michaelleslie

> (The worst are SF's 2-way stops at intersections between equally-sized roads that show up randomly throughout Sunset. Worst of both worlds.)

As a cyclist, I've been yelled at by drivers for not stopping at that type of intersection, where they have a stop sign and I don't. People are working off of their personal version of the rules of the road, where they are always right.

I take it this is more of a meta-realization than one acutely related to open working environments

Goodwill (or similar) is your friend here. Physical media players are likely to get purged when someone's de-cluttering their home.

Anecdote, but I've gone back to public library DVDs and Blu-rays for titles unavailable on streaming for similar reasons to what you've described.

I'm in the States, so it's less of an issue of region/market lock-out and more an issue of no one being able to own their own media any more.

Sounds like Mars 2112 in Times Square.

Logging in to note that these are classic ADHD symptoms, should you want to investigate that aspect of your psyche further.

https://twitter.com/boring_as_heck/status/872144967350632448... comes to mind

Sounds like a less-scalable metro system, a technology that predates this "innovation" by a century or so.

Contrary to popular belief, gas taxation does not come close to covering the cost of road maintenance and construction.

Their vans are an absolute terror whenever I ride down Market Street on my commute. Muni clearly has higher driver hiring standards.

That's a remarkably privileged and blasé take, denying the importance of civic engagement.

That's a good point.

I know Penn is a major bottleneck (we have Christie to thank for that after killing ARC), and there's the added problem of delays conflicting with Metro North/NJT schedules.

We need infrastructure investment in dense corridors if we're to get anywhere remotely near European or Asian standards.

Ahh, the classic, "We've defunded and gutted this government program. Look! Government doesn't work!" that the American right traffics in.

The private sector is the reason for these delays.

http://blog.amtrak.com/2015/02/message-amtrak-regarding-time...

Oh certainly, the political implications of digging a tunnel under Los Padres haven't even begun to unfold.

I support the project, but part of me wishes that the money could have gone to massive improvements of Los Angeles, Bay Area, Sac, and smaller cities' transit (with density bonuses, value-capture schemes, etc.). No way that wins a statewide ballot though.

In the end, the Caltrain improvements as part of the project will help a lot, which I think include more double-tracking as well as electrification and grade-separation.

Some Second Transbay Tube plans mention a stop in Alameda before entering Oakland.

Whether the project happens in San Francisco's lip-service to transit NIMBY climate is the bigger question.

From my understanding, most of the benefit of this BART extension will be for East Bay commuters (areas in the south, like Milpitas and Fremont, in particular) who are more likely to work in the South Bay than in San Francisco.

Caltrain presumably will remain the fastest option from San Jose, at least if regressive enclaves like Atherton don't delay the improvements for the high-speed rail project.

Getting the fiefdoms to coordinate is the Bay's eternal transit problem, however.

TfL manages more than just the London Underground. I think the other poster may be using the Tube's share of operating expenses?

More women entered the workforce at that time, and households with more than one breadwinner became more common due to wage stagnation in the 70s, but I imagine there's more at play than just that.

Even smaller parks in San Francisco, like Buena Vista, have surprisingly large amounts of wildlife despite being in dense areas.

I've seen coyotes and raccoons in my neighborhood. In preserved areas like the Presidio and the Headlands, I've seen Bald Eagles while cycling.

A similar thing recently happened when Blue Bottle wanted to open where Bean There used to be on Steiner at Waller.

http://sfist.com/2017/05/15/blue_bottle_blocked_from_opening...