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The Mission Creek Bridge Is a Disaster Waiting to Happen — Again
PublishedA family of four crashed while biking across the 4th Street bridge over Mission Creek around 6:30 PM recently.
Sidewalk Cyclists Are a Menace — And Nobody's Doing Anything About It
PublishedHere's a fun thought experiment: imagine you're walking down Third Street in the Dogpatch, minding your own business…
SF's Lawless Scooter Problem Has a Simple Fix — We Just Won't Do It
PublishedHere's how bad the e-scooter situation in San Francisco has gotten: residents are now grateful when a delivery moped…
Cable Car Fares Doubling to $18 — But That's Not Even the Real Story
PublishedSan Francisco's iconic cable cars are about to get a whole lot pricier — and a whole lot more complicated.
The 1 California Is Getting an Upgrade — Can SFMTA Actually Make It Faster?
PublishedIf you've ever ridden the 1 California from the Richmond to downtown, you know the drill: the bus crawls down…
We Biked 15 Miles From SF to SFO So You Don't Have To (Or Maybe So You Will)
PublishedHere's a question nobody at BART or SamTrans is asking: what if the best way to get to San Francisco International…
19th Avenue 'Carmageddon' Is Coming — But Will It Actually Be That Bad?
PublishedSan Francisco loves a good panic, and the latest trigger is a weekend lane closure on 19th Avenue.
27 Transit Agencies, Zero Accountability: The Bay Area's $10 Billion Governance Disaster
PublishedHere's a fun exercise: try to get from San Jose to Marin County using public transit.
SFMTA's New Budget: $18 Cable Car Rides and the Eternal Quest to Squeeze More From Your Wallet
PublishedThe SFMTA just approved its new budget, and if you were hoping the city's transit agency had discovered fiscal…
BART's New Fare Gates Are Working — And the People-Watching Has Never Been Better
PublishedHere's a radical concept for Bay Area governance: if you build infrastructure that actually enforces the rules, people…
Embarcadero's Eternal Escalator Crisis: A Masterclass in Government-Speed Infrastructure
PublishedIf you commute through BART's Embarcadero station with any regularity, you've developed calves of steel — not by…
Muni's New Budget Comes With a Threat: Give Us More Tax Money or Lose Your Bus
PublishedMuni just passed a two-year budget, and before the ink was dry, agency leaders were already teeing up the next ask…
FasTrak's Zombie Toll Notices: Three Years of Billing Someone for a Car They Don't Own
PublishedA Bureaucratic Groundhog Day Imagine selling your car, destroying the plates, notifying the DMV, removing the vehicle…
Bay Area Drivers Aren't Even the Worst — And That's Not the Compliment You Think It Is
PublishedEvery few weeks, the Bay Area's collective road rage boils over into a familiar debate: who are the worst drivers?
One Ferry Rider Built the Transit Tracker the Government Never Did
PublishedWhile SFMTA burns through millions on apps and consulting contracts, one Bay Area commuter just casually built a live…
Tesla Fireball Shuts Down I-280, Reminds Commuters That Their Morning Can Always Get Worse
PublishedA Tesla went up in flames on I-280 in Daly City early this morning, shutting down parts of the freeway in both…
The Left Lane Is for Passing, Not Main Character Syndrome
PublishedThere's a quiet crisis on Bay Area freeways, and it doesn't involve potholes, BART delays, or another Caltrans project…
Daly City Police Cruiser Collides with E-Bike in SF — Two Injured
PublishedTwo people riding an electric bicycle were injured Monday afternoon after colliding with a Daly City police patrol…
BART's New Fare Gates Are Working — And That Shouldn't Be Controversial
PublishedFile this under "things that were obvious to everyone except transit bureaucrats for a decade." BART's new fare gates —…
SFMTA Wants to Fix the 1 California — We'll Believe It When We Ride It
PublishedSFMTA is embarking on a multiyear project to improve the 1 California, one of the busiest Muni lines in the city.
Bay Area Drivers Have Collectively Forgotten What a Turn Signal Is
PublishedHere's a public service announcement that apparently needs to be made in the year 2025: your car has a turn signal.
I-880: The Bay Area's Most Expensive Monument to Government Inaction
PublishedIf you've ever sat motionless on I-880, watching your gas gauge drop and your will to live follow, congratulations —…
SFO Is a Mess Right Now — And the Taxi Scams Aren't Helping
PublishedIf you've flown through SFO recently, you already know: it's rough out there.
BART's Vandalism Problem Has a Simple Solution — If Anyone Bothers to Implement It
PublishedHere's a radical concept for Bay Area transit: actually enforcing the rules.