Examiner article about emphasizing public transit for accessing arena events.
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What is not always mentioned is that the average parking space holds between 2 and 3 people (not many people drive solo to sports events). So those 2,900 spots will fit at least 6,000 people, so its the other 12k that have to be split between the double-sized trains, ferries, bikes, walking and ubers/lyfts. I think they will manage just fine.
In some college towns there are 50k, even 75k+ people that go to football games and they manage traffic. |
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Assuming Uber is around in 20 years . . . . |
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The better analogy than Apple, and the one everybody who is bullish on Uber sites, is Amazon.com which lost money for years and years. But there the path to make money was fairly clear--raise prices a bit, especially on the Prime memberships which most people believed could be done without much loss of membership numbers. But Uber is different--Uber competes with taxis in several ways but price is one (and it also competes with Lyft, of course and even public transit). The betting is that the demand for Uber services is more elastic than the demand for Amazon Prime memberships and that use of Uber, even among those who continue to use it some, would fall off significantly if it cost more. |
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Signage being installed. It's nearing completion for its September 6 Metallica opening.
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The signage is looking nice!
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It looks like the Warriors banners are being set up too
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Here's a sneak peek of the iconic art sculpture designed by world-renowned artist Olafur Eliasson that is said to rival that of Chicago's "Cloud Gate" :
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...f7feafc8_b.jpgchasecenter by gholgado, on Flickr |
It's going to be hard to top The Bean in my opinion. But I hope they prove me wrong
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Muni will be free to Chase Center events
South St is now 'Warriors Way' (which eliminates the potential confusion surrounding 'South' St being on the north side of the arena) |
^^How are they going to pull that off--they can't even get about half the riders on the lines going through the TL to pay at all. Seems like they will have to make the T-line free to everybody or nobody. Please don't tell me they are going to have fare inspectors checking "proof of payment" after the cars pass Chase Center.
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Updated look at Olafur Eliasson's iconic sculpture:
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...13ffda7b_b.jpgchase2 by gholgado, on Flickr |
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We will see how it goes |
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I wish we could refresh all of MUNI's wayfinding and signage. That weird caution tape lime green for location is nasty. A strong visual identity for MUNI would go a long, long way. |
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