Roving China correspondent Josh Chin has filed a brief video report with the Wall Street Journal on Beijing’s growing transit system. It’s done well, and for being just a few minutes long, feels awfully comprehensive. My favorite is this Chinese kid who grew up in Switzerland and in documenting the entire subway system online.
Today may be the hottest day of the year. The hot weather wreaks havoc with our air quality, and a few friends have remarked on the thick layer of smog that settled over San Francisco yesterday (imagine the view in this photo, but browner). Normally, Pacific winds keep us cool and blow all of our [...]
Last week, a fire on the BART tracks between the Montgomery and Embarcadero Stations led to public transit delays and downtown road closures. Although the fire itself was apparently a relatively minor incident—no one appeared directly threatened by the fire—the BART response approaches “bungled” status; as smoke seeped into one BART train, inadequately informed passengers [...]
The following was intended to be blogged, but at the time I had no blog. The related pictures have been viewed more than any of my other, better pictures. But SFist.com linked to it, so what can you do? September 21, 2005 I was walking to my train stop at Duboce Park this morning when [...]
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