SF to San Mateo bicycle commute
January 6th, 2008
I the last two weeks, I used the opportunity of lighter traffic to try to commute by bicycle from San Francisco to San Mateo.
I mostly followed the North-South Route Map that is available on the Peninsula Bicycle & Pedestrian Committee.
My exact complete route is 23.1 miles long door-to-door… and it takes me about 2 hours to complete. I have mapped it on veloroutes.org.
Here is also an image of the elevation data.
San Francisco home prices increased .18% in April 2007
June 26th, 2007
S&P Case/Shiller data for the month of April 2007 and earlier months is available here.
Biggest drops were in Detroit, MI (-2.45%) and Miam, FL (-1.21%).
Biggest gains were in Seattle, WA (+1.31%) and Dallas, TX (+1.29%).
San Francisco home prices increased .15% in March 2007
June 1st, 2007
According to the S&P Case/Shiller® published last Tuesday, home prices in San Francisco have increased by .15% since February 2007. This the first uptick since May 2006.
Since May 2006, San Francisco home prices have dropped by 3%. This is to be compared to a 8% increase between May 2005 and May 2006, which leaves me with the feeling that the correction is not over yet.
The data is available here.

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