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BART's Lost and Found: A Rare Feel-Good Moment on the Richmond Line
PublishedIn a transit system more often associated with fare evasion, safety concerns, and budget shortfalls, here's a small…
SFMTA Wants Faster Buses on Ocean Ave. Local Businesses Say They'll Pay the Price.
PublishedSFMTA is rolling out transit changes on Ocean Avenue that it says will speed up bus service.
Someone Actually Turned In a Lost Wallet at Folsom St Muni — And That's News Now
PublishedA wallet was found on the Folsom Street Muni platform and — hold your applause — it was actually turned in to Muni…
SFMTA's Budget Fix: Make Parking and Cable Cars More Expensive, Obviously
PublishedWhen the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency needs to balance the books, there's one move they always reach…
Smile, You're on Camera: SF Speed Cams Are Actually Working
PublishedHere's something you don't hear every day: a San Francisco government program that appears to be working exactly as…
Followed on Caltrain, Ignored by Staff: Another Day on Bay Area Transit
PublishedA woman was followed by a stranger on a midday Caltrain ride from San Francisco to the Peninsula this week.
Muni's Comeback Is Real — Now Let's Talk About What It's Costing Us
PublishedHere's some genuinely good news: Muni just posted its best ridership month since March 2019.
A Homeless Man Jumped Into a Woman's Zoox — And It Says Everything About SF's Street Safety Failure
PublishedHere's a fun new genre of San Francisco nightmare: you're riding in a driverless robotaxi, minding your own business…
The Chakrabarti Story Is Thin — But the BART Budget Crisis Is Not
PublishedWe were going to write about the report that Saikat Chakrabarti — AOC's former chief of staff and progressive kingmaker…
BART and MUNI Are Broke, and the Reasons Are Worse Than You Think
PublishedEvery few months, the same cycle plays out: BART or MUNI announces a looming budget shortfall, politicians promise to…
Nowhere to Run: Police Finally Corral Bay Bridge Dirt Bike Menaces
PublishedHere's a novel concept: if you're going to ride illegal dirt bikes like a maniac on public roads, maybe don't do it on…
Another Day, Another I-580 Divider Kiss: Commuter Captures Wild Crash Near Vasco
PublishedIf you've ever white-knuckled your way through the I-580 corridor during the afternoon commute, Monday gave you one…
SFPD Is Ticketing Cyclists While E-Scooters Terrorize the Sidewalks
PublishedIf you've walked down Market Street lately, you know the real pedestrian menace isn't the lycra-clad road cyclist who…
BART Closure Talks Are a Brutal Reminder: Don't Build Your Life Around Government Services
PublishedHere's a story that should make every San Franciscan uncomfortable: residents who specifically chose their apartments…
Six Bucks a Gallon: The Bay Area Gas Tax Bonanza Rolls On
PublishedIf you filled up your tank this week and felt a little light-headed, it wasn't the fumes — it was the price.
Dirt Bikers Shut Down the Bay Bridge. For Once, Cops Actually Did Something About It.
PublishedIf you've spent any time driving around the Bay Area in the last few years, you've seen them — packs of dirt bikers and…
CHP Turns the Bay Bridge Into a Trap — and It's Beautiful
PublishedIn a rare display of tactical competence that frankly deserves a slow clap, CHP officers shut down the Bay Bridge…
Hit and Run on 19th Ave: Tesla Driver, Someone Saw You
PublishedA hit-and-run collision at 19th Avenue and Lincoln Way around 6:30 PM on Friday evening is a reminder that San…
Ocean Avenue Red Lanes: Let SFMTA Actually Fix the Street
PublishedSupervisors Myrna Melgar and Connie Chan held a town hall this week on the proposed red transit-only lanes for Ocean…
SFO Just Unlocked a Core Memory: Walking Someone to Their Gate
PublishedRemember when you could walk Grandma all the way to her gate, wave at the plane from the window, and nobody treated you…
Late-Night Bay Bridge Pileup: Another Reminder That SF's Commute Infrastructure Is Held Together by Prayers
PublishedMultiple vehicles collided on the Bay Bridge late Wednesday night, snarling inbound traffic toward downtown San…
Why the J Train Literally Runs Through People's Backyards
PublishedIf you've ever ridden the J Church between 18th and 22nd Streets, you've experienced one of San Francisco's weirdest…
Muni's Ghost Buses: The Transit System That Haunts You
PublishedIf you've ever stood at a Muni bus stop watching the app cheerfully inform you that your bus has arrived — while you…
Bay Area's Big Transit Plan Has No Big Transit Plans
PublishedMTC and ABAG just dropped Plan Bay Area 2050+, the shiny new regional development blueprint that's supposed to guide…
FasTrak's Robot Cop Confused a Sports Car With a Pickup Truck. Guess Who Had to Fix It.
PublishedHere's a fun exercise in government accountability: imagine you're working at your desk in Palo Alto when a toll…
Robbed on the 45, and Nobody Cared — Not the Driver, Not SFMTA, Not 311
PublishedA senior citizen with mobility issues was robbed on the 45 bus in broad daylight last week.
Market Street Is a Free-For-All Because San Francisco Refuses to Enforce Its Own Rules
PublishedRemember when San Francisco made a big deal about restricting private vehicles on Market Street?
Express Lanes: Free-Market Fix or Pay-to-Play Highway Robbery?
PublishedBay Area express lanes are back in the discourse, and honestly, the debate says more about how we think about…
Spirit's Death Leaves Oakland Airport on Life Support — Who's Coming to the Rescue?
PublishedSpirit Airlines is officially done. Kaput. Finished. And for Oakland International Airport, which was already…
SFMTA Can't Even Keep a Paper Map in Print — But Sure, Let's Talk About That Budget
PublishedHere's a small thing that says a lot: San Francisco's transit agency hasn't updated its paper transit map since 2023.