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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…
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…
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.
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…
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…
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…
880 Crash Caught on Dashcam Is a Reminder: Stop Swerving, Start Braking
Another morning, another avoidable wreck on 880.
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…
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…
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…
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.
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.
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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?
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…
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…
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…
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…
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.
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…