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Windmills of the Altamont
Fifty miles east of San Francisco, at the gateway to the Bay Area, lies a preview of our green future: the Altamont Pass Wind Farm. It's a strikingly contradictory scene; some find it to be an industrial imposition on an otherwise lovely landscape, while environmentalists have criticized its impacts on wildlife (although newer, larger windmills with slower-moving blades are said to be safer for birds). We love it: love what it represents, what it does, what it looks like. In this photo set, we explore the golden (in summer; in winter, the hills are green) triangle bounded by Livermore, Tracy and Byron.
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San Francisco Main Lines
A streamlined map of all rail and major bus routes in the city.
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Bay Area Rail
A diagrammatic guide to all regional and local rail lines in the Bay Area.
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San Francisco BRT
A proposal for on-board and platform line maps for the planned Geary and Van Ness bus rapid transitways.
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Caltrain
A guide to the regional rail line, including geographic and line maps, fare and schedule information.
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SMART
A schematic map of the North Bay rail line recently approved by voters.
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Oakland Streetcar Proposal
Our concept for a network of streetcars in Central Oakland.
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Minutes & Money Map
A prototype for a map, designed for BART stations, showing travel times and fares to all other stations.
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Spider Map
A prototype, based on London examples, for a simplified map showing bus connections from rail stations.
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California High-Speed Rail
A streamlined, poster-ready map of the plan for a statewide modern rail system of 220-mph trains.
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Japan Shinkansen
A geographic and schematic guide to the world's greatest train network, the Japanese high-speed rail system.
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Los Angeles Measure R
A comprehensive map of L.A. area rapid transit projects that are planned over the next generation and have been approved by voters.
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Denver FasTracks
A guide to the Mile High City's ambitious expansion of regional rail, due to open within a decade.
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New Orleans Streetcars
A map of NOLA's period and period-appearing streetcar lines, including its post-Katrina plans for expansion.
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Freeway Revolt
A guide to the postwar freeway plans that might have permanently divided San Francisco neighborhoods — if citizens had not united.
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City from Alamo Square
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IPHONE BACKGROUNDS
Ferry Building
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