Medical Examiner Identifies Cyclist Killed In Collision With Recology Truck
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Medical Examiner Identifies Cyclist Killed In Collision With Recology Truck

A bicyclist who was fatally struck by a garbage truck in San Francisco’s Mission District on Thursday morning has been identified by the medical examiner’s…

BART Board Votes To Relax Rush Hour Bike Ban For Five Month Trial Period
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BART Board Votes To Relax Rush Hour Bike Ban For Five Month Trial Period

BART’s board of directors voted to lift a ban on bikes aboard rush hour trains for five months tonight and may make the policy change…

SFPD Captain Connects Recent Wave Of Pedestrian Deaths To “Distracted Walking”
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SFPD Captain Connects Recent Wave Of Pedestrian Deaths To “Distracted Walking”

Police officers and high school students fanned out across San Francisco’s Parkside neighborhood today to warn residents of the dangers of distracted walking in the…

Bikes On BART During Commute Hours? Board To Vote On Policy Change Tonight
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Bikes On BART During Commute Hours? Board To Vote On Policy Change Tonight

BART’s board of directors will be deciding tonight whether to change rules that currently keep bicycles off of trains during busy commute hours. The board…

Weekend Traffic And Transit Disruptions: Carnaval, Don’t Forget To Feed The Meter On Memorial Day
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Weekend Traffic And Transit Disruptions: Carnaval, Don’t Forget To Feed The Meter On Memorial Day

Memorial Holiday Muni Service and Parking Enforcement On Monday, Memorial Day holiday, Muni service will operate on Sunday schedule. Parking meters and seven day street…

SF Man Accused Of Raiding Travelers’ Baggage At SFO
Crime

SF Man Accused Of Raiding Travelers’ Baggage At SFO

A San Francisco International Airport baggage handler accused of stealing dozens of items from airline passengers’ checked bags appeared in a Redwood City courtroom on…

Right-Turning Recology Garbage Truck Driver Fatally Strikes Cyclist
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Right-Turning Recology Garbage Truck Driver Fatally Strikes Cyclist

9:07 AM: Police have reopened a busy intersection in San Francisco’s Mission District, two hours after a bicyclist was killed in a collision with a…

Overhead Wire Problems Throw Muni’s N Judah, J Church Lines Into Disarray
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Overhead Wire Problems Throw Muni’s N Judah, J Church Lines Into Disarray

Bus shuttles are in place for passengers on San Francisco Municipal Railway’s N-Judah and J-Church lines because of a downed wire in Cole Valley, a…

Supe Proposes $1-3 Event Surcharge To Aid “overwhelmed and effectively defunct” Muni
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Supe Proposes $1-3 Event Surcharge To Aid “overwhelmed and effectively defunct” Muni

A San Francisco supervisor Tuesday asked for a study of a proposal that would add a small surcharge to tickets for large-scale sports and entertainment…

$4.1 Billion Revamp of SFO: Luxury Hotel, Terminal Renovations Planned
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$4.1 Billion Revamp of SFO: Luxury Hotel, Terminal Renovations Planned

A new 400-room luxury hotel is among the proposals put forward in a $4.1 billion, 10-year capital improvement plan for San Francisco International Airport, city…

Weekend Traffic And Transit Disruptions: Bay To Breakers, Asian Heritage Fest
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Weekend Traffic And Transit Disruptions: Bay To Breakers, Asian Heritage Fest

Asian Heritage Festival On Saturday the Asian Heritage Street Festival will be held in front of the Asian Art Museum from 11 a.m. to 6…

Woman Beaten And Thrown During Muni Mugging
Crime

Woman Beaten And Thrown During Muni Mugging

A 67-year-old woman was punched and thrown to the floor during a robbery on a San Francisco Municipal Railway bus on Wednesday evening, police said…

Mental Evaluation For Man Who Disrupted BART Thursday Morning
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Mental Evaluation For Man Who Disrupted BART Thursday Morning

6:14 PM: A man was arrested today after causing major delays during this morning’s commute when he climbed on top of a BART train and…

Muni Fares For Passholders To Rise In June
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Muni Fares For Passholders To Rise In June

Starting next month the cost of a San Francisco Municipal Railway pass on riders’ Clipper Cards will go up. Starting June 17, the price of…

SF Expanding Bike Rental Operations, To The Dismay Of Some

Now that we know just how bike-friendly SF is, it’s no wonder the city is looking to capitalize on the power of pedaling through SF….

Southbound Caltrain Riders Advised To Take BART Wednesday Morning

6:40 AM: Caltrain is running limited service after a train in San Bruno fatally struck a pedestrian this morning, according to a Caltrain spokeswoman. All…

Proposal To Lower DUI Threshold Draws Mixed Reaction In Bay Area
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Proposal To Lower DUI Threshold Draws Mixed Reaction In Bay Area

A proposal released by the National Transportation Safety Board today to lower the legal blood-alcohol limit to .05 percent was met with mixed reaction in…

Senators Grill Caltrans Over Bad Bay Bridge Bolts
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Senators Grill Caltrans Over Bad Bay Bridge Bolts

Members of the state Senate transportation committee asked tough questions today of Caltrans and Metropolitan Transportation Committee officials about faulty anchor bolts on the new…

Cyclists, Do You Agree? SF Ranked Second Most Bikeable City in the US

Portland, we’re coming after you. SF is just .3 points behind our neighbors to the north (we lost to them on dogs, too!) in terms…

Maya Angelou Was San Francisco’s First Black Streetcar Conductor (Video)
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Maya Angelou Was San Francisco’s First Black Streetcar Conductor (Video)

Poet Maya Angelou may already have a dizzying list of accomplishments but there is none more surprising to be revealed as her stint as a…

2013 Ride of Silence Honors Fallen Bicyclists Wednesday
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2013 Ride of Silence Honors Fallen Bicyclists Wednesday

In an effort to raise awareness of bicyclists and advocate for safer streets for vehicles, bicyclists, and pedestrians, a San Francisco Ride of Silence has…

Iffy Ticket: Meter Maid Bends Time To Issue Parking Citation
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Iffy Ticket: Meter Maid Bends Time To Issue Parking Citation

Forgot malevolent spiders in parking meters or other acts of God, parking in SF is a USDA Grade A large-scale bitch even on a good…

New Bike Barometer Won’t Be Counting All Market Street Cyclists
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New Bike Barometer Won’t Be Counting All Market Street Cyclists

Folks who want to keep track of stats from San Francisco’s new Market Street bike barometer don’t even have to go to Market and Ninth…

Check Out The Plan For Castro Street’s New Design Tuesday Night
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Check Out The Plan For Castro Street’s New Design Tuesday Night

Want to see the final plans for the redesigned Castro Street? Then clear your schedule for Tuesday night. At an open house scheduled for Tuesday…

Street Closures This Week As Last Of Old Doyle Drive Goes Down
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Street Closures This Week As Last Of Old Doyle Drive Goes Down

Overnight closures of state Highway 1 begin this week in San Francisco’s Presidio as construction crews dismantle the last remnants of the old Doyle Drive…