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San Francisco Chronicle reporter. Mother of daughters. Pedestrian but aspirational.
A San Francisco man was trapped inside a Waymo as it was being vandalized. But who was the victim? Gift link:
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‘They’re going to kill me’: A Waymo rider was trapped inside as vandals smashed the robotaxi
In a strange twist, the police report doesn’t list the rider as the victim of the attack. The self-driving car is the victim of malicious mischief. The rider is merely a witness.
https://www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/waymo-attack-rider-trapped-inside-22348656.php?utm_source=marketing&utm_medium=copy-url-link&utm_campaign=article-share&hash=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2ZjaHJvbmljbGUuY29tL3NmL2FydGljbGUvd2F5bW8tYXR0YWNrLXJpZGVyLXRyYXBwZWQtaW5zaWRlLTIyMzQ4NjU2LnBocA%3D%3D&time=MTc4NDM0NzUxNzk5Mw%3D%3D&rid=ZjljNDRhNGYtMDYwOC00MzUwLTkxMjgtZGU5NWQ0ZDg1Mzg5&sharecount=NA%3D%3D
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The education of SF Mayor Lurie has reached the write 3 letters stage, beginning w demanding from those he neither represents nor regulates (Waymo) that which they most cannot do: “prove it before you deploy it” Another scoop by
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Cyrus Farivar
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‘They’re going to kill me’: A Waymo rider was trapped inside as vandals smashed the robotaxi (by
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‘They’re going to kill me’: A Waymo rider was trapped inside as vandals smashed the robotaxi
In a strange twist, the police report doesn’t list the rider as the victim of the attack. The self-driving car is the victim of the of malicious mischief. The rider is merely a witness.
https://www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/waymo-attack-rider-trapped-inside-22348656.php
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Public records emails detail how a few "road obstacles" caused the July 4 traffic meltdown in SF. Gift link:
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Emails to S.F. leaders suggest July 4 traffic meltdown was sparked by key road obstructions
Congestion at the peak of the fireworks event was nearly twice as bad as it was at the height of Fleet Week last fall, according to data from Uber sent to San Francisco officials.
https://www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/july-4-traffic-fireworks-waymo-uber-22343683.php?utm_source=marketing&utm_medium=copy-url-link&utm_campaign=article-share&hash=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2ZjaHJvbmljbGUuY29tL3NmL2FydGljbGUvanVseS00LXRyYWZmaWMtZmlyZXdvcmtzLXdheW1vLXViZXItMjIzNDM2ODMucGhw&time=MTc4NDA3Mzk2NjA1NQ%3D%3D&rid=ZjljNDRhNGYtMDYwOC00MzUwLTkxMjgtZGU5NWQ0ZDg1Mzg5&sharecount=Mw%3D%3D
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From
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reporter
@rswansf.bsky.social
, Uber informed SF gov the Presidio was congested on July 4th, plus...statistics which are kinda funny bc ave speed in SF is normally ~11 mph. Videos show Waymo created a >40 count roboclot ~in pic2 red area BEFORE the fireworks.
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During the pandemic, BART tested an ambitious idea: Install two high-end ADUs in 16 unused parking spaces at Castro Valley Station. The plan was announced with a lot of fanfare. Then it unraveled. Story:
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Two abandoned tiny homes sit in a BART parking lot. Their owner owes the agency over $150,000
These buildings have sat vacant for years, and a parcel that was supposed to generate revenue for BART has instead become a source of vexation.
https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/bart-parking-lot-building-22319330.php?utm_source=marketing&utm_medium=copy-url-link&utm_campaign=article-share&hash=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2ZjaHJvbmljbGUuY29tL2JheWFyZWEvYXJ0aWNsZS9iYXJ0LXBhcmtpbmctbG90LWJ1aWxkaW5nLTIyMzE5MzMwLnBocA%3D%3D&time=MTc4MjU3OTgzNzIyMA%3D%3D&rid=ZjljNDRhNGYtMDYwOC00MzUwLTkxMjgtZGU5NWQ0ZDg1Mzg5&sharecount=Mw%3D%3D
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Wait... are *more* people riding BART than ever? Maybe!
