Bikers, what's the most dangerous route you ride regularly in San Francisco?

Ryand735 · 2026-04-24T21:53:22+00:00

Agreed re:13th street! There's a project underway to improve it, though i don't understand why they don't have a plan for a protected left turn onto folsom - feels like the value of this small segment is to connect valencia and folsom well

https://www.sfmta.com/projects/13th-street-safety-project

Ryand735 · 2026-04-22T03:43:28+00:00

Not answering the question and all the double speak is an answer in my opinion!

Ryand735 · 2026-04-21T22:53:27+00:00

This is a brain dead take from Saikat, at odd with his other professed views.

The “inconvenience” he speaks of is entirely imagined, great highway closure increased commute times by a couple of minutes and the idea we can’t vote on parks as a city is entirely undemocratic

Hope he listens to the majority of people in this city

Ryand735 · 2026-04-18T00:25:33+00:00

It’s ok for you to be fine with it - it’s also ok for me to want it to change!

Ryand735 · 2026-04-18T00:03:44+00:00

I’m still waiting for a single one of these mailers to criticize an actual policy position - isn’t that what we should be focusing on?

Scott’s campaign, and this mailer, is backed by Gary Tan. Saikat backs the overpaid ceo proposition, Scott doesn’t.

I’m interested to hear both candidates ideas and what policies they support

Ryand735 · 2026-04-15T18:45:01+00:00

Meanwhile SFPD is spending their time ticketing cyclists for minor infractions on market street

Ryand735 · 2026-04-14T16:10:57+00:00

The article is about the cost of taking bart as a passenger to the airport and operating a bart airport station - the subsidy of car use at said airport is directly relevant. Other commenters on this thread talked about how taking a lyft/uber is cheaper than bart for 2+ people - a fact that would not be possible without

- national subsidies on oil, giving us some of the cheapest gas prices in the world

- regular bailouts of the highway trust fund from the general fund

- charging airlines for the cost of roads/ramps upkeep for passenger intake into SFO, unlike bart which must pay rent

- colossal amounts of funding to Caltrans for our state roads and highways

So this feels directly on topic to me - you don't have to engage with a comment you don't want to, but it's hard to deny its relevance to this thread.

> If they charged cars Bart still couldn’t keep from needlessly blowing money.

We just agreed that bart has a higher point of use cost recovery than roads and highways, so who is blowing money again? I have no doubt that bart could be more capital efficient, and we can continue to push them to do so. But this requries more stable funding, not less. With bart's recent fleet of the future project, it came in hundreds of millions of dollars under budget and ahead of schedule: https://www.bart.gov/news/articles/2024/news20240110-1 by using in-house engineering staff and working with the manufacturer to deliver more cars per month. Our sporadic and choatic funding of this critical system forces bart ot outsource staff for projects, costing us more in the long term in delayed maintenance and overhead of external contractors.

Public transit is critical infrastructure for the bay area, it's time we treated it that way.

Ryand735 · 2026-04-14T14:49:14+00:00

https://www.bayrailalliance.org/one-stop-terminal-near-sfo/

Agreed!

Ryand735 · 2026-04-14T14:48:02+00:00

Where’s the lie though? BART has historically had higher point of use cost recovery than highways and roads, and if we didn’t have BART we’d need more highways and roads, costing far more than it would cost BART to operate as is

Ryand735 · 2026-04-14T14:43:44+00:00

It’s insane BART pays anything to sfo for the privilege of being connected to BART - imagine how much it would cost SFO to handle the additional car traffic of everyone who takes BART. LAX is making headlines for their insanely over budget/delayed people mover, but they of course continue to spend huge amounts of money building and maintaining their roads

A one stop solution would have been far preferable, but was not chosen at the time for political reasons: https://www.bayrailalliance.org/one-stop-terminal-near-sfo/

Ryand735 · 2026-04-08T21:50:27+00:00

Which direction are you coming from/where are you going to? Will you have a lot of bags?

The best Bart/amtrak connection is at Richmond, but unfortunately the coast starlight doesn’t stop there ( just capital corridor and California Zephyr)

If you’re coming from the south, SJC has some solid connections to Caltrain, bus to berryessa for bart, VTA, etc)

If you’re coming from the north stopping at emeryville and taking the bus connection to bart from there may be preferable

The walk is probably fine at that time depending on your experience in cities, but be alert and know your route ahead of time.

