Posts Tagged ‘Waiting’
Wednesday, March 17th, 2010
Things were worse back in aught-seven, back when drivers waiting to fill up at the always-cheap ARCO station on Fell Street in the EaPA would queue up in the bike lane. But it’s no picnic these days neither, as you can see in this shot from a few days ago:
Well, comes now award-winning Michael Helquist of BIKE NOPA to learn us about planned changes:
“‘We have a design hashed out to take out parking on the south side of Fell Street,’ James Shahamiri, MTA Assistant Traffic Engineer, told BIKE NOPA. The new design would designate the former parking spaces as a curbside queue for motorists awaiting entry to the gas station.”
(IMO, that’s a painfully obvious solution that any other town in ‘Merica would have implemented years ago when the issue first cropped up. But oh well.)
So, you see them cars parked on the left side? You know, the Porsche 944 (or 968?), the Saturn S-Series, and the Honda CR-V cute-ute SUV? They’re parked in spaces that could soon be the ARCO queue.
What’s that, NIMBY? Over your dead body you say? O.K., well, I think this cake is already baked, but maybe you’ll be able to hear more about all the deets at this meeting:
Thursday, March 18th
7:00 pm, visit with neighbors
7:30 pm, meeting begins
9:00 pm , meeting ends
Change is Good, huh?
Tags: 1775, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 76, arco, area, Assistant, association, automobiles, autos, bicycle, bike, BIKE NOPA, block, blocking, BP, cars, cyclists, divisadero, divisidero, EaPA, east of panhandle, engineer, fell, fulton, gas, gasloline, golden gate park, intersection, James Shahamiri, jannah, lane, Line, meeting, metropolitan transportation agency, Metropolitan Transportation Authority, michael helquist, mta, Muni, neighborhood, nimby, NOPA, nopna, north of panhandle, oak, panhandle, parking, queue, San Francisco, SF, sfist, SFMTA, Station, street, traffic, union, vehicles, wait, Waiting
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Monday, September 14th, 2009
See all these people heading up the 1200 block of San Francisco’s Lombard Street? They’re on their way to the Crookedest Street in the World, just a short drive away. But, en realidad, these people will have a long wait to get up this hill. Why? Because they have to take their turn. And that causes problems:
“I live one block from Lombard and Polk and every Sat and Sun Lombard is full of tourists who burn up their clutches trying to get up Lombard street….”
This is gridlock. Perhaps it will take a half hour to get to the curvy part?
Here’s the block of Clutch Sorrow:
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Now, if you’re on this street trying to get to the good part of Lombard, you should just jink on over to Filbert via Polk and then get Hyde. Then you go north on Hyde and hang a righty to go down the famous block.
That way, you avoid this situation:
“Driving up Lombard Street in San Francisco takes patience and a quick foot. If you have a manual transmission you’ll need to exercise care when releasing the clutch. Even cars with automatic transmissions squeal tires driving up Lombard Street. Every time you go from gas to brake the car rolls back until the motor moves the car forwards. On Lombard Street its quite normal to smell burning rubber from tires and clutches. Lombard Street is best driven in a rental car.”
So, don’t follow the crowd up Lombard and don’t follow the 49 Mile Scenic Drive (which doesn’t even hit the crooked part of the street), just follow the cable cars on Hyde from Nob Hill.
You’ll do fine.
Tags: 49, brakes, burn, burning, cluth, crooked, crookedest, drive, filbert, hyde, lombard, lombard street, mile, Polk, russian hill, San Francisco, scenic, street, up, wait, Waiting
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Monday, July 13th, 2009
Can you guess which way the owner of this Audi A4 (chariot of the Yuppie) convertible headed out after parking on 9th Avenue?
I can. How about the Yelp-rated Inner Sunset Farmer’s Market just across the street avenue – that must have been where the Master Guardian headed.
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So patient, so loyal these ginger pups are.
[UPDATE: Apparently they're not Irish Setters, they're Hungarian Vizslas. The More You Know....]
Tags: 8th, 9th, a4, audi, avenue, convertible, district, dogs, eight, famers, farmers, farmers market, fidelity, free, inner, inner sunset, Inner Sunset Farmers' Market, irish setter, irving, judah, lincoln, loyal, Magyar, n judah, ninth, patient, pointer, pointing, San Francisco, sort-haired, sunset, Supervisor, vegetables, veggies, Waiting
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Sunday, March 22nd, 2009
Well, it’s come to this – L.A. style gridlock on the upper part Masonic Street in San Francisco. Why? It’s all to do with the Masonic Trader Joe’s near Geary Boulvard. Drivers seem to feel there’s no trouble at all with queuing up in their idling Toyotas, Hondas, and Subarus. So, this is what it looks like when the wait begins 600 freaking feet away from the precious parking spaces and neighboring Euclid Street starts to get blocked up.
