Transportation, 21st Century Style
Big Cuter lives a car-less life style. He cabs, he walks, he takes the subway, he rides the streetcar. He'll ride the bus to visit one friend, but tries to avoid it otherwise. I'm jealous of all of his options. Zipcars live in the garaged under his building. He carries a card in his wallet, has the site bookmarked on his computer, and with two clicks and a few entries he can be behind the wheel of a Mazda 3 or an Audi A4 or a Honda Civic. He could rent a van or a pick-up, too. The vehicles live in named parking spaces: Mary Jane, Ocean Beach.... it's a San Francisco smile every time we discover a vehicle. Today we drove a Ford Focus hybrid out to Marin and back. There were too many buttons on the dashboard, and nobody could figure out how to unlock the passenger doors. The turn signal had issues with turning off, and the hybrid recharging system made an interesting rumble under my seat as it gathered power. But the gas and insurance were inc...