SF News <i>[Insert Another Tired, Cleverless Headline About BART & Muni Fare Increase Here]</i> Have you heard that BART and Muni fares are increasing? A news story that seems to pop up at least once a month? Or not? Anyway, BART prices will increase on July 1.
SF News $48.3 Million in Federal Recovery Aimed for BART Carpet & More According to a report from the U.S. Department of Transportation, transportation secretary Ray LaHood announced a hefty gift for Bay Area public transportation: $48.3 Million. This chunk of change will, hopefully,
SF News Stimulus Funds Make Oakland Airport BART Connector (Almost) A Reality So, this is sort of a math problem: Take a $130 million project; sit it on it and discuss for many years; watch costs rise to about $500 million; receive a $70 million
SF News BART Extension Groundbreaking Today San Jose just got a little less unsightly. Today, a groundbreaking ceremony took place for the BART extension, which will bring Silicon Valley a little bit closer to the Bay Area. Carl Guardino,
SF News BART Cars to Finally (Maybe) Lose All Those Stinky Seats and Carpets In several new designs -- which are coming out of BART's planning stages for a $3.4 billion project to add 700 new BART cars by 2024 -- the urban and suburban commuter
misc Aptly-Named "Trigger" Scraps with BART Train In case you haven't already read about this adorable Jack Russell named Trigger over at SFAppeal, here's a recap. Last month, Trigger pulled a Houdini and escaped from his family's home, which is
SF News Muni Prez Rejects Fare Hike For Now; BART Tests Pay-By-Cellphone City supervisors yesterday rejected the proposed Muni budget that would cut service and hike fares to $2 come July. Muni Board President David Chiu pointed to several programs that look like a blatant
SF News BART Delays This A.M. There was an an electrical problem in the transbay tube connecting Oakland and San Francisco, and there are now residual delays, which means you may be eff'd this morning if you need to
SF News No Bail Reduction for BART Cop Johannes Mehserle BART office Johannes Mehserle, charged with shooting and killing Oscar Grant on New Year's Day at the Frutivale station -- was dealt another blow last week. After asking to have his whopping $3
SF News TransLink Passes First Round of BART Tests In about a month, you can officially get your TransLink card for BART. According to SFGate, "testing of the regional TransLink fare card on BART appears to have had no major glitches, providing
SF News SF to Pay $92,000 for Stranding Wheelchair-Bound Men Robert Cruz, 61, and Darwin Dias, 75, filed suit against San Francisco for being in gross violation of the Americans With Disabilities Act. On May 26, 2007, according to reports, "Cruz and Dias,
SF News BART Wants to Know What You Think -- No, Really Get your "We Are All Oscar Grant" t-shirt cleaned. Tim Redmond over at SFBG has word that BART is holding a public meeting. Why? Because "they want to hear concerns about civilian oversight
misc A Transit 'Tree' and an Optimistic 30-Minute Trip Map The SF Streets Blog has given us this cool Transit Tree, based on the Bay Area's transit "circulatory system," as well as a map of how far a person can get -- presumably
SF News SOMA Bart Line? These kind of public transit rumors pop up now and then, but a new Bart line could conceivably be in the works for San Francisco's SOMA district, at least according to reports. If
SF News We Want $50 Million, Says Oscar Grant Family Members Family members of Oscar Grant are asking for a bountiful $50 million from Bay Area Rapid Transit, chief of police Gary Gee, and three of the officers (Tony Pirone, Marysol Domenic, and Johannes
SF News Two Murders Near Two BART Stations A 21-year-old man was killed outside the Daly City BART station last night. According to the Chron, the shooting, which happened around 7 p.m., occurred while two cars were stopped in traffic
SF News Johannes Mehserle Released fom Jail Johannes Mehserle, the BART officer who shot and killed Oscar Grant on New Year's Day, was released from jail late this afternoon on bond. He had been at the Santa Rita Jail in
SF News BART Delays After an eastbound train rammed into "an object" in the Transbay Tube this afternoon, riders can expect delays of "at least 35 minutes." Trains are running on a single track through the tube,
SF News Bart Officer Wanted to Tase Him, Bro Police tasings, which have provided endless entertainment over the last few years, are commonplace for itchy triggerfingered cops. According to SFGate, that's just what Bart cop Johannes Mehserle wanted to do in lieu
SF News Bart Officer Back in Court Former Bart officer Johannes Mehserle was back in court today in order to ask a judge for bail. If you recall, the 27-year-old disgraced cop pleaded not guilty to the murder of Oscar
misc UPDATE: Bart Gun Shirt Matthew Williams, created of this controversial-ish Bart gun shirt, talked to SFist today. One thing Williams wanted to point out is that all the proceeds from the Bart shirt are "being donated to
SF News BART Police Facing Backlash by Childish, Self-Absorbed Riders According to Bart spokesperson Linton Johnson, Bart officers "have been spit upon and yelled at by an angry public." Even though the transit agency has promised a "vigorous investigation" into the shooting death
misc Get Your Bart Gun Shirt Today Local blogger Jameth posted his latest designer find today: the Bart gun shirt. It's quite lovely and makes a statement without saying a word. The shirt comes in all sizes and can be
