2008.08.22
Outside Lands Music Festival
The ландшафтOutside Lands Music Festival is happening right now in Golden Gate Park. Tonight: Radio Head. Tomorrow: Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. Sunday: Jack Johnson. Apparently this is a big deal for festivals in San Francisco.
However…
Come on people. It took me almost an hour to get home tonight, in what should normally be a 20 minute commute. On my motorcycle. Cutting lanes. It took my flatmate almost two hours to travel not even 15 miles. There are something like 160,000 people expected in the park over the weekend, an ungodly percentage of those people driving. I direct you to this from the last link above:
Radiohead cares about carbon-neutral touring, and wants to site shows at places with transit; like GGP.
This means the band all you crap drivers are coming to see DOES NOT WANT YOU TO DRIVE. So don’t. Take the bus. Walk. Don’t park on the sidewalks. Don’t get pissy when you can’t find parking. Don’t cut people off because they aren’t going as fast as you think they should. Respect the neighborhoods you are over-burdening with your presence.
I really love that we are having this event in Golden Gate Park, in San Francisco, but for frack’s sake plan ahead. I hope the next two days are better…
Categorized: audio grrr san francisco
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3 Responses to “Outside Lands Music Festival”
- mookee says (August 23rd, 2008 at 13:50:20 )
Awesome post. I was thinking it’s probably the new age hippy’s attempt at Woodstock…but I haven’t heard anything about it until about a week ago.
- larissa says (August 27th, 2008 at 12:43:47 )
i walked! 5.6 miles baby!!! (still sore actually) ;-)
- douglas says (August 28th, 2008 at 11:28:14 )
5.6 miles? Was that there and back? Because you know SF is only about 7.5 miles across anyways…
I have to say that Saturday and Sunday of the festival was much easier on the traffic congestions *except* at start and finish times. I also heard from a friend that works for MUNI that they were absolutely swamped despite all the extra buses and trams they put out. I guess next year they will know!
