If you’re tired of bitching about Muni, now here’s your chance to do something about it. I’ll be there, but I won’t be buying anyone drinks at Trad’r Sam. :) Well, maybe the mayor.
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Sometimes the battles come to me, some times I come to the battles.
The first is the case of the battle coming to me is the new jet-sounding air exhaust system that the Parc 55 Renaissance Hotel installed just outside my apartment’s window a couple weeks ago. It is huge, loud, and runs full blast because of the latest heat wave to hit California. I’m not the only one who has to be annoyed by these buzzing fans, since the entire south side of the building faces them and I can hear it from the street level too.
The first stage of this battle is to look up noise ordinances, contact the San Francisco Tenants Union, and send the Parc 55 a letter. If that fails, I may have to resort to getting a lawyer as stage 2.
The second is the case of me coming to the battle is the GoGeary movement to implement a BRT system along the Geary corridor. While this is a good idea, it isn’t the best idea. Do we need more diesel powered vehicles on the road? They are noisy, uncomfortable to ride, and have short useful life times. Why they don’t expand the light rail to Geary is beyond me. Well, actually, it isn’t. Local business are meddling in the deployment of light rail, fearing that it will cost them business due to parking spots being lost.
I don’t know about you, but if I can take a non-crush capacity vehicle to your business, I’ll likely spend money. Why a another vehicle in Muni’s fleet? Why not the devil we know, the Breda cars?
I’ve been doing some research, of which I’ve made some very interesting finds on both San Francisco’s internal workings as well as just how a BRT will not help the dire situation the 38-Geary line is in. I’m going to prepare a 2-minute statement and let Muni and the GoGeary folks know during the project meeting on July 29th.
Heck, I don’t even take the Geary line anymore. I moved because it was just so bad — the downtown area transit is so much better. And guess what, it is mostly electric rail!
We have to set the president.
I’m moving. Not away from San Francisco, of course, but closer to downtown. I’m moving to the east edge of the Tenderloin, near Union Square. I found a nice penthouse apartment for just a little more than what I’m paying now for my Pac. Heights place. I ink the deal Saturday.
Features:
Oh, and it has a shared deck on the opposite side of my unit.
Photos coming soon!
Late last night at the Cat Club, I saw this guy dancing about wearing a “38 / Geary” tshirt. For the uninitiated, the “38 Geary to Transbay Terminal” is the bus line I take almost every single day. Yes, I broke up with Muni, but damnit if I didn’t like that Tshirt, and yeah, I’m still using Muni. I’m ashamed: Ask me to show you my Fastpass.
Exhibit A
Exhibit B
Rumor has it that there is a shop on Irving and 19th that sells similar tshirts, so I don’t have to get the awful white shirts that Cafepress only offers.
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