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San Francisco Wants to Double Down on Speed Cameras
A new resolution seeks to more than double the number of speed cameras monitoring drivers in San Francisco. The Board of Supervisors will vote Tuesday on whether to urge the state legislature to allow...
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California Regulators Voted to Release Ride-Hailing Safety Reports. Then They...
The Uber driver allegedly attacked his passenger on Aug. 10, 2023, in San Francisco, trying to kiss her twice before she could unlock the car door and flee. The woman, identified only as “A.R.2,”...
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San Franciscans Speak Out on the Top Issues Facing Their Neighborhoods
San Francisco residents shared the issues shaping daily life in their neighborhoods, from safety and homelessness to affordability and quality of life. In this street interview series taken during the...
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Vehicle Electrification in California at a Turning Point
BJ Birtwell strode across the concourse of his Electrify Expo with a look of satisfaction this past weekend, watching thousands of families stream past rows of prototype and production electric cars,...
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California Proposes Charging Subsidies, Rebates to Boost EVs — but Leaves Key...
California regulators Tuesday released a set of proposals recommitting the state to consistent promotion of clean transportation, largely in response to the collapse of federal support for...
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New California EV Plans Could Lower Costs, Expand Charging
California is preparing to roll out new policy ideas to keep electric vehicle adoption on pace after Congress and the White House scrapped federal purchase subsidies and cut funding for EV...
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California Proposes Charging Subsidies, Rebates to Boost EVs — but Leaves Key...
California regulators Tuesday released a set of proposals recommitting the state to consistent promotion of clean transportation, largely in response to the collapse of federal support for...
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New California EV Plans Could Lower Costs, Expand Charging
California is preparing to roll out new policy ideas to keep electric vehicle adoption on pace after Congress and the White House scrapped federal purchase subsidies and cut funding for EV...
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California Weighs New EV Incentives Backed by Fee on Gas Cars and Trucks
Congressional Republicans and President Trump have killed the U.S. electric vehicle rebate program, with most payments ending after September — to the dismay of climate-conscious car buyers. Now...
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Drivers Protest Uber’s ‘Black Box’ Fare System
Uber’s use of a secretive fare pricing algorithm driven by artificial intelligence lowers drivers’ wages, causes them confusion and uncertainty, and could undermine public safety — all while boosting...
View ArticleUber Submitted False Information to Regulators, Used Substandard Limousines,...
Uber must pay a $50,000 fine for submitting false information to state regulators about numerous substandard rides it provided on its Uber Black luxury limousine service, a violation that officials...
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Advocates Win Fight to Keep Chinatown-SOMA Bus Connection
Mr. Zhang and his wife were used to taking the 30 Muni bus regularly to Chinatown from their home in San Francisco’s South of Market neighborhood. The bus would take them directly to the heart of...
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It’s Not Just the Great Highway. Some Chinese American Voters Have Felt...
On a sunny Saturday afternoon in November, a vibrant crowd gathered on the sand-covered median of the Great Highway. Young families, cyclists and seniors formed a sprawling half-circle along the...
View ArticleState Commission Gives Green Light to Close SF’s Great Highway to Cars
The California Coastal Commission on Thursday approved a permit that will allow San Francisco to close a section of the Great Highway to car traffic permanently. The permit allows the city to close...
View ArticleAttempt to Recall SF Supervisor Engardio Faces Uphill Battle
For months, the writing was on the wall: A cadre of west side San Franciscans wanted to recall District 4 Supervisor Joel Engardio for supporting Proposition K, which would begin the process to turn a...
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Proposed Ruling on Substandard Uber Luxury Rides Would Threaten Public...
UPDATE: On Dec. 2 the California Public Utilities Commission postponed considering the appeal from Dec. 5 until Dec. 19 at the request of Commissioner Darcie L. Houck, to allow for “further review”...
View ArticleWhat Binds People to Great Highway, and Divides Them on Proposition K
Are you preparing to vote? Read our nonpartisan Voter Guide, analyzing Measure K and San Francisco’s other local ballot measures. This article is adapted from an episode of our podcast “Civic.” Click...
View ArticleAnalysis: What Would Really Happen to Traffic if SF’s Great Highway Closed?
Perhaps no local issue in this election is more contentious than Proposition K, which would permanently close a 2-mile stretch of the Great Highway to cars and move it closer to becoming a park....
View ArticleProposition L — Tax Ride-Hailing and Autonomous Vehicle Companies to Fund...
See our November 2024 SF Voter Guide for a nonpartisan analysis of measures on the San Francisco ballot, for the election occurring Nov. 5, 2024. The following measure is on that ballot. Proposition L...
View ArticleProposition K — Authorize Great Highway to Become Car-Free, Possibly a Park
See our November 2024 SF Voter Guide for a nonpartisan analysis of measures on the San Francisco ballot, for the election occurring Nov. 5, 2024. The following measure is on that ballot. Proposition K...
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