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It’s a meter, not a lottery ticket: Vandals draining transit funds
Across the city, vandals keep scratching off the meter numbers that drivers use in mobile apps to pay for parking. Nobody knows exactly who or why, but two things are […] It’s a meter, not a lottery...
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One week in, Capp Street barriers falling down on the job
Leer en español Just days after concrete barriers were removed from Capp Street and new steel bollard replacements were left to their own devices, some of the new bollards have […] One week in, Capp...
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Muni, BART facing a crisis. State bailout is just the beginning.
Leer en español Back in the 1970s, Muni general manager Curtis Green hit upon the idea of handing out pins emblazoned with the logo “Muni loves you.” The ‘70s in […] Muni, BART facing a crisis. State...
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Crashes, confusion on unfinished Valencia St. center bike lane
The unfinished, controversial center bikeway on Valencia Street has caused confusion and at least two bicycle crashes in its first eight weeks, with one cyclist reportedly landing in a hospital […]...
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Uber, Lyft & taxi drivers unite against Waymo, Cruise expansion
Leer en español Taxi drivers and their allies rallied on Thursday at the California Public Utilities Commission to protest against the unlimited expansion of robo-taxi companies, Waymo and Cruise. The...
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Masturbation, sex on the bus, taunts of ‘bitch’ — Muni drivers endure it all
Leer en español With Muni still at only 63 percent of its pre-pandemic ridership, it would seem that fewer passengers would make a driver’s job easier. Instead, drivers said, too […] Masturbation, sex...
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Turning driverless cars into unicorns: A night with the group ‘coning’ Cruise...
Around 9:30 p.m. on Saturday, four people gathered at Duboce Park on the Wiggle, each on a bicycle and, most notably, several bright orange traffic cones in their front baskets. […] Turning...
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Scenes from humanity: A cake on the 22-Fillmore
I’m on the 22-Fillmore, headed back to the Mission from Bay Street, sitting in a 4-seat row running lengthwise across from the back door. I sit at one end of […] Scenes from humanity: A cake on the...
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‘We regret this bike lane:’ SF cyclist adds new signs on Valencia Street
Leer en español Update: The prankster has struck again, covering up more of the Valencia center bike lane signs in the predawn hours of Saturday morning. They were still up […] ‘We regret this bike...
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Police blow off cyclist struck by wrong-way scooter
Longtime Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital nurse Darren Riesz was blindsided on July 12, knocked off his bicycle by a Lime scooter-rider speeding the wrong way on a one-way street. […] Police...
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Incomplete, controversial Valencia Street bike lane officially opens
With construction on the controversial new center bike lane on Valencia Street “substantially complete,” the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency on Tuesday announced the official kickoff of...
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‘Blanket the city:’ CEO says SF can handle 10x more Cruise driverless vehicles
A generation ago, if you saw someone using an iPhone, you pointed and stared: Hey look! An iPhone! They were a novelty. But then they became ubiquitous. And, then, beyond […] ‘Blanket the city:’ CEO...
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Driverless car freezes, forcing drivers into Valencia St. bike lane
In a uniquely San Francisco-in-2023 incident, several drivers illegally motored down the center bike lane on Valencia Street last night in order to swerve around a frozen autonomous Waymo, according...
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SF cops, firefighters vent before big vote on driverless car expansion
Three days prior to a pivotal Aug. 10 vote on whether autonomous vehicle companies can charge passengers for all rides at all times in San Francisco, firefighters and police officers […] SF cops,...
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Explore: See the 55 reports — so far — of robot cars interfering with SF fire...
On the eve of the vote to allow unfettered access to San Francisco for driverless car companies, the San Francisco Fire Department has generated some 55 “Unusual Occurrence” reports documenting […]...
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Cruise, Waymo win green light for robo-taxis across San Francisco
Following six-and-a-half hours of public comment, the California Public Utilities Commission decided this evening to give both Cruise and Waymo unfettered access to San Francisco streets for their...
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Capp Street barriers collapsed, unsightly — but effective
Since they were installed on four intersections of Capp Street in May, the steel bollards intended to deter sex work on this street have been struggling to stay erect. Now, […] Capp Street barriers...
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Driver making illegal U-turn strikes scooter-rider in Valencia bikeway
A driver making an illegal U-turn hit a woman riding a scooter in the Valencia Street center bikeway last week, sending her to the hospital, Mission Local has learned. The […] Driver making illegal...
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Protesters have blocked westbound Bay Bridge traffic
Update: At 10:43 a.m., traffic began to move. A dozen or so demonstrators calling for a cease-fire in Gaza closed westbound traffic on the Bay Bridge earlier this morning. At […] Protesters have...
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Valencia center bike lane brings tiny cycling increase
A report from the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency to be released next month is expected to show a small increase in bicycle traffic following implementation of the controversial center...
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Five months in, Valencia center bike lane still irritating cyclists
The bikeway running through the middle of Valencia Street has been controversial since well before it opened on Aug. 1 and, according to interviews with several bike commuters, that controversy […]...
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Waymo driverless car strikes cyclist at 17th and Mississippi
A little before 3 p.m. today, a Waymo driverless car struck a cyclist at the intersection of 17th and Mississippi in Potrero Hill, leaving the cyclist with minor injuries. According […] Waymo...
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Valencia St. appears to be doing better than businesses believe
Despite continuing unhappiness about the center bike lane from businesses along the Valencia Street corridor, that eight-block stretch appears to be doing more business than anywhere else in the...
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SFMTA says Valencia bike lane improved safety, but it may rethink design
San Francisco city officials said Thursday that they are revisiting the option to replace Valencia’s center bike lane with side-running bike lanes, similar to what already exists north of 15th […]...
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Cyclists, merchants at odds over Valencia bike lane
On Tuesday, the Valencia center bike lane received very different receptions before two city bodies: A legal challenge from merchants, and applause from cyclists. In the morning, three Valencia Street...
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Mission family killed in West Portal by wrong-way SUV driver — SF mourns
Hundreds of people filled a West Portal intersection on Monday afternoon at a vigil for Mission District residents Matilde Ramos Pinto, 38, and Diego Cardoso de Oliveira, 40, who, along […] Mission...
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Experts say Vision Zero, SF’s failed attempt to eliminate road deaths, has...
As San Francisco hits the 10-year anniversary of its 2014 “Vision Zero” plan to eliminate all traffic fatalities this year, the effort has clearly failed: Nearly as many people are […] Experts say...
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More businesses join legal fight against Valencia center bike lane
Four additional businesses have joined the legal battle opposing the Valencia Street center bike lane and filed claims against the city, their attorney, Jim Quadra, announced at a press conference […]...
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Folsom Street gets new traffic islands, fewer parking spots
Vision Zero has come to the corner of 21st and Folsom streets and, with it, the loss of about six parking spaces at the intersection, and the construction of two […] Folsom Street gets new traffic...
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Capp Street, barricaded against sex work, is the Mission’s newest parking lot
Several days a week, Edward sets up shop in the middle of the street at 20th and Capp, just north of where the city installed bollards a year ago to […] Capp Street, barricaded against sex work, is...
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Could a guerilla action on the Wiggle permanently slow cars?
It’s been over a day, and the five newly and illicitly-installed “Yield to Peds & Bikes” signs on the Wiggle remain. No government official or motorist has taken them down. […] Could a guerilla...
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