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More people may be riding BART than ever. Here’s why some trains are still empty
Data suggests more individuals are tapping in to ride BART than before COVID lockdowns, though there are caveats.
https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/bart-train-transit-clipper-22315272.php?utm_source=marketing&utm_medium=copy-url-link&utm_campaign=article-share&hash=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2ZjaHJvbmljbGUuY29tL2JheWFyZWEvYXJ0aWNsZS9iYXJ0LXRyYWluLXRyYW5zaXQtY2xpcHBlci0yMjMxNTI3Mi5waHA%3D&time=MTc4MjQyNjA1NTk2OA%3D%3D&rid=ZjljNDRhNGYtMDYwOC00MzUwLTkxMjgtZGU5NWQ0ZDg1Mzg5&sharecount=MQ%3D%3D
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Companies want to build "hyperscale" data centers in the Central Valley. They may wind up paying for high-speed rail. Gift link:
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California’s high-speed rail may be laying the way for a ‘valley of data centers’
High speed rail’s plan could lead to leasing land or providing energy for data centers that could be built in California’s Central Valley, fueling a massive tech boom up north.
https://www.sfchronicle.com/california/article/high-speed-rail-data-center-22306025.php?utm_source=marketing&utm_medium=copy-url-link&utm_campaign=article-share&hash=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2ZjaHJvbmljbGUuY29tL2NhbGlmb3JuaWEvYXJ0aWNsZS9oaWdoLXNwZWVkLXJhaWwtZGF0YS1jZW50ZXItMjIzMDYwMjUucGhw&time=MTc4MTg0Mjc2OTE2Mg%3D%3D&rid=ZjljNDRhNGYtMDYwOC00MzUwLTkxMjgtZGU5NWQ0ZDg1Mzg5&sharecount=MA%3D%3D
about 1 month ago
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A Better Bay Area
about 1 month ago
This Bay Area highway was known as ‘Blood Alley.’ Rebuilding it could cost $11 billion—Population growth in Solano County and job opportunities to the west have mounted pressure on Highway 37, making it…
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This Bay Area highway was known as ‘Blood Alley.’ Rebuilding it could cost $11 billion
The big-swing megaproject would transform the whole Highway 37 corridor, 21 miles from the Highway 101 junction in Novato to Interstate 80 in Vallejo.
https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/highway-37-blood-alley-rebuild-22293694.php
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A Better Bay Area
about 1 month ago
‘Do better’: San Francisco is fed up with this Waymo behavior—California law generally prohibits motor vehicles from stopping in bike lanes, with specific exceptions for…
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‘Do better’: San Francisco is fed up with this Waymo behavior
A video of a Waymo parking in a bike lane in San Francisco sparked an uproar from bicyclists who argued that the driverless vehicles should be designed to follow all traffic rules.
https://www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/waymos-parking-bike-lanes-22301211.php
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Some of the cars parked illegally in San Francisco bike lanes don't have drivers:
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‘Do better’: San Francisco is fed up with this Waymo behavior
A video of a Waymo parking in a bike lane in San Francisco sparked an uproar from bicyclists who argued that the driverless vehicles should be designed to follow all traffic rules.
https://www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/waymos-parking-bike-lanes-22301211.php
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A Better Bay Area
about 1 month ago
Bay Area transit leaders have a message: Don’t drive to the World Cup games at Levi’s Stadium—With some matches scheduled late in the evening — transit operators have added special late night service and…
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Bay Area transit leaders have a message: Don’t drive to the World Cup games at Levi’s Stadium
Bay Area transit leaders also say they will not try to gouge transit users with surge pricing. Trips will cost as little as $10 each way.
https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/world-cup-transit-transportation-22297782.php
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Alexei Koseff
about 2 months ago
Ticket sales are slow and prices are dropping. Fans are reselling at a loss. Hotel rooms and rentals remain vacant along the Peninsula. The World Cup is turning out to be a flop for the Bay Area,
@rswansf.bsky.social
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The World Cup was supposed to be a Bay Area bonanza. Why does it feel like a flop?
In the Bay Area, “nobody I know is talking about the World Cup,” said a former mayor who lives within a short drive of Levi’s Stadium, where matches are scheduled.
https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/world-cup-santa-clara-levis-22281517.php
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Male privilege is real.
