San Francisco’s widely relied upon public transportation system, Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART), went down early Friday morning due to a “computer networking problem,” according to city officials. The outage brought the entire system to a halt at around 5:00 am local time, forcing commuters to quickly find an alternative travel plan. BART officials announced […]
San Francisco Is Getting Its Own Council of Tech Oligarchs
Last November, the people of San Francisco elected Daniel Lurie—one of the wealthy heirs to the Levi Strauss fortune—to be their new mayor. Now, Lurie seems to be turning to people like himself (that is, people with a lot of money) to make pivotal decisions around how to “revitalize” the heart of Silicon Valley. The […]
San Francisco Hit Waymo With Hundreds of Traffic Citations in 2024
San Francisco has found a nice new revenue stream: Hitting self-driving Waymos with traffic citations. The city cited Waymo vehicles 589 times in 2024 for a grand total of $65,065 in penalties. The violations ranged from blocking street traffic to parking in prohibited areas. Google-owned Waymo operates 300 vehicles in San Francisco that are available […]