public transportation

03 Sep 2024

Why I Wish Oakland Had MUNI.

San Francisco does a lot of things wrong, but one thing it fundamentally does better than anywhere else in California is public transportation. Not trying to sound like Scott Wiener, but MUNI is the shit. I’m not referring to the buses, which are also great, but to the city’s rail

Abraham Woodliff - Bay Area Memelord 0
12 May 2024

San Francisco Bay Ferry to Add Lines, Expand Service

San Francisco may be neglecting the full potential of the strategic waterways that brought it into being. If you’ve ever sat in Bridge traffic and watched boats fly by on the water below, you might have felt the same. There is no reason the Bay Area shouldn’t have as robust

Jake Warren 0
10 Jul 2024

This New Literary Magazine is a Gift to the People of San Francisco

I’ve got some awesome news! We received a grant from the Civic Joy Fund to put out a literary magazine celebrating SF and acting to counter the stupid “Doom Loop” narrative. It’s a gift to the people of San Francisco. And after months of working on this project it’s now available

Broke-Ass Stuart - Editor In Cheap 0
13 Nov 2019

Breed Tapped a New Transit Agency Director to Fix Muni

Mayor London Breed Wednesday tapped a new director of transportation to lead the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency.  The mayor and city at large hope Jeffrey Tumlin can do what Ed Reiskin failed to do before him: Fix the damn Muni system. Reiskin resigned in April under intense criticism. Muni

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31 Jul 2018

New Warrior Arena Reportedly ‘NOT’ a New Death Star in Mission Bay

There is new intelligence concerning the 1$ billion dollar arena being built in San Francisco’s Mission Bay, these plans were taken at great cost to brokeassstuart.com, meaning this reporter had to get off his bike, walk into an ‘exit only’ gate, and take a couple pictures before being asked to

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16 Nov 2017

I Was Groped On Muni (Again)

There I was, like any other day riding public transportation, I was on my way to the comic book store and I was really in a great mood; As I read my fantasy novel a dark shadow fell on me, “Can I sit next to you”

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27 Jul 2017

MTA: Mass Transit Apocalypse

At the end of June, the MTA was finally declared a “State Of Emergency” by Governor Cuomo, and things are only…

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09 Apr 2015

I Drive SF: Driving for Hire and the Illusion of Safety

Yeah, yeah, yeah… I know what you’re thinking.  Another stupid taxi article.  Who gives a shit, right?  Cab drivers are all assholes.  They won’t take you to the Sunset or Richmond districts.  So fuck them. They refuse to accept credit cards.  Rotten scumbags.  What about their smelly cabs?  The horrible

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11 Mar 2014

How to See Highway 1 By Bus: Eating and Traveling Bits of California’s Coast

I’m independent and I don’t own a car. If you’re a traveler like me, then you probably try to exhaust all resources before renting a car becomes an option. I find that you can sightsee more when you’re not worried about driving on a winding road along treacherous sea-hugging cliffs. I’m always

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