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about 2 months ago
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Cyrus Farivar
about 2 months ago
I bet this is a sentence that
@rswansf.bsky.social
never thought she'd write: "In the men’s restroom, people can pee on a tiny soccer ball in the urinal, sending it into a toy goal."
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The World Cup was supposed to be a Bay Area bonanza. Why does it feel like a flop?
In the Bay Area, “nobody I know is talking about the World Cup,” said a former mayor who lives within a short drive of Levi’s Stadium, where matches are scheduled.
https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/world-cup-santa-clara-levis-22281517.php
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A Better Bay Area
about 2 months ago
Bay Area voters rejected new taxes Tuesday. Can transit funding survive in November?—“Is there a strong anti-tax sentiment in the Bay Area? Well, yes,” said John Goodwin, spokesperson for
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“But…
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Bay Area voters rejected new taxes Tuesday. Can transit funding survive in November?
Bay Area voters made one thing resoundingly clear during Tuesday’s election: They do not like new taxes. This does not bode well for BART and Muni in November.
https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/election-taxes-transit-funding-bart-22288916.php
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Rebecca Saltzman
about 2 months ago
As you're waiting for election results, read this article to understand the heated battle over El Cerrito's Measure C to fund a new library. El Cerrito gets little media coverage, so we're very lucky to have wonderful SF Chronicle reporter
@rswansf.bsky.social
who lives here and wrote this.
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One more gift link, for live Contra Costa County election results (in fact, you can get all results on our project page!)
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Contra Costa County Live Election Results - June 2026
See live election results for Contra Costa County, including for the Board of Supervisors and races in Richmond and Pinole.
https://www.sfchronicle.com/projects/2026/california-primary-election-results/contra-costa-county/?utm_source=marketing&utm_medium=copy-url-link&utm_campaign=article-share&hash=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2ZjaHJvbmljbGUuY29tL3Byb2plY3RzLzIwMjYvY2FsaWZvcm5pYS1wcmltYXJ5LWVsZWN0aW9uLXJlc3VsdHMvY29udHJhLWNvc3RhLWNvdW50eS8=&time=MTc4MDQ1NjUzODA2OA==&rid=ZjljNDRhNGYtMDYwOC00MzUwLTkxMjgtZGU5NWQ0ZDg1Mzg5&sharecount=Mw==
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Hello El Cerrito neighbors! By now you probably know that the most polarizing issue in town is not the governor's race, not climate change, not Cybertrucks, but whether to build a new library. We voted today. Here's a gift link to my story:
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A new library could transform this Bay Area downtown. Residents are fiercely divided
The library debate has become personal and ruined friendships in this Bay Area city. “This is the most divisive measure I’ve ever experienced,” one resident said.
https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/el-cerrito-library-vote-22269382.php?utm_source=marketing&utm_medium=copy-url-link&utm_campaign=article-share&hash=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2ZjaHJvbmljbGUuY29tL2JheWFyZWEvYXJ0aWNsZS9lbC1jZXJyaXRvLWxpYnJhcnktdm90ZS0yMjI2OTM4Mi5waHA%3D&time=MTc4MDQ1NTk3MTYxMg%3D%3D&rid=ZjljNDRhNGYtMDYwOC00MzUwLTkxMjgtZGU5NWQ0ZDg1Mzg5&sharecount=Mg%3D%3D
about 2 months ago
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A Better Bay Area
2 months ago
San Francisco wants more street festivals. Vendors say parking tickets could drive them away—Their concerns have mounted at a moment when San Francisco leaders…
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San Francisco wants more street festivals. Vendors say parking tickets could drive them away
San Francisco merchants said they have experienced parking ticket issues while loading or unloading for festivals, particularly those downtown where curb space is limited.
https://www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/parking-tickets-festival-vendors-22257559.php
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A Better Bay Area
2 months ago
New poll shows what San Francisco residents really think about Waymo cars—When robotaxis first appeared on San Francisco streets, people weren’t sure whether to treat them as…
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New poll shows what San Francisco residents really think about Waymo cars
A new Chronicle poll shows residents’ thoughts about the driverless cars are divided along ideological lines.
