SF News Bay Bridge Speeding Crackdown In an effort to get motorists to slow down on the Bay Bridge, CHP officers had a "crackdown" in the bridge yesterday. CBS 5 reported that officers "issued 34 citations for speeding and
SF News Cyclists: Let the Backlash Begin (or Not) Scott James of NYT Bay Area did something a bit crafty. He perched a camera at Duboce and Steiner, capturing cars and cyclists during their morning commutes. While not the busiest or most
SF News Bay Bridge Closure Prompts 24-Hour BART Service This Weekend Due to the Bay Bridge being closed over the weekend, BART will run on a 24-hour schedule for Friday and Saturday. According to BART.gov: BART will offer 24-hour service if the Bay
SF News Bay Bridge to Remain Closed Over the Weekend Bad news. The Bay Bridge will remain closed over the weekend. According to CBS 5, "officials said the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge would likely stay closed through the weekend and were unsure if
SF News Jaywalkers, Doing God's Work? Brittney Gilbert at Eye On Blogs brings our attention to what could be our new favorite blog, The Pedestrianist. More than any driver or cyclist, the delicate pedestrian is the single most maligned
SF News Overturned Big Rig Stalls Westbound Bridge Traffic Westbound travelers going over the bridge, listen up: a Safeway big rig truck overturned on the Bay Bridge, which has since caused an INSANE amount of traffic back-up. According to KTVU, the big
SF News NextBus Blows A Fuse Although Muni is (understandably) having major delays today due to the rain, NextBus, it seems, is also out-of-order. On the worst possible day, too. Ugh. People on Twitter are (understandably) losing their proverbial
SF News Central Subway Snags $9.9 Million The Central Subway plan got a boost yesterday care of a $9.9 grant via an unknown donor. (Though, according to Curbed, the Federal Transit Administration might be the culprit.) MTA spokesperson Judson
SF News Billions and Billions for High Speed Rail? Yes, Please! by Chris Jones Keep your fingers crossed, folks. Governor Schwarzenegger, with the blessing of the California High Speed Rail Authority, will soon be filing an application with the federal government seeking $1.28
SF News S-Curve Slowing Things Down On Bay Bridge Apparently not all S-curves are a good thing. Ye olde Chronicle reported today that "the drive time from San Francisco to Oakland during the evening commute has taken 57 percent longer, on average,
SF News $6.4 Million Goes to AC Transit for Green Transit Improvements Today, the Obama Administration announced plans to fork over $6-plus million to AC Transit of Hayward, "to help reduce global warming, lessen America’s dependence on oil and create green jobs." The funds
SF News L Taraval Collides With Automobile (Good grief, San Francisco. You're really making up for last week's glaring lack of BART strike with a busy morning, aren't you? First the fire, now this.) This afternoon, according to Appeal, an
SF News On the Radio: San Francisco’s Central Subway, Yay or Nay? Oh boy. Here we go. Tonight, City Visions Radio on KALW will chat about the Central Subway, its pros and cons. Naturally, the Central Subway is a super nifty project. (Because progress is
SF News Newsom Responds to BART Strike But what does Mayor Gavin Newsom and/or the Mayor’s Office of Communications have to say about Sunday's impending BART strike, you ask? Good question. Here's the answer. Ahem: Today, I am
SF News BART Strike <s>Now Very Possible</s> On Sunday Night The looming BART strike, which has been a verbal threat every since union negotiations crumbled, might be a distinct possibility. More of a distinct possibility, that is, than we thought earlier. This afternoon,
SF News Lastday, Capricorn 29s, Year of the City: 2009. Carousel Begins. by Chris Jones So, you remember that old 1970’s movie, Logan’s Run, where Logan and Jessica 6 take a space shaped monorail pod thing to the bad part of the dome
SF News F-Line Muni Streetcars and Vehicle Collide According to SFGate, "Two of San Francisco's historic F-line streetcars and a car have crashed, injuring an unknown number of people and causing Muni to suspend train service at the height of the
SF News Bike Sharing, Other Improvements Continue to Elude City by Chris Jones Yesterday, visitors to Golden Gate Park had an opportunity to try out this newfangled European bike sharing scheme that is currently all the rage somewhere that's not here. Seven bikes
SF News BART & Unions Announce Tentative Agreement; Looming Ends After teasing us over and over and over with a strike that promised to cripple public transportation and the lives of many, BART and union leaders came to a contract agreement, tentatively. According
SF News 74X CultureBus Ends Finally. The failed experiment that is the CultureBus -- a very slow, yellow Muni bus that would take passengers around San Francisco (downtown to Golden Gate Park) to look at art and trees,
SF News Muni Experiencing Delays Might want to rev up the Lexus or Prius today, readers. According to Appeal, the J, K/T, L, M and N lines are all "'experiencing rolling delays in the subway because of
SF News BART - Oakland Airport Connector Closer to Reality by Chris Jones Yesterday, the Metropolitan Transportation Commission voted 10 to 3 to approve $140 million to help pay for the long awaited automated people mover between the Oakland Coliseum BART station and
SF News SFMTA: Metro Trains to Remain in Automatic Mode in Stations It has now been revealed that Saturday's collision at West Portal was the result of train operator Henry Gray switching to manual mode when approaching the platform -- a violation of official Muni
SF News WalkScore Scores San Francisco No. 1 When It Comes to Walking Walk Score, a site that tells you just how "walkable" your city or hood is, ranked San Francisco the top spot for those of us who get by on foot exclusively. Eating San
