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Monday, March 28, 2011

Detour Through the DoMiNo (Dolores, Mission & Noe) Yields Architectural Treasures


Quane and 23rd

Chattanooga and 23rd


Chattanooga and 22nd

Saturday, March 26, 2011

MUNI Driver Takes Unscheduled Break, Enjoys Starbucks

Yesterday, myself and a group of six other people waited for almost an hour for the 23-Monterey bus heading East towards the Bayview, but it never came. Actually, three buses never arrived.
When a bus DID finally arrive I asked the driver (who was actually very apologetic), he told me that his leader and the leader before him had both called in sick. It seems that with MUNI owing operators a budget-busting $28 million in overtime pay, and with the SFMTA recently enforcing existing work rules that caused a 1-week decrease in absenteeism of 40%, and with annual salaries that rival any transit system in the entire country; why should even marginal ineptitude ensure job security?

The extension would connect Fisherman's Wharf with The Marina District via an existing One-way tunnel, starting at Van Ness Avenue, that lies underneath Fort Mason

The F-Historic Streetcar might make it's way to the Marina sooner than later. With the release of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for the extension, The National Park Service is overseeing the majority of the preliminary work, since most of the .85 mile extension from Jones Street to Fort Mason Center crosses federal land. The final construction and operation of the extension will be completed by MUNI.