A response to Boxer’s SF Mass Transit email.
Today I received a letter from Senator Barbara Boxer regarding recent investments into San Francisco's mass transit system, and specifically calling out a project at the City College, which is great news. Perhaps the message was crafted just for me based on zip code, but I was left wondering, 'What about the rest of the Bay Area?' So I sent her an equally specific response via her website...
A quick reply from GGB
Last week, I noticed a change in the lane configuration for the evening commute on the Golden Gate Bridge. For some reason, they had switched from a 3 North/3 South configuration to a 4 North/2 South setup, which had the negative effect of backing Southbound traffic through the Waldo tunnel, while the Northbound side on the bridge seemed to be sparse for the most part. Initially I thought it had to do with the recent closure of the Bay Bridge, or even Daylight Savings Time, but it soon became apparent that it wasn't changing back to the way it used to be.
So, in frustration, I shot off an email this past Saturday to the contact address I found on the Golden Gate Bridge website, and just received the following response. Kudos to them for getting back to me so quickly, even though it wasn't really with the response I was hoping for.
Street View Sub-Contractor?
Street View Sub-Contractor?, originally uploaded by chrisr.
Spotted this vehicle today on the way to Molly Stones. I'm guessing it's for creating the pano photos for Google's Street View, but perhaps someone else is deploying something similar. Earthmine.com has nothing beyond login and email links. The domain is registered to some dude in San Francisco at a company called SurfaceWise.
Some decent signage, finally.
Some decent signage, finally., originally uploaded by chrisr.
It looks like with the addition of the new (and now infamous) T Line, SFMTA has actually hired a graphic designer! /boggle