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BART Preps for Weekend Maintenance to the Oakland Wye
Just a quick reminder that BART will be working on the Oakland wye this weekend, so trains from San Francisco won't run beyond West Oakland station. BART will run a free bus bridge between West Oakland and 19th Street Station, where riders can transfer back to trains to reach all other East Bay destinations.
August 3, 2018
SPUR Talk: The Business of Public Transit
It has customers. It takes in revenue. It provides a service. Public transportation sounds like a business, doesn't it?
July 31, 2018
Transit Riders Win Half-Hour Extension on Muni Tickets
Riders will have a full two hours to complete their journeys
July 19, 2018
Editorial: Keep the Combo J Church/K Ingleside Train
Why do the J and the K turn around at Balboa and head back downtown the way they came, rather than continuing on each other's alignments? Wouldn't the service be more useful if, even if they had to pause for a few minutes at Balboa to maintain schedules, the two lines were combined?
July 12, 2018
SFMTA Cancels Townsend Safety Project; Advocates Fight Back
Roughly seventy safety advocates donned yellow t-shirts and stood on the edge of the bike lanes along Townsend Street at the King Street Station yesterday evening to demand safety upgrades.
July 11, 2018
Early Reactions as Masonic Makeover Nears Completion
Construction on the $26 million Masonic Avenue Streetscape Improvement Project is almost finished
July 2, 2018
Hydrogen-Powered Ferry Promises Cleaner Air
It's about how the hydrogen is produced, not just the vehicles
June 26, 2018
And the Twin Peaks Tunnel Closure Begins
Today was the first day of the two-month planned closure of the Twin Peaks tunnel, temporarily shutting down all rail service between Castro, Forest Hill, and West Portal.
June 25, 2018
Twin Peaks Tunnel, Pride, Scooters and Socialism!
Sunday is San Francisco's Pride Parade on Market Street. This is also the last weekend before the summer closure of the Twin Peaks tunnel, so there are a few transportation items to track, so to speak.
June 22, 2018
Guest Commentary: Tips for a Tunnel Shutdown
The needs of transit riders must come first during the Twin Peaks tunnel summer shutdown
June 18, 2018