Transportation

Lurie plan uses regressive taxes to ‘save’ Muni, in the short term

Mayor's plan caps the levy on the biggest and richest landlords and only addresses a portion of the longterm budget crisis

Transportation Ian Firstenberg - March 12, 2026

The real story behind Muni’s budget deficit

Instead of investing in public transit, City Hall has been looking for ways to privatize it

Transportation Ian Firstenberg - February 26, 2026

BART cuts deal with Uber—without approval of the elected board

Private car company that wants to destroy public transit now gets a free ride on the BART app

Transportation Tim Redmond - January 29, 2026

Muni riders, bus drivers, bikers, people who walk beg SFMTA Commission to do its job

Panel allows mayor to open mid-Market to Lyft, Uber, Waymo, defying existing policy—and won't even vote on it

Transportation Tim Redmond - September 2, 2025

Opinion

Lurie is damaging transit, the environment—and democracy—on Market Street

Susan Vaughan - September 1, 2025

The mayor is undoing the will of the voters and opening the street to Uber, Lyft, Waymo—and others are sure to follow

News + Politics

Funding Muni and BART: Should the very rich also pay?

Tim Redmond - June 19, 2025

Wiener makes clear that taxing the billionaires is not a priority as he seeks ways to fund transit

News + Politics

UPDATED: 48 Hills wins 16 California Journalism Awards

Marke B. - May 18, 2025

Our fiercely independent reporting scored awards for General Excellence, Best Column, Arts Coverage, Homeless Reporting, more

News + Politics

Finally, some talk about local taxes—but not in a progressive direction

Tim Redmond - April 3, 2025

Airbnb wants a tax refund. Wiener wants sales taxes. Oakland sales tax isn't polling well. But taxing the rich seems like a popular idea.

Transportation

The really depressing news about Muni

Tim Redmond - February 20, 2025

Cuts could be devastating—and it's entirely because the city won't look for ways to tax the rich

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Transportation

SF considers cutting school crossing guards

Tim Redmond - February 17, 2025

Also: Car gets stolen and towed? Pay your own fees. These are some proposed solutions to Muni's budget problems

Performance

Drama Masks: When public transit woes make you miss the show

Charles Lewis III - February 13, 2025

BART and Muni cuts—not to mention the threat the new regime poses to local arts—will most certainly sever theatre lifelines.

Transportation

Lurie has no real plan to fund Muni or avoid service cuts

Tim Redmond - February 11, 2025

At Question Time, only vague words about seeking state help and future revenue measures

Culture

Adorable free ‘Muni Routle’ game tests your SF transit knowledge

Marke B. - January 7, 2025

Hop aboard the city's latest obsession: an online daily quiz for transportation geeks—and folks just waiting for the bus.

Transportation

How do we save BART and regional transit?

Tim Redmond - October 29, 2024

There's a fair, functional alternative for raising the revenue the region needs. But nobody is talking about it.

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Transportation

Uber and Lyft are undermining public transit, a new study shows

Tim Redmond - September 5, 2024

UC Davis researchers demonstrate that rideshares don't wean people off cars; they get people off buses and trains.

Transportation

Are cars, buses, bikes, small businesses, and safe walking a zero-sum game?

Tim Redmond - May 28, 2024

Or is there a way to make SF really a transit-first city without making a lot of people miserable?

Opinion

It’s Valentine’s Day. I was ghosted by my ‘partner’ of eight years

Z.P Moganum - February 14, 2024

Uber and Lyft call us "partners,' not employees. We're sick of the way they treat us.

Lit

In ‘Portal,’ John King tells the strange and wondrous saga of the Ferry Building

Marke B. - December 13, 2023

Beloved landmark came with surprising amount of drama and alternate realities, vividly detailed in Chron critic's new book.

Lit

Beep, beep: Meet your Muni drivers, colorfully illustrated

Marke B. - November 2, 2023

New art book 'Muni Is My Ride' captures the deeply committed, fundamentally human side of our daily public transport

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Transportation

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