SF News SFMTA Cracks Down (Sort Of) On Chariot, Other Private Buses It’s been a bumpy ride for the tech-loving private shuttle service Chariot, which arrived three years ago to make “transportation better only for some people” in the words of Muni Diaries. Chariot
SF News SFMTA Warns That Upcoming Time Change Could Kill Pedestrians San Francisco's streets are perilous ones for pedestrians, we all know that to be true. But a blog post by the head of San Francisco's transit agency warns that they are about to
SF News Guerrilla Group Installs New Safety Measures At Notorious Panhandle Intersection We were saddened to hear about the death of David Grinberg. We took action. Where is the city? #DemandMore https://t.co/niRRpruUt8 pic.twitter.com/0v8IbYiaGs— SF Transformation (@SFMTrA) October 6, 2017
SF News SF's Cable Cars See Drop In Ridership Possibly Due To Long Lines Ridership on SF's historic cable cars, which are considered a must for many tourists, seems to be on the decline, and the Chronicle's Matier & Ross surmise this may be because fares went
SF News Bicycle Rental Company Gets Caught With Bikes Parked Where They Shouldn't Be We're so excited to help turn the @WeWorkSF community into an urban campus with Spin bikes. Details: https://t.co/SxGCS1Dn5g pic.twitter.com/JqcEUs1BKJ— Spin San Francisco (@Spin_SF) August 31, 2017
SF News Chariot Chastised For Blocking Muni Stops, Could Be Slapped With More Regulations Tech bros nationwide were served with comeuppance Wednesday, with widespread mockery of the glorified vending machine Bodega and Martin Shkreli’s ass getting sent back to jail. But techies were also taken to
SF News [Update] Shooting And Crash Closes Stretch Of O'Farrell Street For Hours The San Francisco Police Department closed a stretch of Union-Square area street for nearly three hours Tuesday morning, on reports of a shooting on the block. ABC 7 reports that O'Farrell Street between
SF News The Muni Bus Turns 100 Today She breaks down so much because she's old! That's what you have to keep telling yourself during your next frustrated bus commute, as today we are celebrating the Muni bus's 100th birthday. Yes,
SF News Do 'No Parking' Signs For Street Cleaning Still Apply After The Street Cleaner Is Gone? There's a parking miscalculation every San Franciscan with a vehicle eventually makes: leaving your car in a street cleaning zone during the day and hours street sweepers approach. But every thorn has its
SF News Muni Shutting Down Cable Cars, Historic Streetcars, And Cow Hollow, Marina Bus Service For Right-Wing 'Patriot Prayer' Rally People avoiding Saturday's right-wing "Patriot Prayer" rally at Crissy Field or counter-protests elsewhere might still be inconvenienced by the events, as the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency says they'll be pre-emptively disrupting bus
SF News Uber And Lyft Permanently Banned From Most Of Market Street Under New Plan A new design is emerging for #sanfrancisco's Market Street #sfmuni #bicycling https://t.co/eVEw0l8EVQ pic.twitter.com/KoOqTmtQ43— Human Streets (@humanstreetssf) July 31, 2017 The Better Market Street Plan, which has been
SF News 80 Percent Of Walk Signal Buttons In SF Don't Do Anything To Change The Signal Confirming what you've surely always known deep down, the vast majority of those buttons you push at intersections do not do anything to shorten the amount of time you are going to wait
SF News Central Subway Is Almost A Year Behind Schedule All of San Francisco has been anxiously awaiting the completion of the $1.6 billion Central Subway, and the agonizing construction required to build it. But we're going to have to wait just
SF News Muni Begins To Introduce New, Uglier Transfers When history looks back on the day the formerly great burning fire within the heart of San Francisco officially extinguished, it will be the day Muni did away with the classic, colorful, bus
SF News SFMTA Approves Parking-Protected Bike Lanes For Upper Market Good news for cyclists who have to deal with the daily hazards of biking all the way up and down Market Street from downtown to the Castro: The SFMTA Board has approved the
SF News Video: Muni Bus Blows Past Barricades, Speeds Down Protected Bike Lane We've seen bike lane abuse galore in San Francisco, from people who double park in the lane to drop off passengers and pick up lattes, to drivers who merrily pilot their vehicles down
SF News Dozens Of Cars Towed Along Dolores Street Median After Violating 6PM Cutoff Strict enforcement of new Dolores Street median parking rules results in several cars towed https://t.co/hYthkXz7Tm pic.twitter.com/E3gN7MyppG— Mission Local (@MLNow) May 30, 2017 Those who commute from elsewhere
Arts & Entertainment SFMTA Sends Cease-And-Desist To Super PAC That Made That Georgia Attack Ad About SF You know that ridiculous ad we saw last week paid for by a Republican political group depicting goofy San Franciscans, all in the service of defeating a Democratic challenger in a Georgia House
SF News Should Bikes Be Allowed On Muni Metro? A recent news report on an injured cyclist denied passage on the N Judah because she was carrying her (unfolded) bike received no small amount of attention this week, and now transit advocates
SF News San Francisco Cable Car Conductor Faces Felony Charges After Allegedly Pocketing Fares A conductor on one of San Francisco's historic cable cars is behind bars Thursday, after officials say a two-month-long investigation revealed that the man had been swiping the cash fares paid by riders.
SF News Cyclist Seriously Injured After Collision With Muni Bus A cyclist suffered life-threatening injuries Wednesday evening, after police say that he rode into a Muni bus. According to the San Francisco Police Department, the 38-year-old male cyclist struck the 6-Haight/Parnassus Muni
SF News Muni Bans All Political, Offensive, And Violent Advertising On Buses And Trains People with cool, provocative political messages will have to save it for their bumper stickers. As of today, political ads on Muni buses and trains are are prohibited, ABC 7 reports, following a
SF News SF Cable Car Claims Second Tesla In Four Months Oops! #Tesla hitting a cable car in San Francisco A post shared by Leo Giuffrida (@leonardogiuffrida) on Mar 30, 2017 at 4:55pm PDT What is the deal with cable cars and Teslas?
SF News Muni Metro Delays Create Rush Hour Havoc We may be experiencing a new uptick of Muni Metro troubles and delays something that has been written about extensively on SFist over the years but which had become a bit less of
SF News 93-Year-Old Man Dies After Being Struck By Cable Car On Mason Street In the first case of a death by a cable car collision in nearly a decade, a 93-year-old man who was struck by a cable car Sunday afternoon has died from his injuries.