https://www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/waymo-car-san-francisco-22253180.php
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A Better Bay Area
2 months ago
Gov. Newsom shakes up high-speed rail board, appointing former S.F. leaders to steer the project—This week’s leadership shake-up comes at a tense moment for the state’s transportation megaproject, which is under construction…
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Gov. Newsom shakes up high-speed rail board, appointing former S.F. leaders to steer the project
Two former chiefs of staff for San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee will join the High-Speed Rail Authority Board for California’s long-gestating bullet train line.
https://www.sfchronicle.com/california/article/california-high-speed-rail-board-appointees-22249663.php
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A Better Bay Area
3 months ago
Can BART’s new speedy fare gates finally solve the ‘piggybacking’ problem?—It’s a new chapter in BART’s ongoing quest to find the perfect fare gate, a Platonic ideal that dogged the agency for years. Pressure began mounting…
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Can BART’s new speedy fare gates finally solve the ‘piggybacking’ problem?
It’s a new chapter in BART’s ongoing quest to find the perfect fare gate, a Platonic ideal that has dogged the agency for years.
https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/bart-gates-piggybacking-fare-evasion-22233229.php
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A Better Bay Area
3 months ago
Add a $1 billion detour for California high-speed rail to Cesar Chavez’s legacy—disgraced civil rights icon Cesar Chavez: A reroute around his gravesite has inflated…
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Add a $1 billion detour for California high-speed rail to Cesar Chavez’s legacy
The change, one of many to hobble high-speed rail over the years, stemmed from good intentions. Now it’s another example of how politics warped the state’s marquee transit megaproject.
https://www.sfchronicle.com/california/article/high-speed-rail-cesar-chavez-22224768.php
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A Better Bay Area
3 months ago
East Bay BART station to lose 400 parking spaces as housing construction begins—“This is one of the (transit oriented developments) where the level of support has been highly consistent,” Kasheica McKinney, director of…
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East Bay BART station to lose 400 parking spaces as housing construction begins
Parking at this BART station has become a parking hack for people who want to get into San Francisco but avoid the traffic of the Bay Bridge. Now, nearly 400 parking spaces must go.
https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/bart-parking-housing-west-oakland-22208073.php
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A Better Bay Area
3 months ago
A lane on I-580 will be designated for carpools. Will it ease traffic?—The impetus is simple: to encourage more people to share rides or take buses as they head across the Bay Bridge.
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A lane on I-580 will be designated for carpools. Will it ease traffic?
Transportation officials are set to transform a far-left lane of westbound Interstate 580 in Oakland into a carpool lane, the first such conversion ever undertaken in the Bay Area.
https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/lane-580-carpool-traffic-22208628.php
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A Better Bay Area
3 months ago
San Francisco’s new safety strategy: A crackdown on bikes—In 2021, Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed a bill that would have decriminalized the “Idaho stop,” allowing cyclists…
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San Francisco’s new safety strategy: A crackdown on bikes
San Francisco has long treated bike rule-breaking loosely. Now comes a sharp enforcement shift.
https://www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/bicycles-safety-rule-enforcement-22191615.php?utm_campaign=CMS%20Sharing%20Tools%20(Premium)&utm_source=t.co&utm_medium=referral
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Warren Wells, AICP
4 months ago
See the latest piece in the Chronicle about illegal "e-motos" and what policymakers are doing about them. Thanks for including my quotes,
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How illegal ‘e-moto’ riding became a dangerous Bay Area teen status symbol (by
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How illegal ‘e-moto’ riding became a dangerous Bay Area teen status symbol
These “Frankenstein” bikes aren’t quite motorcycles, but they’re faster than e-bikes, and now they’re all over Bay Area streets.
https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/e-moto-motorcycle-bike-22156016.php
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A Better Bay Area
4 months ago
How illegal ‘e-moto’ riding became a dangerous Bay Area teen status symbol—“These things are like Frankensteins,” said
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policy and planning director for the Marin Bicycle Coalition. “They’re not…
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How illegal ‘e-moto’ riding became a dangerous Bay Area teen status symbol
These “Frankenstein” bikes aren’t quite motorcycles, but they’re faster than e-bikes, and now they’re all over Bay Area streets.
https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/e-moto-motorcycle-bike-22156016.php
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A Better Bay Area
4 months ago
Muni’s fare revenue has collapsed. A new report points to a familiar problem—Faced with an operating deficit that could rise from $307 million this fiscal year to $434 million by 2030,
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Muni’s fare revenue has collapsed. A new report points to a familiar problem
Another detail in the revealing report: San Francisco’s historic cable cars are staggeringly expensive to run, costing the agency $871 an hour.
