• Tag Archives: San Francisco

    ANALYSIS: High Speed Rail Naysayer Scott Says Nay to California Costs

    Florida Governor Rick Scott wasted no time making hay of the formal increase in cost projections for high speed rail in California. “The news today...

    Car Share Parking Comes to the Streets of San Francisco

    In a city where on-street parking is at a premium, San Francisco city officials and the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) yesterday initiated a...

    Trouble Finding A Parking Space In San Francisco? There’s An App For That — And It’s Changing Parking Meter Prices

    Finding the parking pricing sweet spot is a little bit like the Goldilocks principle, says the manager of SFpark. “We don’t want it too hot,...

    Dozens Arrested in Latest BART Protest

    BART and San Francisco city police arrested at least 45 people Monday night, as well as briefly detained several journalists, in the latest protest against...

    SFMTA’s New Chief Doesn’t Own a Car, Commutes by Bike

    (San Francisco, KALW) On August 15, San Francisco’s Municipal Transportation Agency will get a new chief. Ed Reiskin will replace Nat Ford as the overseer...

    New York, San Francisco Most Walkable Cities…Charlotte, Jacksonville the Least

    If you want to get somewhere on foot, you’ll have the easiest time in New York, San Francisco, Boston, or Chicago. But in Oklahoma City,...

    The Perils of Walking in San Francisco

    (San Francisco – KALW) At least 800 people are hit by cars every year in San Francisco. Pedestrian-car collisions account for almost a quarter of...

    SFpark Makes its First Move

    (San Francisco – KALW) San Francisco’s ambitious parking program will meet its first test later this month, when the city adjusts rates at meters in...

    San Francisco’s Taxi Wars Heat Up

    Listen to the radio version of this story at KALW. (San Francisco) Most people don’t think of taxi cabs when they conjure a public transportation network. Seven...

    Later BART Service Could Slam Minority And Low Income Residents

    (San Francisco – KALW) The results of a passenger survey are in, and they could spell trouble for later weekend BART service. Earlier this spring,...