Motorists who cross the Golden Gate Bridge at night next week will drive through a landscape of work trucks, the most visible sign yet of a $1.8 billion effort to prepare for a major earthquake.

The unusual design of this pedestrian scramble is a deceptively simple rethinking of a street in San Francisco that makes crossing safer while letting people move with greater freedom.

“In the last three years we’ve had six locals hit by the hobby-racing motorcycle-car community,” said a resident of the Bay Area town where drivers come for a highway’s hairpin turns.

Residents and businesses near a planned protected bike lane in Berkeley are suing the city to halt construction amid ongoing neighborhood backlash.

Bay Area transit agencies have often bragged that the World Cup put their trains and buses on a global stage. But they are less keen to note that the exposure came at a steep price.

San Francisco planned to install 24 more gleaming silver public toilets in the city. What happened?

“Woodstock,” the bright yellow bike and pedestrian ferry that provides 7-minute transport between Oakland and Alameda, is back in service after a trip to the repair shop.

Data from the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency shows that as rental bikes and scooters have become more common, they’ve continued to rack up rule violations and complaints.

The Bay Bridge lane closures are necessary for bridge upkeep, including paint to protect the steel frame from a harsh marine environment.

The new schedule that BART unveiled this week was an act of time-management jiu-jitsu. Here’s everything transit commuters should know.

Show your support at the final, final, FINAL vote to approve a protected bikeway on Berkeley's Hopkins Street.

Here’s the latest salvo in a battle that’s spanned two mayoral administrations and endured endless rhetoric about the war on cars. It could result in 100 lost parking spaces in Berkeley.

For years, San Francisco has only allowed folding bikes into trains. Now transit activists are pushing for reform, and they have the support of at least one city supervisor.

For years, San Francisco has only allowed folding bikes into trains. Now transit activists are pushing for reform, and they have the support of at least one city supervisor.

It’s the latest salvo in a battle that’s spanned two mayoral administrations and endured endless rhetoric about the war on cars. And it could result in 100 lost parking spaces in Berkeley.

In a strange twist, the police report doesn’t list the rider as the victim of the attack. The self-driving car is the victim of malicious mischief. The rider is merely a witness.

In a strange twist, the police report doesn’t list the rider as the victim of the attack. The self-driving car is the victim of the of malicious mischief. The rider is merely a witness.

Congestion at the peak of the fireworks event was nearly twice as bad as it was at the height of Fleet Week last fall, according to data from Uber sent to San Francisco officials.

These buildings have sat vacant for years, and a parcel that was supposed to generate revenue for BART has instead become a source of vexation.

Data suggests more individuals are tapping in to ride BART than before COVID lockdowns, though there are caveats.

High speed rail’s plan could lead to leasing land or providing energy for data centers that could be built in California’s Central Valley, fueling a massive tech boom up north.

The big-swing megaproject would transform the whole Highway 37 corridor, 21 miles from the Highway 101 junction in Novato to Interstate 80 in Vallejo.

A video of a Waymo parking in a bike lane in San Francisco sparked an uproar from bicyclists who argued that the driverless vehicles should be designed to follow all traffic rules.

A video of a Waymo parking in a bike lane in San Francisco sparked an uproar from bicyclists who argued that the driverless vehicles should be designed to follow all traffic rules.

Bay Area transit leaders also say they will not try to gouge transit users with surge pricing. Trips will cost as little as $10 each way.

In the Bay Area, “nobody I know is talking about the World Cup,” said a former mayor who lives within a short drive of Levi’s Stadium, where matches are scheduled.

In the Bay Area, “nobody I know is talking about the World Cup,” said a former mayor who lives within a short drive of Levi’s Stadium, where matches are scheduled.

Bay Area voters made one thing resoundingly clear during Tuesday’s election: They do not like new taxes. This does not bode well for BART and Muni in November.

See live election results for Contra Costa County, including for the Board of Supervisors and races in Richmond and Pinole.

The library debate has become personal and ruined friendships in this Bay Area city. “This is the most divisive measure I’ve ever experienced,” one resident said.

San Francisco merchants said they have experienced parking ticket issues while loading or unloading for festivals, particularly those downtown where curb space is limited.

A new Chronicle poll shows residents’ thoughts about the driverless cars are divided along ideological lines.

Two former chiefs of staff for San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee will join the High-Speed Rail Authority Board for California’s long-gestating bullet train line.

It’s a new chapter in BART’s ongoing quest to find the perfect fare gate, a Platonic ideal that has dogged the agency for years.

The change, one of many to hobble high-speed rail over the years, stemmed from good intentions. Now it’s another example of how politics warped the state’s marquee transit megaproject.

Parking at this BART station has become a parking hack for people who want to get into San Francisco but avoid the traffic of the Bay Bridge. Now, nearly 400 parking spaces must go.

Transportation officials are set to transform a far-left lane of westbound Interstate 580 in Oakland into a carpool lane, the first such conversion ever undertaken in the Bay Area.

San Francisco has long treated bike rule-breaking loosely. Now comes a sharp enforcement shift.

These “Frankenstein” bikes aren’t quite motorcycles, but they’re faster than e-bikes, and now they’re all over Bay Area streets.

These “Frankenstein” bikes aren’t quite motorcycles, but they’re faster than e-bikes, and now they’re all over Bay Area streets.

Another detail in the revealing report: San Francisco’s historic cable cars are staggeringly expensive to run, costing the agency $871 an hour.

Prosecutors have charged a Bay Area mother and father with child abuse after their son was injured crashing an e-moto into a vehicle. The case reflects a broader movement to crack down on the...