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Self‑Driving Trucks Get a Green Light as Market Street Enforcement Slips

Two autonomous vehicle stories dropped this week that, taken together, tell you something about California's…

April 30, 2026

The Bay Area's Best Commute Is Also Its Most Neglected

If you've ever white-knuckled a BART handrail while a stranger's backpack slowly merges with your ribcage, allow us to…

April 30, 2026

Sacramento Wants to Put License Plates on Your E‑Bike. No, Seriously.

Just when you thought California legislators had run out of things to regulate, they've found a new target: your e-bike.

April 30, 2026

Caltrain Doesn't Even Own the Track It Wants to Improve — And That's a Problem

Here's a fun fact that should make every Bay Area transit rider a little uneasy: Caltrain doesn't actually own the…

April 30, 2026

Bay Area HOV Lanes: The Honor System Nobody Honors

Here's a fun little experiment for your next commute across the Bay Bridge or down 101: count how many cars in the…

April 29, 2026

Wrong‑Way Scooter Riders Are Playing Frogger With Your Car (And Losing)

Here's a fun SoMa scenario: you're making a perfectly legal turn from Clementina onto 5th Street, crawling at 3 mph…

SoMaApril 29, 2026

880 Crash Caught on Dashcam Is a Reminder: Stop Swerving, Start Braking

Another morning, another avoidable wreck on 880.

April 29, 2026

Gone But Not Forgotten: The BART Fast Pass and the Death of Simple Transit

There's a particular kind of San Francisco grief reserved for the small, tangible things that quietly disappear — the…

April 29, 2026

SF Speed Cameras Are Actually Working — And That's Worth Paying Attention To

Here's something you don't hear very often: a San Francisco government program that appears to be doing exactly what it…

April 29, 2026

Bay Area Transit Ridership Is Up — But Let's Be Honest About Why

BART, Muni, and Caltrain are all trumpeting major ridership increases this spring, and the agencies are crediting a fun…

April 29, 2026

Caltrain Is Finally Electric — So Why Does It Still Feel Like 1995?

Caltrain's electrification is legitimately one of the best infrastructure wins the Bay Area has pulled off in years.

April 29, 2026

CHP Blitz Hits Bay Area Freeways — And Honestly, It's About Time

If your commute felt a little more… supervised this week, you weren't imagining things.

April 29, 2026

Cops Can Finally Ticket Driverless Cars — But Who Pays the Fine?

Here's a fun philosophical question for your Wednesday: if a driverless car runs a red light and nobody's behind the…

April 28, 2026

Highway 1 Is Open Again — Here's What You Need to Know Before You Hit the Coast

Good news for anyone who's been itching to take one of the most stunning drives in America: Highway 1 from San…

April 28, 2026

Your Clipper Card Isn't Dead Yet — Here's Why

With Bay Area transit agencies now accepting contactless credit cards at fare gates, a fair question has been bouncing…

April 28, 2026

The Bay Bridge Zipper Merge: A Masterclass in Why We Can't Have Nice Things

We shouldn't have to explain this. And yet, every single weekday, thousands of allegedly licensed drivers approach the…

April 28, 2026

19th Avenue Is Back, Baby: A City Processes Its Collective Trauma

The great 19th Avenue repaving project wrapped its first weekend phase, and the Sunset District has emerged, blinking…

SunsetApril 28, 2026

SFO Just Unlocked the Airport Terminal for Everyone — No Boarding Pass Required

Remember when you could walk your grandma all the way to the gate and wave goodbye as she boarded?

April 28, 2026

Another Day, Another Crash in the Stockton Tunnel

If you've ever white-knuckled your way through the Stockton Tunnel, you already know: it's a narrow, loud, slightly…

ChinatownApril 28, 2026

SF Wants to Spend $30 Billion Burying a Train. What If We Just… Didn't?

San Francisco is in the planning stages for a subway along Geary Boulevard and 19th Avenue, and the projected price tag…

April 28, 2026

SB‑63 and the Future of Bay Area Transit: Cool Gadgets Aside, the Math Has to Work

There's a neat little gadget making the rounds among Bay Area transit nerds — the Metro Board, a live train tracker for…

April 28, 2026

Ditch the Car, Catch a Bus to the Redwoods: Big Basin's New Transit Schedule Is Actually Cool

Here's something government-adjacent that we're not going to complain about: there's a new bus schedule connecting San…

April 28, 2026

Rain, Closed Runways, and Rare Landings: SFO's Weird Day on 4/20

If you happened to be near SFO last Monday, you might have noticed something a little off about the planes coming in.

April 28, 2026

The F Market Streetcar: Beautiful, Historic, and Perpetually Behind Schedule

There's something undeniably gorgeous about a vintage F Market streetcar rolling down the Embarcadero on a rainy San…

EmbarcaderoApril 28, 2026