Tag: metro

  • Los Angeles 2025 wrap-up and stray observations

    After flying into Los Angeles via the Burbank airport, my first two stops didn’t go as well as I’d hoped. First up was the Old Zoo in Griffith Park. It’s kind of depressing to imagine any animal larger than a mouse feeling at home here. The park itself was also partly roped off for construction,…

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  • Stockholm’s subway art

    Stockholm’s subways are considered a type of art gallery by many. It’s hard to explain without photos, so here’s some I captured during my time riding around in Stockholm. When I came and left Stockholm from the airport I took the commuter rail to and from Central Station on SL’s commuter rail. This station is…

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  • Muni needs signal priority

    The SFMTA recently announced some big changes to the messy intersection at Church and Duboce, which is a notorious mess for Muni Metro, the 22 line, bicycles, private vehicles, and pedestrians. Streetsblog covered the changes in depth in an excellent article. One strange aspect to the renovation which Streetsblog mentions is that there will still…

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  • How to fix Muni Metro

    A few years ago, I moved closer to a Bart station simply so I could get to work on time. While Muni Metro has the potential to be a great system, it simply didn’t work for me for any other situation where I needed to get somewhere on time. The problems I experienced with the…

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