https://www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/muni-fare-evasion-revenue-22096241.php
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A Better Bay Area
4 months ago
Their son was injured in a violent e-moto crash. Now they’ve been charged with child abuse-The case reflects a broader movement among law enforcement and politicians to crack down on…
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Their son was injured in an e-moto crash. They've been charged with child abuse
Prosecutors have charged a Bay Area mother and father with child abuse after their son was injured crashing an e-moto into a vehicle. The case reflects a broader movement to crack down on the...
https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/emoto-crash-child-abuse-22154371.php
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A Better Bay Area
4 months ago
A flying taxi crossed the Golden Gate Bridge. Could it soon take you from S.F. to Wine Country?—In the Bay Area, real estate developers are already leaning into the technology, planning roof top helipads…
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A flying taxi crossed the Golden Gate Bridge. Could it soon take you from S.F. to Wine Country?
A handful of Silicon Valley startups are betting that, within a few years, small electric planes could be a transportation mode of choice for well-heeled commuters in the Bay Area.
https://www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/flying-car-joby-22073138.php
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A Better Bay Area
4 months ago
What if gas hits $10 a gallon? Many Bay Area commuters say they’d keep driving anyway—According to the 2024 U.S. Census, 83% of workers in central Antioch (ZIP code 94509) said they commute by car or truck, despite…
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What if gas hits $10 a gallon? Many Bay Area commuters say they’d keep driving anyway
“I just don’t know if I have a breaking point,” said one Bay Area driver about rising gas prices. “I haven’t even thought about it.”
https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/gas-price-car-drive-22071043.php
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A Better Bay Area
4 months ago
Caltrain may ban bikes with child seats. Parents say it could upend their commutes—While the Peninsula commuter rail system has long accommodated cyclists, reserving two cars on each train for bike and scooter parking…
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Caltrain may ban bikes with child seats. Parents say it could upend their commutes
Caltrain said bikes and other mobility devices are getting bigger with bulky attachments that take up too much space.
https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/caltrain-bicycle-ban-21960193.php
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Will Caltrain really ban bikes with child seats? Some commuter parents are distressed:
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Caltrain may ban bikes with child seats. Parents say it could upend their commutes
Caltrain said bikes and other mobility devices are getting bigger with bulky attachments that take up too much space.
https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/caltrain-bicycle-ban-21960193.php
4 months ago
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A Better Bay Area
5 months ago
Marin could get a Transbay-style transit hub in this city’s downtown—Construction of the facility will coincide with an effort to reimagine transit…
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Marin could get a Transbay-style transit hub in this city’s downtown
A new complex would bring a San Francisco Transbay vision to this downtown in Marin County, where the current transit hub is really a grid of canopied bus shelters bisected by train tracks.
https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/downtown-san-rafael-transit-21959636.php
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A Better Bay Area
5 months ago
CEO of California high-speed rail cleared to return to work after arrest—CEO Ian Choudri, 57, was arrested in Folsom (Sacramento County) last month on suspicion of domestic battery…
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CEO of California high-speed rail cleared to return to work after arrest
The head of the California High-Speed Rail Authority has been cleared to return to work after he was arrested last month on suspicion of domestic battery. The DA declined to file criminal charges.
https://www.sfchronicle.com/california/article/california-high-speed-rail-ceo-return-work-21958588.php
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Golden Gate Bridge officials are planning to move the San Rafael Transit Center up a block. But they're really moving continents. How marrying bus and train connections could transform mobility in the North Bay:
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Marin could get a Transbay-style transit hub in this city’s downtown
A new complex would bring a San Francisco Transbay vision to this downtown in Marin County, where the current transit hub is really a grid of canopied bus shelters bisected by train tracks.
https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/downtown-san-rafael-transit-21959636.php
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Highway 101 carpool hours sparked an uproar. Now they are changing—In the fall, California wound down a program that allowed carpool lane access for solo drivers of electric vehicles.
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Highway 101 carpool hours sparked an uproar. Now they are changing
One motorist who regularly drives from Novato to an office in San Francisco, called the traffic resulting from previous changes “an unmitigated disaster.”
