The Dissent

Two autonomous vehicle stories dropped this week that, taken together, tell you everything about California's love-hate…

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

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

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

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

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

Another morning, another avoidable wreck on 880.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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