Transportation
Muni’s New Electric Buses Just Hit the Streets of SF
Brand New, San Francisco, Transportation The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) announced the first of three battery-electric buses have entered revenue service achieving a major milestone in the agency’s greater goal of an all-electric fleet and a carbon-neutral San Francisco by 2040, as explained in the SFMTA’s Sustainability and Climate Action Program. The three new Battery more...
SF to Get New Zero-Emission Electric Ferry to Treasure Island
Bay Area Updates, Brand New, San Francisco, Transportation The San Francisco Bay Area Water Emergency Transportation Authority (WETA) recently announced that it has been awarded $3.4 million by the U.S. Federal Transit Administration (FTA) to build a zero-emission, electric ferry to connect San Francisco’s growing Treasure Island and Mission Bay neighborhoods. Investment in bringing zero-emission ferry technology to the more...
Over 650 of SF’s Bus Shelters to Lose Predictions on Feb. 22. Here’s Why
Bay Area Updates, San Francisco, Transportation Due to the nationwide AT&T 3G shutdown on February 22, 2022, over 650 NextMuni displays that are currently utilizing AT&T 3G modems will no longer be able to display real-time Muni vehicle arrival predictions or other information. The push-to-talk buttons at shelters using 3G modems will also be inoperable. This outage will not impact online real-time information provided on mobile and web formats. To address this situation, the SFMTA more...
Someone Mapped All 3,700+ of SF’s Crosswalks
Only in San Francisco, San Francisco, Transportation UC Berkeley PhD candidate Marcel Moran took the time to map every crosswalk in San Francisco. Moran used satellite imagery to investigate all 6,400 intersections in The City. He then mapped all the intersections to indicate which have crosswalks and which do not. His map reveals the city’s geographic patterns in more...
BART Likely Needs Additional Revenue Source Beyond Fare Revenue
Bay Area Updates, Transportation By Eli Walsh, Bay City News Foundation BART will likely need a new funding source in the coming years, the transit agency’s budget officials said Thursday, as relying mostly on fare revenue is not expected to support operating expenses through the end of the decade. BART’s fare revenue has been unable to more...
BART’s New Map Uses Colorful Names for Its Lines
Bay Area Updates, Brand New, Transportation, Wow BART recently took to Twitter to announce the change to its BART system map. BART will transition to identify its lines by a new color-coded system. You’ll notice the new map has a legend for the color lines. BART will still use both the original starting and endpoints system and the more...
BART to Restore Service to Pre-Pandemic Levels on Feb. 20
Bay Area Updates, Transportation Later this month, BART will restore service to pre-pandemic levels by running trains until midnight every day of the week. Since the beginning of the pandemic, BART closed at 9 pm. Sundays to work on rebuilding projects. Starting Feb. 20, Sunday service will run from 8 a.m. to midnight, BART more...
How to Get a Free $50 Bart Card
East Bay, Transportation BART is offering a special promotion to try to boost ridership. Pledge to commute by BART at least one day a week and get $50 in Clipper funds. The Jumpstart Your BART campaign says: Pledge to ride BART at least one day a week in place of a drive-alone trip and you could more...
SF Offers 2 Hours Free Parking in Chinatown All Month
Bay Area Updates, San Francisco, Transportation To help bring more people to Chinatown, San Francisco just announced that it is now offering 2 hours free parking at the Portsmouth Square Garage throughout the month of February to help celebrate Chinese New Year. 2 Hours Free Parking at Portsmouth Square Garage – Feb. 2022 733 Kearny Street (btwn, Clay more...
Fremont’s $41 Million BART Pedestrian Bridge & Plaza Just Opened
Brand New, East Bay, Transportation By Eli Walsh, Bay City News Foundation BART is officially opening the long-delayed pedestrian and bicycle bridge and plaza at the Warm Springs/South Fremont station, making it easier to get to the station for residents living to its west. The 250-foot bridge spans across five Union Pacific Railroad tracks adjacent to the more...
Free Driverless Taxi Rides Coming Soon to SF (Sign Up Now)
Brand New, Freebies, Only in San Francisco, San Francisco, Transportation Thanks to SFist for sharing the news that soon you can take a driverless car in San Francisco (This is fully driverless… there’s with no back-up human driver in the front seat. Welcome to the future!) Cruise just announce that they are opening up their driverless cars in San Francisco to more...
BART Reopens Powell Street Station Restrooms for the First Time in 20 Years
Reopening, San Francisco, Transportation, What's Closed / What's Open On Wednesday, February 2, 2022, at 11am, BART will hold a “ribbon-cutting” event with rolls of toilet paper to mark the reopening of the Powell Street Station restrooms that have been closed for more than 20 years. Restrooms at 10 of BART’s underground stations have been closed since 9/11 because of more...
Brand New US 101 Express Lanes to Open on February 11th
Bay Area Updates, Brand New, Transportation US 101 Express Lanes are opening soon in San Mateo County. Express Lanes on US 101 from the Santa Clara County line to Whipple Avenue in Redwood City will officially open on Friday, February 11. The Express Lanes will operate from 5 a.m. to 8 p.m. on weekdays. Travelers can take advantage more...
New African American Historical Art Posters Comes to SF’s Market Street
San Francisco, Transportation The Art on Market Street Kiosk Poster Series has commissioned new artwork by artists on an annual basis, since 1992. Each year, the Program commissions three or four artists to create a new body of work that responds to a theme specific to San Francisco. Each poster series is on more...
New Weekend & Late-Night Ferry Service Between SF & Tiburon
Bay Area Updates, Transportation On Monday, January 31, 2022, Golden Gate Ferry will add midday and weekend trips to existing round trip commute service between Tiburon and San Francisco. New late-night ferry service between Tiburon and San Francisco will also be provided by Tideline Marine Group and is expected to start in mid-February 2022. The more...
