SF News Video: Muni Metro Train Runs With Door Open ABC7 broadcast this rather shocking video that was posted on YouTube of an outbound L train being driven with the door wide open at the Van Ness station for almost a full minute
SF News Highway 101 Lanes Closed in Millbrae This just in: Two northbound lanes and 3 southbound lanes of Highway 101 are closed in Millbrae due to problems with nearby power lines. No word yet on when the problem will be
SF News Driver Runs Over Cyclists Protesting In Brazil (VIDEO) In southern Brazil last week, around 100 cycling activists were mowed down by an angry driver. Associated Press reports: "Cyclists in the Critical Mass ride tell the Folha de S. Paulo newspaper that
SF News Bicycle Activists Lightly Grill Temporary Mayor Now that Ed Lee has gotten a couple breakfasts with Willie Brown out of the way he had a moment to sit down with the bike/walk/train activists over at Streetsblog and
SF News Rumors Say Muni Chief is Poised to Make Washingtonians Late to the Airport Back in September, rumors went around that Nat Ford had a pretty good chance of landing a top position with the the DC Metro - of course, that didn't amount to anything. Nat
misc Local Man, Frustrated with 30-Stockton, Decides to Walk We've heard plenty of complaints about what a harrowing experience the downhill commute from Russian Hill and Nob Hill can be along the city's legendary 30-Stockton line. Recently, however, one local man (and
misc Urbane Studies with the Tenderloin Geographic Society, Volume 5: Cheating on BART Bay Area public transportation options often leave much to be desired. Mostly, our various agencies just leave us with the desire to take a different form of transportation. But still we wonder: is
SF News Cyclist Hit At Duboce And Mission A cyclist collided with a car on Sunday morning at around 9:45 a.m. The accident occurred at Duboce and Mission. According to reports, "A 30-year-old woman from San Francisco was driving
SF News Your Friday, Saturday Night Highway 1 Closures As part of the Doyle Drive replacement, parts of Highway 1 at the Highway 101 interchange will close tonight and tomorrow. The Chronicle reports: "From 10 p.m. today until 10 a.m.
SF News Tips on Catching a Cab Tomorrow Night The Examiner came out with some handy tips on catching that elusive cab tomorrow night, or any busy night, for that matter. The biggest suggestion is to learn the city's traffic patterns and
SF News December Most Dangerous Month For Pedestrians The Chronicle came out with an article this morning with data stating that 800 pedestrians get hit by cars in San Francisco each year, about two per day, which is a higher ratio
SF News Peninsula Congestion Toll Plan Rejected By Supervisors As expected, the fury-inducing plan to charge up to $6 to vehicularly commute into certain parts of San Francisco was nixed yesterday. "The San Francisco Board of Supervisors, acting as the city's transportation
misc Homobiles, A Safe Queer Car Service If you've ever been tossed from a taxi for necking with a same-sex paramour, sporting leather and chains en route to the San Francisco Armory, or harassed by your cabbie for donning drag
SF News SF-LA High Speed Rail Encounters Another Speed Bump Opponents of the proposed high speed rail, which would extend from the Bay Area to Los Angeles have brandished their latest weapon: a tree. It seems that Stanford’s iconic Redwood, “El Palo
SF News Bridge Crack Forces Closure On San Mateo Bridge Workers worked all night on the San Mateo Bridge to fix a crack found in a steel beam, a repair job that affected westbound traffic. "One of three westbound lanes was closed and
SF News Water Taxi Service On the Horizon Refreshing transportation news, readers! San Francisco is set to get water taxi service. The San Francisco Port Commission just approved a five-year agreement with John Scannell, who runs those duck boats for tourists
SF News Morning BART Delays The fine folks at KRON 4 Morning News report that BART riders should look forward to "major delays" this morning due to a power outage. The sluggishness, it seems, will affect the Richmond
SF News Tesla Initiates Voluntary Recall of 439 Electric Roadsters by Andrew Dalton Are you one of the 1,300 owners of Tesla Motors' first run of electric roadsters? Supposing you were fortunate enough to drop over a hundred grand on a souped
SF News More Taxicabs, Please According to a report in today's Examiner, taxi providers are asking for more cars on the road. (Hallelujah.) Some 25 percent of people who call Yellow Cab for service, it seems, are never
SF News What's Going On Here, Train Wannabe? SFist reader John Murphy sends us this photos, followed by this heated caption, "Caltrain fucked in Menlo NB due to [ahem, driver] who turned his car onto track." Please be advised of Caltrain
SF News How Do You Handle Abusive Cab Rides? Most cabbies in San Francisco are hardworking, chatty ilk who, if you're nice, might even let you smoke inside the cab. They have the best stories, most bizarre and/or accurate philosophies, and
SF News High-Tech Parking Meters Make S.F. Debut Today Today, the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency rolled out new parking meters, high-tech ones that will replace old meters with new "coin and card" ones in Hayes Valley. Part of a pilot program
SF News UPDATED: Man On Tracks Stops BART Service BART service stopped between the Glen Park and Daly City station in San Francisco due to "a person on the tracks." According to SFGate, "BART spokesman Jim Allison said a community service officer
SF News Market Street Railroad Marks 150th Anniversary While most of America spent yesterday BBQ-ing, blowing stuff up and avoiding DUI checkpoints all in the name of freedom, our very own Market Street Railway silently celebrated its 150th anniversary. That's 84
SF News Bike News Everything's coming up roses and daffodils for cyclists. (But don't tell that to cyclists; they like to believe they ride under Sobibor-like oppression from the man. Oh, relax. We're pulling your chain. Chain,
