Well that certainly was lively, wasn't it? Our post about the proposal to shoot SF with a Los-Angeles-gun by adding parking to the city (and subtracting everything else) attracted tons of comments, with some very well-put arguments on both sides of the issue. Time to channel that energy into Real Life, if you can bear to leave your wretched computer: SPUR is hosting a Transportation Committee meeting to discuss the initiative! more ›

The results are in! What local highway is the worst to commute on, according to the Metropolitan Transportation Committee? Congratulations, 880! You win! more ›

Because we love nothing better than a "We're Mad As Hell And We're Not Going To Take It Anymore" story, we give you this story, about a local Bay Area woman who got stuck on a tarmac for nine and a half hours when her flight got diverted from it's point of destination. The flight she took was supposed to have been from SFO to Dallas (as in Dallas, Texas, not Dulles-- we always get them confused and boy, nothing says "we're an idiot" like getting on the wrong plane) but the flight was diverted to Austin because of tornado warnings in the Dallas area. And so her plane sat. And sat. And sat some more. For nine and a half hours. Finally, they were allowed to fly off and fifty hours after they left, they finally made it to their destination. Let's hope it wasn't for a long weekend. more ›

Caltrans threw SFist for a loop this weekend. The Chronicle reported that retrofit costs for the bridges are soaring...even though Caltrans hasn't exactly been forthcoming with this information. The San Francisco/Oakland Bay Bridge is reportedly $2.54 billion over budget, and the Richmond-San Rafael bridge retrofit will cost an additional $249 million. Yes, you read that right. We echo the sentiments of state Senator Tom Torlakson (D-Antioch), of the Senate Transportation Committee. He says, "The magnitude of the amount of the money -- it's so far off -- it's 100 percent off." He also comments, "We have to find out how this happened -- what are the cost overruns exactly? How much are the steel and concrete prices? Are there design missteps?" The Chronicle further notes that the deadline to get Caltrans more money is this Friday. more ›