“I track legislation, not vibes — and I know which agencies deliver.”
SF's Roads Are a Mess — And Nobody's Driving the Solution
PublishedIf you've spent more than five minutes on any major San Francisco corridor lately, you already know: our streets are a…
A Guy in Orange Did What the City Couldn't: He Just Stood Up
PublishedThursday morning on the N Judah, somewhere between the Sunset and Embarcadero, a woman started harassing an older Asian…
MUNI's Two Realities: Backpack Blockades and the Strangers Who Have Your Back
PublishedMUNI riders are living in two worlds right now.
Autonomous Vehicles Are Winning — And SF's Car-Free Market Street Is Losing
PublishedTwo autonomous vehicle stories dropped this week that, taken together, tell you everything about California's love-hate…
The Bay Area's Best Commute Is Also Its Most Neglected
PublishedIf 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.
PublishedJust 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
PublishedHere'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
PublishedHere'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)
PublishedHere'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
PublishedAnother morning, another avoidable wreck on 880.
Gone But Not Forgotten: The BART Fast Pass and the Death of Simple Transit
PublishedThere'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
PublishedHere'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
PublishedBART, 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?
PublishedCaltrain'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
PublishedIf 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?
PublishedHere'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
PublishedGood 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
PublishedWith 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
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.