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The Bay Bridge Zipper Merge: A Masterclass in Why We Can't Have Nice Things
PublishedWe 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
PublishedThe 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
PublishedRemember 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
PublishedIf 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?
PublishedSan 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
PublishedThere'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
PublishedHere'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
PublishedIf 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
PublishedThere's something undeniably gorgeous about a vintage F Market streetcar rolling down the Embarcadero on a rainy San…
Your Employer Probably Owes You a Commuter Benefit — And You Might Not Know It
PublishedHere's something that might save you real money this month: if you work for a Bay Area company with more than 50…
The 1 Line Is Falling Apart, But At Least We're Polite About It
PublishedThere are two kinds of Muni conversations happening in San Francisco right now, and together they paint a perfect…
16th St BART Looks Like It Needs a FEMA Declaration, But Apparently It's Just 'Construction'
PublishedIf you've exited 16th Street BART lately and thought you'd accidentally wandered into a disaster zone, you're not alone.
Waymo to SFO Is Here, and It's Already Beating Uber on Vibes
PublishedThe robot taxis are going to the airport now, and honestly?
Caltrain Crossings: When the Gates Can't Even Beat the Train
PublishedIf you've ever stood at a Caltrain crossing and watched the gates still descending as a train blows through at speed…
The Bay Bridge Bike Path: A Noble Idea Trapped in a California Cost Spiral
PublishedCyclists want a path across the western span of the Bay Bridge.
Muni Is Mid — And That's Actually Pretty Great
PublishedHere's a fun exercise: Complain about Muni for five minutes.
Metroboard Finally Ships — And Yes, People Are Hyped
PublishedIf you've been waiting on your Metroboard delivery, congratulations — it's apparently real, it exists, and it's finally…
The Bay Area's Student Driver Epidemic Has Officially Jumped the Shark
PublishedIf you've driven anywhere in the Bay Area in the last year, you've noticed it.
SF's Crosswalks: Where Pedestrians Are Just Suggestions
PublishedWalking around San Francisco should not feel like a contact sport, and yet here we are.
SF Spent Millions on Bike Infrastructure. Cyclists Are Still Playing Frogger.
PublishedSan Francisco loves to talk about its commitment to Vision Zero — the city's pledge to eliminate traffic deaths.
E-Bikes, Stop Signs, and the Kids Who Blow Through Both
PublishedAnother day in San Francisco, another near-miss involving kids on e-bikes blowing through stop signs like the rules of…
Bayview's Neighborhood Shuttle Lives to Ride Another Day
PublishedGood news is rare enough in San Francisco transit that it's worth savoring when it arrives — much like the Bayview's…
San Francisco's Parking Chaos: A City That Can't Get Out of Its Own Way
PublishedLook, we've all been there. You circle the block for the fourth time, your blood pressure climbing with each pass…
19th Ave Is Getting Paved at Warp Speed — So Why Can't the Rest of SF's Roads?
PublishedIf you drove anywhere near 19th Avenue this weekend, you probably noticed something unusual: the city actually getting…