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Yeah it's just a totally different project than the Geary line, which should go to at least 33rd and ideally the beach. Shame they're not considering that

There are waaayyyy more transit riders (including riders with regional destinations) on Geary West of 19th than there are along 19th Ave

SFCTA finished their Geary / 19th Avenue subway study and found that a transbay (BART-like) line would nearly 2x ridership of a SF-only subway . Which makes sense because the appeal of this service would be getting East Bay residents to the big employers like UCSF Parnassus, SFSU and Van Ness.

Mayor Lurie turned the anti-Jewish rantings of a random street loon into a global indictment of San Francisco The mayor’s inaccurate statement allowed gullible rubes and bad-faith trolls to bash this city as a hotbed of organized, political antisemitism

Oof Mayor Lurie really dropped the ball yesterday. More from @esksf.bsky.social in @missionlocal.org

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it's not the issue of this story, but it is a transparent example of how the "cars are freedom" narrative is a complete farce. when the state controls your movement and can immobilize you on a whim, you are not free. car dependency is an arm of fascism for the car *IS* fascism and must be abolished.

a map of SF showing proposed downtown congestion pricing — an area bounded by Van Ness, Fulton, Laguna, 14th, Division, 7th, Mission Creek is in orange. the Marina and Mission Bay are shown in yellow

Proposed fees, discounts, and exemptions The fee to drive into the zone would depend on the driver's income. Drivers would be charged to enter the zone. There would be no fee to leave the zone. People who qualify for multiple discounts would receive the highest discount for which they are eligible. • Middle and high-income drivers: $6.50 • Moderate-income drivers: $4.33 (33% discount) • Low-income drivers: $2.17 (66% discount) • Very low-income drivers: Free • Drivers with disabilities: $3.25 (50% discount) • A "trip cap" where people who drive into the zone during peak periods several times a day will be charged a maximum of two times.

Ride-hail vehicles • The updated proposal includes a $6.50 per-trip fee for ride-hail vehicles like Uber and Lyft. While private vehicles would pay only to enter the zone, Uber and Lyft rides would be charged to enter the zone and for any ride that starts within the zone. • The discounts outlined above would also apply to ride-hail vehicle passengers. Additional options under consideration (Each of these would require ~$1 increase to base fee • 50% zone resident discount for people who live inside the zone • Bridge toll payer discount for people who crossed a bridge into the city • Expanded Muni discounts for people with low incomes

@rollovereasy.org here’s the study that got put on hold during COVID www.sfcta.org/downtown

I’d be happy if they just started with $6.50 for Uber / Lyft / Waymo

95% of housing discourse among normies in cities tbh

Meaning the little hats on the poles from 2009?

Can I just say thank you for all your work to get us this far, and for sticking with us in an unofficial capacity through the tough parts

Also raises the question: do any bus manufacturers ride their buses? In service? On crowded routes? 🤷‍♂️

We'd better get started

We can make do with 2 doors. Even just putting the rear door at the actual rear of the bus would help

This has to be part of it, but Muni does have a "stand clear of the doors" announcement that will often repeat forEVER

I like to pretend it says "stand clear of the dorks" and is talking about the lamos who won't move in

I'm cool with that

And then yeah for the little guys we just need someone who actually rides a crowded bus to arrange the seats so that people take more than one step inside

I mean yes but also just realized you won't let us have bendy bois and that would be waaayy worse than just keeping the current layout

Of the many Things about this migration, the killer for me is that they broke transit benefit card purchases. Like, the only card I *cannot* use to buy a Fast Pass is my wageworks card 🤦‍♂️

Please god let those buses come with better passenger circulation than any of Muni's current fleet

also noise pollution in the U.S. is almost entirely from cars and it’s literally giving people heart attacks

I wrote an article about it because it’s so absurd

After the Rent Freeze | JW Mason The cost of affordable housing in New York City

superb piece. among other things a really useful look into how apartment investing actually works www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/aft...

There’s been a huge surge in S.F. traffic tickets — and police aren’t the reason Though San Francisco’s speed cameras only began issuing fines in the final five months of 2025, they brought traffic tickets issued in the city to levels not seen in more than a decade.

“An initial study by SFMTA had auspicious findings. At 15 of the camera locations, the agency found that instances of speeding dropped by 72% after cameras were installed.”

Thanks to speed cameras, scofflaws are changing their reckless ways.

I, for one, welcome our new robot traffic enforcement officers.

Get to Breadbelly next time you're there!

the point of a billionaire tax is not to raise money on an ongoing basis. it is to make being a billionaire illegal

Jesus H Christ, this same intersection has seen 8(!) pedestrian injury crashes in the past 10 years, including two serious injuries and a person killed!

Two questions:
1. Why is this not treated as a high priority?
2. Why don't reporters spend the 30 seconds it takes to add this context?

Then why did BART have a Board meeting last week where staff had to explain potential processes for closing the system and filing for bankruptcy?

My brother, friends, and I were taking Muni home from school without parents at 9-years-old. What on earth are they talking about?

Hotel guests are fleeing early because of the snowstorm. Traffic to the Bay Area and Reno is jammed due to gridlock, plows and crashes. Drivers are clearing snow off windshields and having to buy tire chains.

But not us. Our Amtrak is on time. We'll relax in the dining car. The smart way to go.

Graph of unique riders going from 30% to 110%, bridge crossings staying stable as 90%, and transit trips increasing from 30% to 70%

Transit riders fully returned to transit in 2022, and surpassed bridge recovery in 2024!

Riders are taking fewer trips per-month because we don't go to the office 5 days of the week, but transit has more unique riders now than in 2019

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We need, like, ICE observers to follow her around and blow whistles every time she drives anywhere

The judge said the driver has shown remorse, but I don't know how anyone can say that's true when she transferred her assets to LLC's and her son-in-law to avoid having to pay out in a civil case.