Category Archives: Transportation

Muni Bus Backs into Parked Car, Ruins Morning for Bernal Car Owner and Many Commuters

Posted on April 3, 2013 by

There was gnashing of teeth (and sheetmetal) on Mission Street this morning as a 14 Limited Muni bus evvvvver sooooo slooooowly  backed into a Bernal neighbor’s parked car — while the owner of the car reportedly watched in horror, shouting “”Stop! … Continue reading →

Posted in Transportation | 9 Comments

Parked Motorcycle Is Rorschach Test for Nearby Neighbors

Posted on March 11, 2013 by

It’s not just cars that attract snippy notes about long-term parking; motorcycles receive them too. Neighbor Fiid noticed a running series of notes plastered on a motorcycle on Bennington Street. Apart from the initial complaint written on the note above, … Continue reading →

Posted in Found Things, Transportation | 21 Comments

Muni Plan Will Give Bernal Heights the Short Bus

Posted on March 6, 2013 by

Neighbor Keith is a valiant regular aboard Muni’s 67 Bernal bus line, and he’s rather unthrilled about a service change announced this week: As a daily rider of the 67 – San Francisco’s friendliest bus route – I’m used to … Continue reading →

Posted in Government, Transportation | 18 Comments

Persistent Neighbor Declares Victory in Bus Shelter Quest

Posted on January 24, 2013 by

There’s a sexxxy new bus shelter on Mission Street at 30th, and you have Neighbor Robert to thank for it: I forwarded a note to you many months ago, as I was looking for community support ahead of a city … Continue reading →

Posted in Infrastructure, Transportation | 11 Comments

Bernal Journalist Publishes New Story About Madman Who (Literally) Drove Around the World

Posted on January 11, 2013 by

Here’s a locavore longread to carry you through the weekend. Bernal Heights writer and anticool motorist James Nestor has just published a terrific new story over at the Atavist. It’s a true tale of adventure and obsession (though not necessarily … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, History, Transportation | 1 Comment

Newfangled Electric Bike Hauls Xmas Cheer Up Bernal Hill

Posted on December 17, 2012 by

In days of yore, Bernal Heights residents brought their Christmas trees home either by recruiting teams of reindeer to haul the trees up Bernal Hill or by strapping the trees to the roofs of their internal-combustion vehicles. But that was … Continue reading →

Posted in Merchants, Transportation | 5 Comments

Neighbor Offers Ten Reasons Why New Muni Bus Stop on Crescent Really Sucks

Posted on November 28, 2012 by

The SFMTA plans to relocate a bus stop on Crescent at Anderson, and Neighbor Ryon feels under-consulted. He writes: Two weeks ago the MTA put up a sign to announce that the 23 line bus stop would move to a … Continue reading →

Posted in Government, Transportation | 70 Comments

Lost Big Rig Uses Bernal Hill as Temporary Truck Stop

Posted on October 22, 2012 by

Oopsie! A lost semi truck got very very stuck in the upper reaches of Bernal Hill on Saturday night. Neighbor Mark tells the story: A semi with a loooong trailer found itself unable to remove itself from the intersection of … Continue reading →

Posted in Bernal Hill, Calamity, Transportation | 4 Comments

Bernal Resident Creates RidePal, a Private-Shuttle Alternative for Everyone Else

Posted on October 11, 2012 by

Lately we have been somewhat obsessed with the secret network of private shuttles that ferry Google, Apple, Yahoo, and eBay employees to and from San Francisco and Silicon Valley. But what if you commute down the Peninsula, but don’t work … Continue reading →

Posted in Transportation | 1 Comment

Fashionable Photo Shoot at the Coso Street Cable Car Stop

Posted on October 9, 2012 by

Exciting news for Bernal Heights commuters: We just got a new cable car stop on Coso! Neighbor Becky filed this report yesterday: Cable cars on Coso street? Imagine my surprise to see a cable car running on Coso St. this … Continue reading →

Posted in Fashion, Photography, Transportation | 7 Comments

Bernal Biker Puts Buddhist Voodoo Hex on Motorcycle Vandal

Posted on October 3, 2012 by

The awesome note shown here was spotted this morning in Bernal, near Coleridge and Virginia. It seems that one of our neighborhood motorcycle owners had a spark plug stolen yesterday, and in response, said motorcycle owner placed a diabolical hex … Continue reading →

Posted in Crime, Found Things, Transportation | 13 Comments

Tech Shuttle Transit Map Reveals Hidden Logic of the Bernal Heights Real Estate Market

Posted on September 25, 2012 by

As Bernalwood has previously noted, there are some hidden dynamics at work in the North Bernal real estate market along the Cesar Chavez corridor, where home-price inflation has been fueled in part by the neighborhood’s proximity to the private shuttle-bus … Continue reading →

Posted in Infrastructure, Real Estate, Transportation | 19 Comments

Star Sighting: Shuttle Endeavour Soars Over Bernal Heights

Posted on September 21, 2012 by

Well, that was rather epic, wasn’t it? When we told you yesterday that the pilot of the Boeing 747 carrying the Space Shuttle Endeavour would be thinking of Bernal Heights as he flew over San Francisco, we weren’t kidding. But … Continue reading →

Posted in History, Photography, Science, Technology, Transportation | 21 Comments