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Vol. IIINo. 184
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Transit · April 2026 · 177 stories

The Mission Creek Bridge Is a Disaster Waiting to Happen — Again

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A family of four crashed while biking across the 4th Street bridge over Mission Creek around 6:30 PM recently.

Mission BayApril 23, 2026

Sidewalk Cyclists Are a Menace — And Nobody's Doing Anything About It

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Here's a fun thought experiment: imagine you're walking down Third Street in the Dogpatch, minding your own business…

DogpatchApril 22, 2026

SF's Lawless Scooter Problem Has a Simple Fix — We Just Won't Do It

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Here's how bad the e-scooter situation in San Francisco has gotten: residents are now grateful when a delivery moped…

CastroApril 22, 2026

Cable Car Fares Doubling to $18 — But That's Not Even the Real Story

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San Francisco's iconic cable cars are about to get a whole lot pricier — and a whole lot more complicated.

April 22, 2026

The 1 California Is Getting an Upgrade — Can SFMTA Actually Make It Faster?

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If you've ever ridden the 1 California from the Richmond to downtown, you know the drill: the bus crawls down…

RichmondApril 22, 2026

We Biked 15 Miles From SF to SFO So You Don't Have To (Or Maybe So You Will)

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Here's a question nobody at BART or SamTrans is asking: what if the best way to get to San Francisco International…

April 22, 2026

19th Avenue 'Carmageddon' Is Coming — But Will It Actually Be That Bad?

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San Francisco loves a good panic, and the latest trigger is a weekend lane closure on 19th Avenue.

SunsetApril 22, 2026

27 Transit Agencies, Zero Accountability: The Bay Area's $10 Billion Governance Disaster

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Here's a fun exercise: try to get from San Jose to Marin County using public transit.

April 21, 2026

SFMTA's New Budget: $18 Cable Car Rides and the Eternal Quest to Squeeze More From Your Wallet

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The SFMTA just approved its new budget, and if you were hoping the city's transit agency had discovered fiscal…

April 21, 2026

BART's New Fare Gates Are Working — And the People-Watching Has Never Been Better

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Here's a radical concept for Bay Area governance: if you build infrastructure that actually enforces the rules, people…

April 21, 2026

Embarcadero's Eternal Escalator Crisis: A Masterclass in Government-Speed Infrastructure

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If you commute through BART's Embarcadero station with any regularity, you've developed calves of steel — not by…

Financial DistrictApril 21, 2026

Muni's New Budget Comes With a Threat: Give Us More Tax Money or Lose Your Bus

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Muni just passed a two-year budget, and before the ink was dry, agency leaders were already teeing up the next ask…

April 21, 2026

FasTrak's Zombie Toll Notices: Three Years of Billing Someone for a Car They Don't Own

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A Bureaucratic Groundhog Day Imagine selling your car, destroying the plates, notifying the DMV, removing the vehicle…

April 21, 2026

Bay Area Drivers Aren't Even the Worst — And That's Not the Compliment You Think It Is

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Every few weeks, the Bay Area's collective road rage boils over into a familiar debate: who are the worst drivers?

April 21, 2026

One Ferry Rider Built the Transit Tracker the Government Never Did

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While SFMTA burns through millions on apps and consulting contracts, one Bay Area commuter just casually built a live…

April 21, 2026

Tesla Fireball Shuts Down I-280, Reminds Commuters That Their Morning Can Always Get Worse

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A Tesla went up in flames on I-280 in Daly City early this morning, shutting down parts of the freeway in both…

April 21, 2026

The Left Lane Is for Passing, Not Main Character Syndrome

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There's a quiet crisis on Bay Area freeways, and it doesn't involve potholes, BART delays, or another Caltrans project…

April 21, 2026

Daly City Police Cruiser Collides with E-Bike in SF — Two Injured

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Two people riding an electric bicycle were injured Monday afternoon after colliding with a Daly City police patrol…

April 21, 2026

BART's New Fare Gates Are Working — And That Shouldn't Be Controversial

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File this under "things that were obvious to everyone except transit bureaucrats for a decade." BART's new fare gates —…

April 21, 2026

SFMTA Wants to Fix the 1 California — We'll Believe It When We Ride It

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SFMTA is embarking on a multiyear project to improve the 1 California, one of the busiest Muni lines in the city.

April 21, 2026

Bay Area Drivers Have Collectively Forgotten What a Turn Signal Is

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Here's a public service announcement that apparently needs to be made in the year 2025: your car has a turn signal.

April 21, 2026

I-880: The Bay Area's Most Expensive Monument to Government Inaction

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If you've ever sat motionless on I-880, watching your gas gauge drop and your will to live follow, congratulations —…

April 20, 2026

SFO Is a Mess Right Now — And the Taxi Scams Aren't Helping

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If you've flown through SFO recently, you already know: it's rough out there.

April 20, 2026

BART's Vandalism Problem Has a Simple Solution — If Anyone Bothers to Implement It

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Here's a radical concept for Bay Area transit: actually enforcing the rules.

April 20, 2026