Category Archives: transportation

F Market to the Castro

By Dave | Published: January 3, 2011

“F this train! (Don’t worry, it’s all cool.)” – January 3rd, 2011 Even when I’m otherwise pissed off at SF Muni, the F line always pulls through. It’s one of my favorite ways to travel through the city — the historic cars, the old seats, and the awesome growl of the train as it travels [...]

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Choo choo!

By Dave | Published: November 23, 2010

We were supposed to take the Amtrak Coast Starlight train down to Southern California, but it was severely delayed due to bad weather in Oregon and Washington. Changed trains, taking San Joaquin to Bakersfield and then a bus to Los Angeles. Here we go! Man, wouldn’t it be nice to have a high speed rail [...]

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TSA Checkpoint Sign

By Dave | Published: November 22, 2010

Oleg Volk created this TSA checkpoint sign in 2008, which is now getting attention due to recent abuses by the organization. Interestingly enough, the social location service Loopt is offering 10 iPod touches to people who check in to an airport using the app on November 24th, and tweet about being pat down by the [...]

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Another TSA problem? Data collection

By Dave | Published: November 21, 2010

Another problem with the TSA? Lack of data collection. A former assistant police chief writes on the potential for passive discrimination, due to the TSA’s lack of data collection: Over the last fifteen years or so, many police agencies started capturing data on police interactions. The primary purpose was to document what had historically been [...]

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Where Muni turnstiles go to die.

By Dave | Published: September 14, 2010

Where Muni turnstiles go to die…, originally uploaded by Dave Schumaker. SF Muni is in the process of upgrading the turnstiles in all their underground stations. Here, a pile of old turnstiles sits abandoned in a corner of Powell Station. Interestingly enough, while taking this photo, the newly installed turnstiles (which have weird, automatic gates) [...]

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What’s faster than Muni? Everything.

By Dave | Published: August 19, 2010

Maybe I shouldn’t be too surprised at this — but I’m kind of in awe that biking home from downtown San Francisco (entirely uphill, mind you) is faster than taking a bus. GPS info riding my bike: GPS info while riding the bus: Here are the times: * Bike – 2.64 miles in ~18 minutes, [...]

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Picked up a new bike!

By Dave | Published: March 1, 2010

I picked up a new bike this weekend from someone on Craigslist! A ~1995 Schwinn Passage in perfect condition. It’s a great little touring bike and I’ve already put 25 miles on it.

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Muni’s new augmented reality app

By Dave | Published: December 11, 2009

I’m releasing a new augmented reality application for San Francisco’s Muni system soon. How does it work? Basically, you just point it at your stop to see the latest arrival times. Here is a preview screenshot! Seriously though, everyone is getting on the bandwagon with augmented reality applications lately! A local developer just released a [...]

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Late buses make me mad too

By Dave | Published: September 27, 2009

Yeah, late buses make me pretty mad too, but I don’t think I’ve ever taken it out on a bus shelter. Damn punks.

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Getting ready to leave for our whale watching trip

By Dave | Published: July 26, 2009

Posted via email from Dave Schumaker’s Posterous

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