Next stop on bailout train : State & Local Government Muni Bonds

" There have been no shortage of people with their hands out to the federal government over the past year.  State and local governments are no exception. Now they're back for more. The National League...

Example of Ad Monopoly in San Francisco That Has Destroyed Once Positive Comm...

When BART/MUNI Stations (and other public locations and thoroughfares)  were first designed and 'sold' to us we were promised ample space for local ads, public service announcements, etc. and some corporate advertising.    A reflection of widespread...

Muni Wi-Fi Powers Hope at SF Housing Project

A superb story of non-profit, community-powered, scalable networking; the Muni Wi-Fi project aims to close the digital gap between the haves and the have-nots."he Westside Courts is a bleak concrete housing project in the city's Western Addition where violence is closer than...

Muni Trolley Rolls Down Noe Street in SF

""The (Muni) driver let the garbage truck driver know that she couldn't get around it, and he wouldn't move," she said. "When she tried to go around, the bus ... lost power." The driver could not get her bus,...

Pedals & Politics by the Bay

"The San Francisco Bicycle Coalition, revived 16 years ago by disgruntled cyclists, has emerged as one of the most potent political forces in the city."

Road Trip: Testing Google's Wi-Fi Network

"When Google announced on Tuesday that it had launched a free municipal wireless network in its home town of Mountain View, we here at PC Magazine decided it was time for a road trip. Free muni Wi-Fi sounded too good to be true, so we just had to see it for ourselves....

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