:
Notice how all the arrows point in a horizontal line to the end-most turnstile.
This visual effect causes almost all those... read more
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If you have ever tried to read, write, film,
or just plain want to remain steady on a MUNI bus,
you will be dissapointed. Almost every bus route
leads those poor bus tires over pot holes, bad
street repairs, and general road damage. The result,
on some routes, can resemble time spent in an... read more
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Should MUNI be Fare Free?
One Man's Opinion
The question is whether or not MUNI should be fare supported
or should be converted to become fare-free.
Rather than decide in advance that a fare-free MUNI would
cost too much, instead first weigh the pros and cons to decide
if the matter of cost should... read more
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A Future San Francisco Subway System
Here we present in diagrammatic a view of what the San Francisco subway system might
evolve into when the population of the city doubles then triples.
It is estimated that the population of California will reach 50 million
by the year 2050. If San Francisco... read more
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Suggestions for the improvement of Translink on MUNI
1.Automatically count boardings so that folks may benefit
from cheaper fares. For example, on the fifth boarding
of a day, stop charging and treat that pass as a daily
pass. Use a similar approach for... read more
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