Caspar Donnison
@caspardonnison.bsky.social
Economist at LLNL, researching across several disciplines; enthusiast of national parks, triathlons, and long-distance trains; nerd of SF Bay Area marine traffic and political philosophy 🌎🌿
Ship of the Day, in the SF Bay. This is the Heavy Load Carrier ‘UHL Fresh’ (built 2024: very fresh!), coming from Brazil to the US West Coast: headed to the Port of Stockton. I couldn’t find out what it’s carrying today, possibly wind turbine parts as it has shipped these before. #shipoftheday
May 10, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Ship of the Day, in the SF Bay. This is the Heavy Load Carrier ‘UHL Fresh’ (built 2024: very fresh!), coming from Brazil to the US West Coast: headed to the Port of Stockton. I couldn’t find out what it’s carrying today, possibly wind turbine parts as it has shipped these before. #shipoftheday
Stirring talk at SF Climate Week from @globalecoguy.bsky.social & @projectdrawdown.bsky.social on their new ‘Drawdown Explorer’: an online data-driven tool that will empower people to explore climate solutions in their own communities. Launching in June!
April 21, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Stirring talk at SF Climate Week from @globalecoguy.bsky.social & @projectdrawdown.bsky.social on their new ‘Drawdown Explorer’: an online data-driven tool that will empower people to explore climate solutions in their own communities. Launching in June!
SF Climate Week! And it started for me aboard the Klamath vessel, with a panel discussion on sustainable travel in the Bay Area: electric ferries are coming in 2026 😊
April 21, 2025 at 5:03 PM
SF Climate Week! And it started for me aboard the Klamath vessel, with a panel discussion on sustainable travel in the Bay Area: electric ferries are coming in 2026 😊
The early morning Amtrak from Oakland to Sacramento: great views, relaxing, WiFi to do morning emails = better than driving.
March 11, 2025 at 4:58 PM
The early morning Amtrak from Oakland to Sacramento: great views, relaxing, WiFi to do morning emails = better than driving.
This is a Ro-Ro ship, meaning ‘roll-on/roll-off’ (a vehicle carrier). Her name is ‘Hyperion Ray’ and she has a capacity of approx 10k cars! #shipoftheday in the Bay.
March 8, 2025 at 5:08 PM
This is a Ro-Ro ship, meaning ‘roll-on/roll-off’ (a vehicle carrier). Her name is ‘Hyperion Ray’ and she has a capacity of approx 10k cars! #shipoftheday in the Bay.
Look at that rain forecast map!! I decided to be sensible this morning and take my bike on the bus down the hill on my commute to work.
February 4, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Look at that rain forecast map!! I decided to be sensible this morning and take my bike on the bus down the hill on my commute to work.
Happy Tuesday! From the SF Bay Area, where we are being pummeled by an atmospheric-river fueled storm. After a very dry January, we’re expected to get around 3 inches of rain in the next few hours.
February 4, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Happy Tuesday! From the SF Bay Area, where we are being pummeled by an atmospheric-river fueled storm. After a very dry January, we’re expected to get around 3 inches of rain in the next few hours.
This was the traffic at 6:15am on the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge today. The BART train runs this route every few minutes. Culture change - to public transit - is hard, yes, but this is a massive open goal: people don’t want to be stuck in traffic at 6am!
January 28, 2025 at 3:55 PM
This was the traffic at 6:15am on the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge today. The BART train runs this route every few minutes. Culture change - to public transit - is hard, yes, but this is a massive open goal: people don’t want to be stuck in traffic at 6am!
San Francisco has been particularly affected by hybrid/remote working changes since 2019. Still, with car traffic second only to NYC there’s a massive opportunity to get more stressed and delayed motorists out of cars and onto Bay Area trains!
January 13, 2025 at 5:15 PM
San Francisco has been particularly affected by hybrid/remote working changes since 2019. Still, with car traffic second only to NYC there’s a massive opportunity to get more stressed and delayed motorists out of cars and onto Bay Area trains!
‘The San Francisco traffic is getting worse’ from the SF Chronicle. It’s the 2nd worst US metro area for traffic and yet the Chronicle still reports motorist aversion to using public transport (BART). Downtown BART exits are only a third of their 2019 levels!
www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/t...
www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/t...
January 13, 2025 at 5:10 PM
‘The San Francisco traffic is getting worse’ from the SF Chronicle. It’s the 2nd worst US metro area for traffic and yet the Chronicle still reports motorist aversion to using public transport (BART). Downtown BART exits are only a third of their 2019 levels!
www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/t...
www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/t...
The train is a great alternative to driving between the Bay Area and Sacramento. I’ve done it so many times and I still stare in wonder at the views. Less stress, less pollution, good WiFi, conversations with nice people. Today’s train is the busiest I’ve seen post-pandemic!
November 8, 2024 at 9:33 PM
The train is a great alternative to driving between the Bay Area and Sacramento. I’ve done it so many times and I still stare in wonder at the views. Less stress, less pollution, good WiFi, conversations with nice people. Today’s train is the busiest I’ve seen post-pandemic!
I experienced the bizarre August storm in the Sierra Nevada yesterday, at the Lake Tahoe triathlon: it was barely above freezing when we raced at sunrise, and there was a snow dusting on the surrounding peaks! Tough race conditions, but beautiful.
August 27, 2024 at 4:28 AM
I experienced the bizarre August storm in the Sierra Nevada yesterday, at the Lake Tahoe triathlon: it was barely above freezing when we raced at sunrise, and there was a snow dusting on the surrounding peaks! Tough race conditions, but beautiful.