• Take a tour of San Francisco’s Market Street in 1905 with this film of streetcars and busy foot traffic. (Jalopnik)

• Is it possible to safely store nuclear waste for a million years? One geoscientist thinks so, but it’ll take a ten-thousand year trial to find out. (BldgBlog)

• Africa’s infrastructure situation is, in a word, dire. A new study warns the continent must double its current annual investment to have any chance at catching up with the developed world. (Ghana Business News)

• Using its signature unscientific method, Zagat ranks the world’s airlines. Bet you can’t guess who has the best economy service! (InTransit)

• At the end of 2009, the cost of solar power will be down 50% over the year–before subsidies, that is, which means equipment costs have nosedived. (SustainableBusiness)

• Circular subway lines have psychological appeal, but they’re way less efficient than linear ones. As such, London is breaking the chain on its infamous Loop. (HumanTransit)

Happy Thanksgiving from the Infrastructurist! The Dig will return on Friday.