SF News Something to Read During Your Long Long Bus Ride ...the book tells the story of the Key Route’s transbay lines from the handsome 1903 wooden interurbans to the famous 1930s Bridge Units, the ornate Key Route Pier, the ferryboat fleet, and
SF News What's Up With Your Board Of Supes? Look at that fresh new picture of your 2007 San Francisco Board of Supervisors! Chris Daly even showed up this time! So what's the gang up to these days? (Besides Chris
SF News Day Around The Bay --Yikes: two pedestrians were hit by a truck outside that Bank of America on 23rd and Mission this afternoon. --Beyond Chron says to not run anyone for mayor this year -- Tim Redmond says
misc Week Around The -Ists The nicer the weather gets, the busier we get across the Ist-A-Verse. But we like being busy. Here's a peek at what we've been up to since
SF News Imagine a World Where Muni has Money Fortunately, the report also had a list of the ways that Muni can turn its losses around. Here's a handful, with more after the jump. No need to convene a freakin&
SF News Your Commute: "People Love To Talk About MUNI" Guess who's back talking about MUNI for the ABC 7 I-Team?????? (4:33 on the video). Since Gavin hasn't done anything outrageous lately, Dan Noyes turns his attention
SF News Another Textmarkular Update Fear not: simply create a Textmark so you can get arrival times via SMS. Check our handy guide to existing marks after the jump, and you'll never be caught waiting and
SF News Rescue Geary As always, the project's being held up by a one or two critics who insist that nobody wants to move any faster on Geary than they already do, and that people
SF News Ask a Muni Security Guy It goes without saying that if you have any questions, drop us a line at editor @ sfist.com. First question, what exactly is Muni Security MUNI security detail entails: There are a bunch
Arts & Entertainment SFIFF: <i>The Twelve Labours</i> We were pumped to be headed to the SFIFF again this year with our friend, Liana, who’s from Brazil. We’ve seen several Brazilian films together at the festival over the years,
SF News Update on the School Kids The driver involved was 70 year-old Mauro Yan of Redwood City. Eyewitnesses say he either looked asleep or in a state of shock but Yan's wife said that he was
SF News Students Struck by SUV It's not quite clear what caused all this, but one of the eyewitnesses said it looked like the driver was asleep.
SF News Oh, What a Beautiful Morning So there you are in the morning. You woke up, you got out of bed and dragged a comb across your head. Then you found your way downstairs and drank a cup but
SF News Why Everyone Hates Critical Mass -- And Why They're Wrong Whether you love Critical Mass or hate it, the folks on the other side of the debate must seem totally baffling, if not downright evil. Its detractors wonder, "how can anyone support
Arts & Entertainment San Francisco Critical Mass, April 2007 The rolling Rorschach test that is Critical Mass once again delighted and frustrated those in S.F. tonight. We saw pissed-off bus riders, but also a few delighted hotel guests. We saw
SF News The "No Duh" Story of the Day The study looked into the idea of creating bus only lines, either the center lane or outside lanes. One scenario envisioned would consist of two lanes towards the center with an island dividing
SF News We Are Family In his speech, Gavin added that he understands why people would feel the need to leave the city as his mother did the same when Gavin was just a wee little lad. Have
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Celebrated for its Excellence There's a heated and productive conversation happening over in our earlier post about Muni's dangerous plan to get bus-mounted cameras with optional bayonets and gatling guns. One of
SF News Smile For the Camera, Double Parkers The plan would have cameras placed on Muni buses that face outwards and take videos of their drives. Maybe they could post it online so everyone could see what they’re drives are
Arts & Entertainment SFist Photo: All Aboard the Scol Bus Our Chevy-based photo trilogy ends thusly: a Hummer H2 making a stop near City Hall. Hail to the bus driver.
SF News April Muni Payout Part Two: $33,275 More controversial is a case in which a blind, partially-deaf subway rider stepped off the platform, thinking he was in front of the doors, and discovered that he'd fallen between
SF News "Ask a Muni Driver" Bids You a Farwell If anything, we hoped to show that not every Muni driver is bad and that they're well aware of the problems with our transit system. There are bad drivers out there,
SF News It's 4th Fake Question Time! : the mayor's office has announced the fourth installment of his traveling lecture series, or, as he prefers to call it "the town hall open meeting where the public is not
SF News Muni: "I'm melllllting! Melllllllllllting! Oh, what a world, what a world!" So, how's that commute going, subway riders? Any better today? More Muni-Meltdown, or less Muni-Meltdown? Above, we've embedded an animation of Metro activity yesterday afternoon; call us