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5 months ago
Off leash, on track: Rogue pup tours train tunnel to cause latest BART delay—What appeared to be a black Chihuahua had evidently separated from its owner at the West Oakland station and…
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Off leash, on track: Rogue pup tours train tunnel to cause latest BART delay
The train operator attempted to explain the situation to frustrated passengers, noting that she had to be careful while following the four-legged intruder.
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5 months ago
The train operator attempted to explain the situation to frustrated passengers, noting that she had to be careful while following the four-legged intruder.
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Off leash, on track: Rogue pup tours train tunnel to cause latest BART delay
The train operator attempted to explain the situation to frustrated passengers, noting that she had to be careful while following the four-legged intruder.
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A Better Bay Area
5 months ago
Here’s how many times Waymo robotaxis stalled during S.F.’s December blackout—Last month Waymo submitted a report to the California Public Utilities Commission that logged 1,593 “stoppage events” in San Francisco on Dec. 20…
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Here’s how many times Waymo robotaxis stalled during S.F.’s December blackout
The driverless car company had previously refused to disclose how many times the vehicle's stalled during the blackout, claiming the information was a trade secret.
https://www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/waymo-blackout-stalled-21951410.php
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Latest BART delay isn't an equipment meltdown -- it's a joy-riding dog:
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Off leash, on track: Rogue pup tours downtown tunnel to cause latest BART delay
The train operator attempted to explain the situation to frustrated passengers, noting that she had to be careful while following the four-legged intruder.
https://www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/bart-dog-delay-21952024.php
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5 months ago
BART’s fare gates will make a new sound next week. Here’s why—“We wanted to make a clear, definitive, welcoming, ‘It’s OK to enter’ kind of sound,” said Ryan Greene-Roesel, BART’s acting director of access and accessibility.
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BART’s fare gates will make a new sound next week. Here’s why
BART passengers will hear two ascending notes — a perfect fifth, for those who took piano lessons — if they pause an extra beat while tapping their payment device to enter.
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5 months ago
BART’s cost-cutting plan risks a ‘death spiral’ that could end all train service-“I’m not sure if people have fully woken up to all the impacts,” said former…
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BART’s cost-cutting plan risks a ‘death spiral’ that could end all train service
Hidden deep in the contingency plan to slash costs at BART if voters decline to bail out the rail agency is an all-out nuclear scenario called Phase 3: Shut the rail system down altogether.
https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/bart-service-cost-cut-21338581.php
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5 months ago
This data shows just how bad BART’s doomsday scenario would be for riders–Many policymakers foresee disaster if Bay Area residents foist a mass transit…
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This data shows just how bad BART’s doomsday scenario would be for riders
One in eight BART rides ended last year at stations that would close under the transit agency’s “Phase 2” cost-cutting scenario. That share represents well over 6 million trips.
https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/bart-station-ride-money-21345453.php
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5 months ago
Newsom approves $590 million loan for struggling transit agencies—Assemblymember Lori Wilson, who chairs the Assembly’s transportation committee, emphasized that public transportation is not a luxury but a necessity…
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Newsom approves $590 million loan for struggling transit agencies
Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday authorized a $590 million loan to bolster struggling transit agencies in the Bay Area, some of which could collapse without an economic lifeline.
https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/newsom-transit-loan-21367910.php
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A Better Bay Area
5 months ago
BART found a fix for the problem that caused 34,000 delays in a year—At the same time, supporters of public transportation are pushing a sales tax for the November ballot to shore up BART, Muni, Caltrain and AC Transit…
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BART found a fix for the problem that caused 34,000 delays in a year
The $4.3 million software upgrade means BART has cut one type of delay from being in the thousands to double digits.
https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/bart-delays-rain-21854138.php
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A Better Bay Area
6 months ago
Here are 10 to 15 stations that could close under BART doomsday scenarios—Officials at transportation agencies that link to BART worried about ripple effects, if the Bay Area loses parts of its rail backbone. A possible…
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Here are 10 to 15 stations that could close under BART doomsday scenarios
BART has nailed down the 10 stations that could close if voters decline to bail out the rail agency in November, a dire scenario that would gut service across the Bay Area.
https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/10-bart-stations-could-close-doomsday-scenario-21335951.php
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