SF News Major Traffic In Northern Marin County Following Collision Involving Downed Power Lines, Brush Fire There was a major backup on 101 Thursday morning impacting both northbound and southbound lanes, following a collision near the Highway 37 interchange in Novato that took out a power pole and sparked a small brush fire.
Business & Tech Uber Is Blaming Waymo For July 4th Traffic Fiasco In SF As San Francisco city leaders continue to assess what went wrong on the night of July 4th to create such a traffic mess around the Marina and Presidio, a letter from Uber points to a few key obstructions caused by — you guessed it — Waymo.
SF News SFMTA Apologizes as Supervisors Call For Hearing Into July 4th Traffic and Transit Fiasco The SFMTA had a news conference Monday afternoon to offer an apology and take some responsibility for the meltdown of Muni service and all the other problems that arose before and after Saturday's fireworks show.
SF News Expect Weird Traffic This Weekend as Section of I-80 In San Francisco Will Be Closed For Two Days Caltrans is doing ongoing construction on a section of I-80 through the middle of San Francisco, and a portion of eastbound I-80 will be completely closed for 55 hours this weekend, forcing motorists onto surface streets to get to the Bay Bridge.
SF News Man, Possibly Homeless, Struck and Killed By Vehicle at South Van Ness and Mission A male pedestrian was struck and killed by a vehicle Monday in the busy area of South Van Ness and Mission Street, which led to a large police response and the disruption of vehicle and transit traffic.
SF News Big Rig Fire Near Golden Gate Bridge Causes Southbound Traffic Backup A big rig truck caught fire Wednesday morning just past the Golden Gate Bridge toll plaza, in the righthand-most southbound lane, leading to a traffic backup for those traveling into the city.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Big Rig Fire on I-80 In Emeryville Causes Huge Traffic Mess A big rig fire near the MacArthur Maze paralyzed westbound I-80; a Santa Clara man says he was beaten by a bicycle mob; and the Clintons have agreed to in-person depositions on the Epstein Files.
SF News Suspect Allegedly Striking Passing Cars With Tire Iron Leads to Fatal Police Shooting on I-80 In Hercules A massive traffic backup Thursday morning in the East Bay that was tied to a large police response in the westbound lanes of I-80 turns out to have been caused by a confrontation with police that led to the fatal shooting of a suspect.
SF News 19th Avenue Repaving Project to Start Creating Traffic Nightmares on Monday Cue more complaints about the Great Highway being closed! A project to repave 19th Avenue means that a major north-west route through the city — and part of Highway 1 — will see lane closures lasting a full year.
SF News [Updated] Traffic Backs Up Into SF Following Two Crashes, One on Bay Bridge Approach A pair of freeway crashes Monday morning in SF, both on roadways headed in the direction of the Bay Bridge, led to injuries, a significant fuel spill, and a traffic nightmare for those trying to drive to the East Bay.
SF News Sonoma Commuters Rejoice as a 30-Year Freeway-Widening Project Gets Finally, Finally Finished Pretty much anyone who has lived in the Bay Area any length of time and has done some driving on 101 north to Sonoma County is familiar with the infamous forever traffic situation you run into right at the Marin-Sonoma border.
SF News 10-Car Crash on Northbound 101 In San Francisco Causes Major Traffic Backup; Driver Who Fled Scene Apprehended A ten-vehicle crash on northbound 101 in San Francisco Tuesday afternoon led to some police activity as CHP officers pursued a driver who allegedly tried to flee the crash scene.
SF News Big Rig Fire Spreads to Vegetation Near Altamont Pass, Causing Temporary Freeway Closure A big rig somehow caught fire on the shoulder of I-580 early Friday morning in Livermore, near the Altamont Pass, and the fire spread to an adjacent hillside.
Arts & Entertainment Expect Traffic and Crowded Trains as Giants Night Game Coincides With Kylie Minogue at Chase Center Australian pop legend and gay icon Kylie Minogue is doing an SF show this evening, and the Giants are playing the Brewers tonight, and it's all going to be happening in the same part of town.
SF News Car Fire Blocks Multiple Eastbound Lanes of Bay Bridge A car towing a small motor home caught fire on the lower deck of the Bay Bridge Tuesday afternoon, creating a traffic snarl that backed up into San Francisco.
SF News Jackknifed Big Rig, Spilled Fuel Closes Three Lanes of Southbound 101 Near SFO Southbound 101 was a mess Thursday morning for anyone trying to get to SFO, after a two-vehicle collision involving a jackknifed big rig spilled some fuel and left three lanes of the freeway blocked.
SF News Muni Is Free This Weekend, Because SF Really Doesn’t Want You Driving During NBA and Chinese New Year Events The blockbuster combination of both the NBA All-Star Game and the Lunar New Year Parade in SF this weekend has SFMTA making Muni free on Saturday and Sunday to limit traffic gridlock, and the little-used Chinatown Subway and T-Third will be in the spotlight.
SF News Overturned Big Rig Blocks Westbound Caldecott Tunnel, Snarling Traffic An injury crash involving an overturned big rig that dumped a large amount of debris in the roadway closed all lanes of westbound Highway 24 in Oakland today, causing a major traffic situation.
SF News Monday Morning Headlines: Avocado Truck Overturns on 101 A truck carrying 16,000 pounds of avocados overturned in the northbound lanes of 101 in San Mateo; SF officials pushback on study calling SF the country's "worst-run city"; and a 30-year-old McDonald's has closed at Stonestown.
SF News Big Rig's Trailer Catches Fire On Westbound Bay Bridge Near Yerba Buena Tunnel; Accident Also on Eastbound Deck There were traffic situations in both the eastbound and westbound directions on the Bay Bridge Friday morning, with a semi truck's trailer fully engulfed in flames just east of Yerba Buena Island.
SF News Protests Block Golden Gate Bridge, All Northbound Lanes of 880 In Oakland Tax Day protests over the war in Gaza have caused a commute nightmare for anyone trying to get to San Francisco from the North Bay, or anyone traveling north on I-880 toward Oakland or San Francisco.
SF News Friday Morning Constitutional: Overturned Trailer Briefly Blocks All of I-880 South A woman in a wheelchair was struck and injured in the Tenderloin; an overturned big rig trailer caused an early morning traffic nightmare on I-880 south; and the Warriors aren't giving up just yet.
SF News Fatal Motorcycle Crash on 101 Freeway In SF Snarls Traffic A Thursday afternoon collision on westbound 80/southbound 101 in San Francisco shut down a section of the busy freeway, and drivers were being told to find alternate routes, especially they are trying to get to the Peninsula from the Bay Bridge.
SF News Early Morning Wrong-Way Crash Near MacArthur Maze In Oakland Kills One, Causes Major Traffic Backup An early morning three-car crash Tuesday near the Bay Bridge approach, which stemmed from a police pursuit following an alleged burglary, killed one person and injured three others, and the subsequent investigation led to hours of traffic on westbound I-580 and Highway 24.
SF News Big Eucalyptus Tree Comes Crashing Down On Cars In Golden Gate Park You've heard about the Bay Area's problem with big eucalyptus trees that smell nice but are nearing the end of their lives and have a habit of falling over? Well, one did just that on Crossover Drive in Golden Gate Park, causing a major traffic backup on 19th Avenue.
