SF News Ex-Muni Chief Nat Ford Could Be Ruining BART Next Nat Ford might be out at Muni, but as Chronicle super sleuths Matier and Ross report this morning, the much-loathed golden parachutist could be in the running to fill a vacancy as BART's
SF News Google Maps Brings In Real-Time Transit Data Edging ever closer to omnipotence, the big G has added real-time transit data to Google Maps. If you've ever tried to catch a bus or BART train based on Google's arrival in the
SF News Cable Car Lines Shut Down This Week The Powell-Mason, Powell-Hyde, and California cable car lines will be shut down today through Sunday for "repairs and upgrades" as part of the SFMTA Cable Car Improvement Project. SF Appeal notes: "Muni shuttle
SF News Muni Operators Union Veers Closer To a Transit Strike This afternoon, a spokesperson for the Local 205-A Muni Operators Union told the press that the operators have agreed to allow a strike if negotiations with the MTA continue without compromise. Muni's current
SF News Muni Takes Another Stab at the Transit Effectiveness Plan Way back in the heady days of 2006, when Muni actually wanted to know what riders thought about things like the frequency of buses during rush hour, the SFMTA launched the Transit Effectiveness
SF News Another Muni Meltdown: Day 3 On the heels of two Muni messes, SFist's Leanne Maxwell tell us about another meltdown currently in progress. A broken-down inbound train in the tunnel between Duboce and Van Ness is causing delays
SF News Metro Muni Delay Affecting All Lines KRON 4 Morning News reports that Muni is having major delays throughout the city on all metro lines. What's the cause of the problem? Not sure yet. However, commuters are reporting delays of
SF News Man Beaten By Large Group at Redwood City Caltrain Security has been "amplified" at the Redwood City Caltrain station after a man was brutal beaten by a group of people on Friday night. "Between nine and 15 suspects attacked a 47-year-old San
SF News Supervisor Weiner Plans To Expand Taxi Service For your reading pleasure, yet another Weiner story: At today's Board of Supervisor's meeting, D8 Supervisor Scott Weiner will introduce "a resolution in support of a proposal by the Municipal Transportation Agency to
SF News 24th Street Station Problems Slows Morning BART Commute After "recovering from a major problem" at the 24th Street Station, your morning BAR commute will see delays of up to 15 minutes for all East Bay-bound trains. "Service should be back to
misc Video: San Francisco Transbay Terminal Demolition San Francisco Transbay Terminal Demolition from David C. Hill on Vimeo. Using his own black-and-white photography and footage, David C. Hill created this poignant video about the San Francisco Transbay Terminal demolition, which
SF News Muni to Reinstate 61 Percent of Previous Service Cuts Your super crowded and sporadic bus line just might get closer to the way it was before those nasty service cuts took place in May. (Unless the whole line was cut, of course.
SF News BART Prepares Commuters for Potential Strike on July 1 Many of BART's 355,000 daily commuters are still unaware that the agency might go on strike next week, which would cause quite a meltdown throughout the Bay Area. Five unions representing 3,
misc Deciphering Muni's Bay to Breakers Schedules/Routes Be sure to check out Muni's Bay to Breakers schedules and routes before the inebriation sets in. The lowdown is after the jump. And remember, the below buses will cost you a special
SF News Get Ready for Your Close Up: Muni to Install Cameras SFist loves cameras. Public, private, wherever, whenever -- we want them up, we want them rolling. So, we were tickled exuberant after hearing that San Francisco transit officials plan to install continuously-running cameras
SF News Muni Feels Pretty Either you are the kind of person who feel giddy whenever a train passes, or you aren't. If you aren't, then there's simply no explaining the glee with which transit enthusiasts will receive
SF News TransLink Update A few things: SFMTA is inviting an exclusive number of Muni customers to take part of the TransLink trial group and help get the system up to snuff. "The TransLink system is a
SF News Central Subway One Step Closer to Becoming a Reality The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) announced yesterday that the feds have given the much-needed Central Subway its final environmental clearance. Praise God. The $1.3 billion plan will connect the new-ish
misc NextBus Completely Hornswaggled by Daylight Savings Time-Change But is it too much to ask that Muni explain the outage to riders by posting a message on NextBus signs? Apparently, yes; it is. So yesterday evening, we watched as perplexed bus
misc Real-Time Muni train information is now Did somebody at 511.org just accidentally their website? According to an alert, you can now real-time Muni train information. Hey, that's! But that's not all! They also want you to please ignore,
misc One of our Rare Pro-Muni Posts It's not often we get to say it, so let's relish the feeling: yay Muni! Today, Muni boss Nat Ford joined a bunch of other transit officials in making some nice suggestions for
misc Behind the Scenes at Muni During Outside Lands We all had a great time piling on Muni last weekend, foaming and ranting about service to and from the park. But what was going on behind the scenes? We asked Muni how
misc REVEALED! What the Seat-Hogging Lady Was Thinking Mystery solved! Probably! Thanks our perceptive readers, we have learned what was maybe on the mind of the lady we posted about yesterday, the one who was gently blocking access to an empty
misc Late Night Cable Car Accident Injures Four Four people were hurt after a cable car derailed last night at Washington and Powell streets. (Check out this image of the car off its tracks. So wrong!) A little before midnight last
