More than a third of the bridges in San Francisco County have been deemed "structurally deficient", says a new report from Transportation for America. With such a high percentage of crumbling bridges and elevated roadways, that makes San Francisco County the worst in the state for driving over any street that is not paved directly on the ground. Drivers might be pleased to learn that the Bay Area's flagship spans (the Golden Gate Bridge and the Bay Bridge, obviously) were determined to be in fine shape, but it's the smaller connectors, ramps and overpasses that we should be worried about. more ›

How will this weekend's Transit Camp affect you, the average beleaguered bus rider? In lots of ways: better websites, nicer maps, smarter rides, and information customized exactly to your transit needs ... which all adds up to you getting where you're going, faster and happier. Or at least, that's how it'll be if the Transit Camp evangelists can convince transit agencies to play along. The event is a sort of meeting-of-the-minds between transit-happy hackers and transit officials; the officials own the resources and data, and campers want to liberate it for you. more ›

If you're done with your pagan tree-worship holiday, head on over to MeTransCo's 511 Survey, and let them know just how bad they suck. 'Tis the season! You could win an iPod, as if you didn't already have four or five of them already. more ›

Apparently 511 just installed new arrival-time screens at a kiosk somewhere around Embarcadero, but we're skeptical. (Surprise!) Muni has scrolling LEDs in all the subway stations, but most of the time they're just reminding you about Proof of Purchase. And BART has the same problem: info screens so cluttered with reminders about tickets and pickpockets that they almost never show arrival estimates, or even the current time. more ›