SF News New Devil's Slide Tunnels Now Open For Traffic The death-defying stretch of Highway 1 connecting Pacifica with Montara is officially no longer open to thrill-seeking teenagers and disgruntled commuters. Beginning this morning, the new Tom Lantos Tunnels are ushering drivers safely
SF News Letter To The Editor: Lyft Responds To Ride-Sharing Criticism On Thursday, SFist published a letter from Trevor Johnson -- a licensed cabbie who drove and dispatched full time for over three years -- criticizing successful ride-sharing services (like Lyft and Sidecar) popular
SF News Letter To The Editor: A Solid Argument Against Ride Sharing [Update] We here at SFist are noted fans of newfangled ride sharing services -- prompted by one too many cabbie no-shows and refusals to go drive to Glen Park or the Avenues -- but
SF News BART to Run Extra Long Service On New Year's Eve What better way to celebrate the end of 2012 than by riding home on BART during the wee hours of New Year's Day. See, BART will not only run until 3 a.m.
SF News Bay Area Transit Mapped In Trippy Time-Lapse Video Using the same publicly available data that feeds into Google's General Transit Feed Specification, transit-obsessed YouTube user STLTransit has created a trippy time-lapse video showing the movement of every Muni bus, BART train
SF News S.F. Cab Drivers Take Uber To Court In their ongoing attempts to show just how clueless they can be about the current state of their own industry, a pair of San Francisco cabbies have lawyered up and hit Uber with
SF News Protesters Try To Shut Down Muni Over Death Of Child Rapist [Updated] [UPDATE: Although Muni bus lines 49 and 47 were briefly blocked at Van Ness and Hayes, and the Octavia ramp to 101 was also blocked, the protest has "dwindled."] A Muni protest, one
SF News Protesters Could Shut Down Muni Service On Monday Hey, you know what might be a great day in which to ride one's bike to work? Monday. Because several groups will try to disrupt Muni service that day. According to SF Examiner,
SF News Fourth Street To Turn Hellish As Central Subway Excavation Begins Seeing as how an underground line from, say, downtown to the Outer Richmond would make too much sense, enter the Central Subway, the city's $1.6 billion project that will run the T-Third
SF News Free Muni Rides For Kids? Some say yes. Many say no. According to an op-ed piece in Thursday's Chronicle, the good-intentioned plan, sparked by Supervisor David Campos, stands as "an appealing idea that City Hall is all but
SF News All Muni Metro Shut Down After SUV Drives Into Subway Tunnel [Update] At around 6 a.m. today, a car drove into the Duboce Portal tunnel. Said automobile is now stuck inside the tunnel, effectively shutting down all underground Muni metro lines. SF Muni shuttle
SF News Bay Bridge Closure During Presidents' Day Weekend Commuters will not be able drive on the upper deck towards San Francisco during Presidents' Day Weekend due to construction. The closure will start at 8 p.m. Friday, February 17 and last
SF News Check Out The Sleek New BART Cars Sharp new designs, working air-condition, and clean seats are on the order for a slew of new test BART cars (an estimated 250 of them) that will go into production this May. The
SF News Ride Muni Free On New Year's Eve Before you take off for the holidays, remember that come New Year's Eve, you can ride Muni for free. For free? For free. Muni travel, including cable cars, is free of charge from
SF News Computer Problems Stop All BART Service [Updated] A computer SNAFU of sorts halted all BART service this evening. As of 8:05 pm, BART reports: "BART is experiencing computer problems in the Operations Control Center and service is currently stopped.
SF News McAllister Goes Both Ways This Week Citing "quicker bus service" as the main reason, a portion of McAllister Street between Hyde and Market will go into two-way traffic mode "after previously only allowing westbound traffic." The change will go
SF News Cyclist Hurt In Collision With Truck Dies Nancy Ho, the 25-year-old helmetless cyclist who was crashed into a truck at Fremont and Mission on Tuesday morning, succumbed to her injuries and died. If you recall, "Nancy Ho, of San Francisco,
SF News Truck <s>Kills</s> Seriously Injures Cyclist Near the Embarcadero [UPDATED] A cyclist was killed injured this morning after colliding with a truck at the intersection of Fremont and Mission. The incident happened a little after 8 a.m. SF Appeal reports: "Paramedics were
SF News Golden Gate Ferry Strike CANCELED; Service Running [Updated] UPDATE: Strike is off! Ferry service is on. Chon reports: "Golden Gate Ferry service will run on its regular schedule [Friday], transit officials announced." Those of you who rely on Golden Gate Ferry
SF News Bike Lanes for Cesar Chavez Nixed Cyclists have even more reason to relish perceived victimization today -- oh, we kid! -- after the SFMTA stripped plans for bike lanes on busy Cesar Chavez. What? Mission Local reports: "The cause
SF News California Cable Car Back After Six-Month Repose After a six-month shutdown due to repairs, the California cable car line will return today to its former glory. According to BCN (via KTVU), "The project replaced electrical and mechanical components that support
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 Your Prius Now Has Another Out of Date Bumper Sticker The yellow "Access OK" Clean Air Vehicle sticker your hybrid car has been sporting since 2005 is set to expire on July 1st, meaning you and 85,000 other Prius owners will no
SF News Free Car Tows and Cab Rides During Cinco de Mayo While you binge on margaritas, Tecate, and body shots tonight, please remember a few things. For starters, do not drink and drive. Ever. AAA Northern California will offer free tows to drivers who
SF News Real-Time Parking Data Now Available Through SFPark App While it's only available in pilot neighborhoods equipped with the new smart parking meters and sensors at the moment, SFPark started pushing out real-time parking availability data today. A brief look at the
