I was thinking if PG&E cuts off southern Sonoma electricity could the NWP property be converted to high tension power transmission line to connect to maybe SMUD? Or to another existing power generati
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French tv ran a story a while back ago about little old ladies in Japan having to commit petty crimes in order to get sent to jail, which they can deal with reasonably well.
I wonder if they have h
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San Rafael like all of the Northbay is very auto-centric. SR would love to be Atherton or Hillsborough but is stuck with the downscale Canal "quartier" and San Quentin.
As far as overpasses in S
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https://www.sfexaminer.com/news/bart-police-brawl-with-teenage-girls-in-powell-bart-station/
What would the media do for a story without ghetto gauge?
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SMART is the anti-light rail. It is an irrelevant dumb-down to placate Doug Bosco and allowed by MTC as a placeholder for bechtel gauge.
Bosco will be gone when BART-MTC makes its move but if 5'6"
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From Sonoma Co. GGT is all bus with a well established commute operation and ridership. These lines will most assuredly not disappear with the advent of doodlebugs to north of Sir Francis Drake.
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The real issue here is how many commuters will use SMART to access the GGT ferries? And what stations will they be coming from? Remember GGT runs express buses with very few stops enroute and no nee
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In the 30 years I rode GGT buses their drivers would never put up with anything like that. Especially the ex-Greyhound guys. They would just radio ahead and the cops would board the bus at a conveni
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https://www.sfgate.com/travel/resources/transit/article/New-BART-station-slated-for-completion-in-2026-14371867.php
No mention in the piece whether this is an extra stop in Fremont or a replacement
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A good argument for self-driving electric buses on reserved lanes on a new bridge from the East Bay to SF. No room on a bus for this kind of stuff.
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All the NdeM brand is gone now not just on the narrow gauge. Some of those flat-roof narrow gauge passenger cars might have come from the San Lazaro-Cuautla-Puebla line. There were some arch-roof st
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Oh, yeah. As Thurber said about leaving Columbus along the lines I had to go to New York to get away from the competition.
Ohio is so "tetched" their most profitable casino is not allowed to have
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When Columbus had trolley coaches the fair was affordable and there were pretty full buses. But that could not be allowed to continue; diesel rules.
All Columbus is interested in is more cars goin
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Columbus has always been run by a handful of rich families and corporations. Overall Ohio is now a poor state. Ohio used to make fun of West Va. as hicks; now it is all about the same.
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This is one of the dumber articles on public transit and probably could have been better done by a high school student for free.
Some random observations about transit in the US in response to this
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https://www.sfexaminer.com/news/san-franciscos-oldest-public-transit-vehicle-rides-again/
Too bad Charlie Smallwood is not still around: I'm sure he could offer some insights into the past of #19.
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I thought about putting the aquaduct comparison into my post but forgot this morning. The surviving aquaducts are shorter and lower and only carrying a relatively light and consistent load. And they
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