This just in: the Castro Muni station is closed for rush hour traffic. The area is strewn with emergency vehicles. Muni claims to be running shuttle buses. Do-not-cross yellow police tape is up. Why? Well, according to @munialerts, it might have something to do with a dead body on the tracks. more ›

The pedestrian fatally struck by a pickup truck while standing on a Muni platform at Fourth and King Streets has, according to BCN (vis SF Appeal) "been identified by the medical examiner's office today as 53-year-old George Schaeffer." Last Friday, if you recall, Dwain Davis, of Templeton, crushed Schaeffer after colliding with a big-rig truck. Davis has since been arrested an charged with manslaughter. more ›

Caltrain has claimed the life of another pedestrian in two weeks. This morning, a man was struck at the San Mateo station. According to reports, "he collision happened at 6:43 a.m. when southbound train No. 206 struck the man who Caltrain characterized as a trespasser on the tracks near 25th Avenue." It is not yet know whether or not this most recent fatality was an accident or suicide. Northbound and southbound trains are operating at normal speed, but you can "expect delays of 45-60 minutes" today. If you recall, a man and a woman, in separate incidents, sat down on the tracks at the San Antonio station earlier this month. more ›

A day after a woman sat down on the tracks near the San Antonio station for a final nap, a second person died at the unforgiving hands of Caltrain. A male pedestrian, according to reports, was hit and killed by a northbound train in Palo Alto early this morning. Happening at around 8:30 a.m. near East Meadow Drive, the unidentified man was killed while the gates, lights and bells were reportedly going at the time of the crash. This most recent death makes Caltrain's second fatality of 2009.
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A pedestrian was killed early this morning at around 4:30 a.m. after being struck while walking on a connector ramp between two highways. According to reports, the fatal incident happened on a connector ramp between northbound Interstate Highway 280 and southbound state Highway 1. The unidentified victim died at the scene. more ›

We were stuffing our stuff into a backpack as the train left 22nd Street at 4:30 this afternoon when the hissing started and the train slowed. All of the people in the bike car stirred; something had happened. The train stopped in the middle of the tunnel, and the conductor came over the PA. He sounded tense. "There is an emergency situation," he said. "We'll be delayed here for some time. Please be patient." more ›