A few of these drivers don’t realize that they’re in the official wait-to-get-into-TJ’s line because they can’t see over the crest of the hill. Too bad. But could there be changes coming to Masonic?
Cheer up, your space is only 200 yards away. What’s your coping strategy – do you leave your car in Drive and just press down your brake pedal for 15 minutes or do you put it into Park then Drive then Park then Drive…? Each method has its charms, of course. Click to expand:
What’s the solution? Will we get another TJ’s at the old Mervyn’s space down the hill? Not likely. Should you just try to find a parking meter sort of nearby? Sure, why not. Or just line up and wait patiently like everybody else.
These are the troubles you face when your favorite store in the whole world is just too darn popular. Amuse yourself by singing along in your car:
It’s milk, it’s bread
It’s the stuff on your list
It’s the strange little snacks
you end up buying instead.
It’s booze, it’s nuts
it’s pills, it’s peas
it’s the peanut butter made of sunflower seeds
It’s a box of soup
It’s a bell from a boat
It’s yogurt made from the milk of a goat
A bottle of juice with a crazy name
ten kinds of soy milk that all taste the same
a two dollar wine that tastes like four
all your favorite stuff they don’t have anymore
It’s the cashews flavored with chili and lime
It’s the bunch of bananas you buy one at a time
It’s the stuff that’s organic and the stuff that’s not
It’s the cars that won’t fit in the parking lot
Are you still reading? More after the jump.
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Tags: +3, Aguas de Marco, Antonio, ave, avenure, bike plan, blvd., boulevard, Carlos, cars, geary, Jobim, lot, masonic, park, parking, San Francisco, song, tjs, trader joes, traffic, Waiting
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Saturday, March 21st, 2009
Lots of transit riders say they never see the SFPD earning its $19 million a year patrolling MUNI in San Francisco, but check out this Neoplan AN460 Diesel seen on Market Street today - it was filled with cops and there were three others just like it close by.
In fact, there were so many officers aboard there was no room for anyone else, as these four, forlorn, forsaken, would-be passengers illustrate. Click to expand:
Obviously, the S.F.P.D. does more than just ride a few buses now and then, but Supervisor Bevan Dufty’s questioning of just how all that money gets earned seems appropriate.
Tags: bus, cable, car, cops, department, dept., DPT, market, metro, Muni, municpal railway, officers, parade, patrol, patroling, patrolling, police, police service, protest, San Francisco, service, SFPD, spear, stewart, stop, street, streetcar, Supervisor, trolly, Waiting
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Thursday, February 12th, 2009
Well everybody’s still waiting for the Mavericks Surf Contest to get started. We’ve got less than seven weeks left for this competition to go off, so tink happy toughts.
In the meantime, amuse yourself with this viral video of a heretofore undocumented shark attack at Mavericks.
When it’s flat, it’s really flat. Click to enlarge:
Or you can score some gear. Either way.
Will the monsters from Japan get here before March 31, 2009?
Stay tuned
Tags: california, competition, half moon bay, mavericks, surf, surfing, Waiting
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Monday, July 7th, 2008
The Asian Art Museum special exhibition Power & Glory: Court Arts of China’s Ming Dynasty really packed them in yesterday. Target First Free Sundays might have had a role, but this thing appears to be popular even on days when you can’t get in for free. And remarkably, Kenneth Baker likes it!
The line to get in yesterday went down Polk, Grove, Hyde (pictured), and McAllister. It was phenomenal, perhaps 500 people waiting? The museum is claiming 10,000 people dropped by on Sunday.
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See you there!
Tags: art, asian, asian art museum, california, Court Arts of China’s Ming Dynasty, dynasty, free, larkin, Line, ming, museum, Power & Glory, San Francisco, sundays, target, Waiting
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Wednesday, April 30th, 2008
What’s the first thing to do once you get a free ice cream cone on the birthday of Ben & Jerry’s? Eat it, of course.
But you might as well get back in line so that when you’re done eating you’ll be at the front and ready to choose another flavor. Some might take the time to finish their cones before queuing up to attempt to get some more, but carpe diem, you dig?
Your behavior might hack off the people behind you, but only slightly.
The best way to pass the time waiting for free ice cream is eating free ice cream in an endless loop:
Speaking of free (or almost free) ice cream, Baskin Robins is having their 31 Cent Scoop Night today, April 30, 2008, starting at 5:00 PM. Sadly, not all BRs will offer this deal and you will be limited to buying only just ten cones.
(And there’s always frogurt from Tuttimelon, still having their temporary 99-cent special. If you swing that way)
Find a participating store near you or check this list below and after the jump:
West Bay
2250 Irving St
San Francisco , CA 94122
570 Battery St
San Francisco , CA 94111
1539 Sloat Blvd
San Francisco , CA 94132
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Tags: 31 flavors, ashbury, baskin robins, Ben & Jerry's, Etiquette, free, haight, ice cream, Line, night, Proper, San Francisco, scoop, Waiting
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