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December 19, 2007

While crews repair a damaged cable, California Street cable cars will be down for the count today, but could return to service by early tomorrow. Sad, isn't it? According to Muni spokesman Alan Siegel, "[t]he cable runs continuously (up and down the line), so we have to find the...

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December 18, 2007

Never having to drive through this again? Sob. The East Bay and South Bay (more or less) are vying to be one of the destination points that will send travelers from SF to LA in 2½ hours. (Can you imagine? You're watch HSM and HSM2 on your iPhone and...

Continue Reading "Good Riddance, Grapevine"

December 15, 2007

Photo of GM's new plug-in electric car concept...

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December 14, 2007

The feds have gotten big bucks for the value of the Busan, so it now has one less hurdle to jump before heading home. ...

Continue Reading "Cosco Busan Posts a $79.5 Million Bond, Crew Detained"

December 12, 2007

So, it appears like the new stacked buses are on the road as of today. Wait, scratch that -- the new stacked bus is on the road today. According to the Examiner, "with only one bus servicing select routes, it may be tough to catch a ride." Well, that's sad. The poor thing -- which it looks like was given the 10-Townsend route, perhaps? -- must be lonely. Sniff. It looks like it will......

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December 11, 2007

This was the scene the other day on everybody's favorite piece of landfill, San Francisco's Marina District. Larger version here Of course SUPER-visor Chris Daly took action to keep Segways off of our sidewalks about a half decade ago, but our law doesn't appear to stop folks from just driving around in bike lanes. (It doesn't seem to stop people from riding on sidewalks either, but oh well.) Anyway, you'll be seeing these things in......

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December 10, 2007

December 6, 2007

Take a photo tour of a huge abandoned cruise ship that's been sitting around for years...

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December 5, 2007

We were walking home last night, and came across this Mini on Church Street. Front bumper flush with the truck, rear wheels right on the curb. How did this happen? Is the Mini driver the best parallel parker ever? Was the truck driver just being an ass? Either way,...

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December 4, 2007

San Francisco is America's most "walkable" city...

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