Jerold Chinn

Scoot seeks permanent status for shared mopeds

Monday 4/24

11:52 pm

By Jerold Chinn

After two years of a trial program, the electric shared-moped company Scoot wants to know the next steps.

SFMTA considers canning cable car cash fares

Monday 4/24

1:15 am

By Jerold Chinn

San Francisco transit officials are seeking solutions to eventually go cashless on the cable car system.

Power restored in San Francisco after sweeping outage

Friday 4/21

6:20 pm

By Jerold Chinn

PG&E restored electricity service just after 5 p.m. to all customers affected by a sprawling power outage.

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Power outage stretches across San Francisco

Friday 4/21

10:17 am

By Jerold Chinn

A widespread power outage in San Francisco has shut down BART's Montgomery Station and is affecting residents and businesses across a swath of The City.

Protected bike lane approved for eastbound 13th Street

Thursday 4/20

2:42 am

By Jerold Chinn

Bicyclists who bike in the eastbound direction on 13th between Folsom and Bryant streets will soon get a protected bikeway.

BART fare cheaters drain up to $25 million a year

Thursday 4/20

2:37 am

By Jerold Chinn

BART is taking steps to crackdown on fare cheats who have costed the transit agency millions in lost revenue.

Tom Nolan honored as he steps away from SFMTA board

Wednesday 4/19

12:46 am

By Jerold Chinn

The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency Board of Directors gave a warm sendoff to retiring director Tom Nolan Tuesday.

SFMTA settles $1 million lawsuit involving F-Line crash

Wednesday 4/19

12:38 am

By Jerold Chinn

San Francisco’s transportation agency settled a $1 million lawsuit that involved a F-Market & Wharves historic streetcar striking a woman near the intersection of Church and Market.

Muni seeks upgrades for troublesome trolleys

Wednesday 4/19

12:34 am

By Jerold Chinn

San Francisco’s most unreliable and troublesome coaches will soon be replaced with newer and more reliable buses over the next two years.

AAA leaps into car-sharing with ‘Gig’

Tuesday 4/18

12:12 am

By Jerold Chinn

Commuters, residents and visitors in Oakland and Berkeley will soon have another car-sharing alternative.

BART service cuts forestalled by state gas tax increase

Friday 4/14

2:41 am

By Jerold Chinn

BART's Board of Directors can breathe a bit easier at least for the next fiscal year that begins on July 1.

San Francisco seeks to curb rental car break-ins

Tuesday 4/11

11:51 pm

By Jerold Chinn

San Francisco wants rental car companies to remove any identifiers off rental cars such as company logos, rental company names, barcodes and decals.

United’s unfriendly skies prompt response from SF supe

Tuesday 4/11

11:43 pm

By Jerold Chinn

A San Francisco supervisor wants to make sure a similar incident to this week's forceful removal of a bumped passenger never unfolds at The City’s airport.

SFMTA begins Taraval Street pedestrian safety pilot

Friday 4/7

1:40 am

By Jerold Chinn

The San Francisco Municipal Transportation began its six-month pilot on Taraval Street that uses painted street markings and new signage.

Supes grill SFMTA chief over sluggish spending

Wednesday 4/5

11:53 pm

By Jerold Chinn

San Francisco’s top transportation official is taking the blame for not spending enough funds from a voter-approved bond.

Muni bans political ads on buses, shelters

Wednesday 4/5

12:23 am

By Jerold Chinn

The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency will no longer accept ads that depict a political or harmful message on its Muni buses and transit shelters.

SF eliminates renewal fees for taxi medallion holders

Wednesday 4/5

12:14 am

By Jerold Chinn

Transferable taxi medallion holders will no longer have to pay an annual renewal fee starting July 1, 2017.

Muni steps up service for 2017 Giants season

Tuesday 4/4

1:17 am

By Jerold Chinn

The San Francisco Giants' home opener is next Monday at AT&T Park, which means the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency will ramp up Muni service to the ballpark.

Low ridership imperils BART late-night weekend bus service

Monday 3/27

11:13 pm

By Jerold Chinn

BART’s late-night bus service pilot program on Fridays and Saturdays could soon be in limbo.

Warm Springs station stretches BART southward

Saturday 3/25

3:40 am

By Jerold Chinn

The new South Fremont station is part of the initial phase of a project that will eventually connect BART to downtown San Jose.

Contract approved to replace cable car gearboxes

Wednesday 3/22

12:26 am

By Jerold Chinn

The sound of cable car bells will fall silent one line at a time in order for San Francisco’s transit agency to overhaul and restore four gearboxes.

SFMTA moves to regulate ‘stationless’ bike sharing

Wednesday 3/22

12:09 am

By Jerold Chinn

A new permit program is taking aim at a new form of bike sharing where the bikes are not returned to a station or dock.

Chariot prompts fresh look at ‘jitney’ rules

Tuesday 3/21

11:52 pm

By Jerold Chinn

The SFMTA is working on rules that would require companies like Chariot to apply for a permit to operate The City.

Demand for residential parking permits outpaces available spaces

Tuesday 3/21

1:38 am

By Jerold Chinn

San Francisco's Residential Parking Permit may soon be overhauled to address issuing too many parking permits for too few parking spaces.

Disruptive Twin Peaks tunnel work delayed until July

Friday 3/17

11:04 am

By Jerold Chinn

The SFMTA is once again delaying a project to replace the rail tracks inside the Twin Peaks Tunnel.

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Displaced Chinatown merchants receive emergency funds

Thursday 3/16

11:46 pm

By Jerold Chinn

San Francisco’s Office of Economic and Workforce Development announced on Thursday the issuance of emergency funds to seven businesses.

Harvey Milk streetcar rolls back into service

Thursday 3/16

12:41 am

By Jerold Chinn

San Francisco is welcoming back a historic streetcar dedicated to gay rights activist and former Supervisor Harvey Milk.

Tolls for Lombard Street tourists wind closer to reality

Wednesday 3/15

12:38 am

By Jerold Chinn

The San Francisco County Transportation Authority board approved further study of a reservation and toll system for Lombard Street driver.

Supes approve rules for dockless bike-sharing

Wednesday 3/15

12:24 am

By Jerold Chinn

Bluegogo and other dockless bike sharing companies who want to deploy their bikes on San Francisco streets will now have to play by rules.

Cable car work will shut lines one at a time through 2019

Tuesday 3/14

1:13 am

By Jerold Chinn

Replacing equipment that pulls San Francisco’s iconic cable cars will require the shutdown of individual cable car lines.

‘Bluegogo’ dockless bikes steer toward regulation

Tuesday 3/14

12:46 am

By Jerold Chinn

Dockless bike sharing companies may soon need to abide by San Francisco’s rules if they want to do business here.

‘BART Perks’ program shows promise

Monday 3/13

1:00 am

By Jerold Chinn

Results of a pilot that incentivized BART riders to shift their morning commutes to off-peak hours showed promising results.

Eighth Avenue targeted for ‘neighborway’ redo

Monday 3/13

12:27 am

By Jerold Chinn

A popular street for pedestrians, bicyclists and even tour buses in San Francisco’s Richmond District to get to and from Golden Gate Park may soon see changes.