Transit
Cars
Train pushes car 800 feet, pair escape injury
Two people in a small four-door car escaped injury Saturday night when the car’s driver unwittingly turned onto railroad tracks in the path ...
News
Flooding, vehicle on track causes widespread Muni Metro delays
San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency metro subway service is experiencing residual delays across all lines Wednesday morning due to earlier flooding, according to ...
News
SMART train expands schedule, service for North Bay commuters
A new train service schedule for North Bay commuters will roll out on Jan. 1, the Sonoma Marin Area Rail Transit District announced.
The ...
San Francisco
J-Church improvements, like the line itself, have been slow to arrive
An idea to switch back the J-Church at Market Street has been floated by at least one transit official.
Art
Muni unveils first of 10 Central Subway art installations
With construction on San Francisco’s Central Subway expected to be completed next year, the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency announced this week that ...
Business
Traffic changes planned at Page, Haight streets pit safety advocates against merchants
A stretch of Page Street from Webster Street to Octavia Boulevard is about to get a makeover in an effort to prevent motorists ...
East Bay
‘Obstruction’ on tracks causes major BART delay at Transbay Tube
BART is reporting a major delay in both directions of the Transbay Tube on Thursday afternoon because of an obstruction on the tracks.
The ...
Crime
Fatal BART stabbing suspect faces murder, robbery charges
A San Francisco man was charged with murder Thursday for the fatal stabbing of a 49-year-old man on a BART train at the ...
Labor
Transit agency steps up hiring, training to address operator shortage
Frustrated Muni riders forced to wait long periods of time for buses and trains will be happy to hear that Muni’s bus operator ...
News
Medical examiner identifies 5-year-old boy killed by train
A child fatally struck Saturday by an Amtrak train in Santa Clara was a local 5-year-old boy, the Santa Clara County medical examiner’s ...
Crime
Fight leads to fatal stabbing on Hayward BART train
A man in his 40s was fatally stabbed in a fight on a BART train in Hayward early Tuesday afternoon, transit agency Police ...
East Bay
Police activity shuts down South Hayward BART station
BART’s South Hayward station is closed Tuesday afternoon due to police activity, according to the transit agency.
Trains are single-tracking through the station without ...
News
Incoming director helps direct stranded passengers in three-hour Muni delay
San Francisco Muni subway riders were left struggling to get to their destinations Monday morning as the subway equipment problem persisted for nearly ...
News
Transit officials vow to double bike rack installations citywide
San Francisco transit officials are promising to double efforts to install more bike racks citywide.
On Monday at a press event, city officials installed ...
News
San Francisco remembers those injured, killed in traffic collisions
San Francisco has had a devastating year in terms of traffic fatalities, and the year is not yet over.
So far in 2019, 26 ...
News
SMART trains begin simulated service to Larkspur station
Simulated SMART service to the new Larkspur station began Sunday, Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit announced.
The simulation means that southbound trains will drop off ...
News
ACE train kills child in Santa Clara
Authorities are trying to determine how a “very young minor” got onto railroad tracks in Santa Clara Saturday night and was hit and ...
Business
Officials offer Chinatown businesses concessions to ease Central Subway delay
Small businesses in San Francisco’s Chinatown will receive help to mitigate and lessen the impacts of delayed construction on the Central Subway, Mayor ...
East Bay
Man detained for eating sandwich on BART platform files lawsuit
A black man who was detained for eating a sandwich on the platform of BART’s Pleasant Hill station on Nov. 4 filed a ...
News
Tumlin to tackle transit agency challenges with dedication, ‘passion’
Jeffrey Tumlin accepted the job of leading San Francisco’s transit agency with an awareness of the challenges ahead. As the next permanent director ...
News
SF mayor appoints new transit agency director to tackle Muni challenges
Mayor London Breed announced Wednesday morning that Jeffrey Tumlin has been selected to lead the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency after a months-long ...
East Bay
BART reduces Antioch line Veterans Day service
BART officials on Monday reported there will be reduced service on the Antioch line for Veterans Day.
Passengers on the Antioch line during peak ...
Election
Updated SF proposition results show potential for shift on two measures
San Francisco voters were asked to consider six propositions Tuesday. How ballots were cast have a direct impact on The City’s affordable housing, ...
Green
Transit agency approves pilot contracts to test electric buses
Electric buses will soon be put to the test on San Francisco city streets as part of an effort to implement an all-electric ...
East Bay
BART resumes service to East Bay with major delays
BART officials said trains from San Francisco are again traveling to the East Bay Tuesday afternoon after an equipment problem on a train.
As ...
News
Light-rail security guard fatally shoots man with knives, scissors
A man who was shot and killed by a contracted security guard at a Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority light-rail station on Wednesday ...
East Bay
Train stuck at Martinez station after vehicle crossing incident
A Capitol Corridor train was involved in a vehicle crossing incident in Solano County Thursday morning, an Amtrak spokeswoman Olivia said.
There were 56 ...
East Bay
BART shuts down weekend service between Orinda, Walnut Creek
BART on Saturday and Sunday will be shutting down train service between the Walnut Creek and Orinda BART stations for major track work, ...
East Bay
Capitol Corridor train strikes, kills person in Hayward
A person was struck and killed by a Capitol Corridor train in Hayward on Thursday afternoon, authorities said.
The collision was reported shortly after ...
East Bay
‘Trespasser incident’ halts Capitol Corridor service near Hayward
Capitol Corridor service is stopped east of the Hayward station Thursday afternoon because of a “trespasser incident,” the agency said.
The transit agency wrote ...
News
Pedestrian killed on Caltrain tracks
A pedestrian was killed on the Caltrain tracks in San Francisco Wednesday evening, Caltrain officials said.
Northbound train No. 375 struck a person at ...
East Bay
Pedestrian in critical condition after collision involving bus
A male pedestrian was injured in a collision with a vehicle Wednesday morning near Lake Merritt in Oakland, according to police.
The crash was ...
Transit
BART service resumes after Transbay Tube debris fire
BART officials said full service has been restored through the Transbay Tube Tuesday evening.
East Bay
Grass fire damages BART control tower, injures employee
An employee was hospitalized and a control tower sustained “heavy to moderate” damage from a grass fire early Sunday morning at the BART ...
East Bay
Antioch line BART trains single-track Saturday
BART officials are reporting trains on the Antioch line will travel on a single track between the Orinda and Walnut Creek stations ...
Cars
Transit board chair wants to speed up Better Market Street Project
San Francisco’s Market Street is about to undergo dramatic changes.
The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency Board of Directors Tuesday unanimously approved the Better ...