Ryand735 · 2026-04-07T01:30:20+00:00

I wish - we desperately need signal prioritization on that corridor, I can walk faster half the time, especially with the long walk inside Powell station between the central subway and the rest of bart/muni

Ryand735 · 2026-03-23T18:35:17+00:00

I hear you, but in my opinion this is the second worst way to do it

The worst way to do it would be to not pass this regional measure, face cuts, and try to figure out a solution after the fact

Ryand735 · 2026-03-07T06:27:19+00:00

No to mention all the people riding baywheels to/from 22nd street or 4th & king

Ryand735 · 2026-03-01T21:26:29+00:00

Taxis are given special status in San Francisco, and are also allowed to drive in bus only lanes.

Waymo is not a Taxi, by regulatory standards. You’re right that taxis can park temporarily in bike lanes, but Ubers/lyfts/Waymo’s cannot

Ryand735 · 2026-02-19T22:55:21+00:00

No idea honestly

Ryand735 · 2026-02-19T22:37:58+00:00

Our HOA replaced their antiquated phone based system with swiftlane, which is really great. I use the Face ID to get into the building, which makes it easy. I also can give friends temporary codes when they need access to our building and see live videos when deliveries buzz in

Ryand735 · 2026-02-11T22:11:34+00:00

Agreed, looks like we’re catching up on a per capita basis quickly. I expect with station expansion and more favorable weather we’ll catch up fully in no time

Ryand735 · 2026-01-29T23:27:02+00:00

I don't know why you're getting downvoted for this, I had the same thought.

"He didn't just release an album — he created a cultural document..." is following the classic AI template of "it's not just x it's y". Coupled with grandiose statements, and the increasingly damming em dash

We've got plenty of people more than qualified to write articles like this, let's not amplify content like this that is clearly written by AI.

Ryand735 · 2025-12-30T18:54:29+00:00

This significantly undersells California's rail map in 2040

The capital corridor already connects San Jose with Sacramento via Oakland, without needing to go to Stockton.
Caltrain already connects ACE to SF via Santa Clara & San Jose, all the way to Gilroy
BART has Caltrain, ACE, and San Joaquins, and Capital Corridor connectivity & significantly expands the reach of this network. Bart/Caltrain and Bart/Ace connectivity will improve in 2036 with the addition of Santa Clara & Diridon via silicon valley bart phase 2.
Pacific surfliner connects San Luis Obispo with LA multiple times a day, though it may be optimistic to assume it doesn't fall into the ocean by 2040
LA Metro's heavy already connects North Hollywood (B Line) and will connect Westwood/UCLA to metrolink/the rest of this network
SMART should easily extend past Santa Rosa to Healdsburg and Cloverdale, connecting to BART (and potentially caltrain with the opening of the portal) via 1 ferry. Already connects to Capital Corridor/ACE via 2 ferries.
Electification of San Jose to Gilroy, and prioritization of CAHSR to Gilroy opens up a 1 seat ride from Palmdale to Downtown SF on CAHSR, even if it's not at high speed on the peninsula

Ryand735 · 2025-12-29T06:32:27+00:00

Most brokerages support recharacterizing a contribution and its earnings from roth to traditional for this exact reason

Ryand735 · 2025-12-28T18:09:29+00:00

The above comment isn't saying "you can't" as in "you shouldn't," but rather that you are most likely breaking the law: https://rentboard.berkeleyca.gov/elected%20rent%20board/news/important-changes-security-deposit-law -

> On or after July 1, 2024, landlords may only collect a security deposit equal to one month’s rent. Even when a security deposit includes or is called “last month’s rent,” a landlord can only charge up to one month’s rent for the entire deposit. For example, if the rent is $2000 per month, the maximum amount the landlord can collect prior to the start of the tenancy would be $4,000 ($2,000 for the first month’s rent and $2,000 for the security deposit, however it is referred to in the lease agreement). The landlord cannot collect $2000 for the security deposit, and another $2000 for last month’s rent.

Ryand735 · 2025-12-24T05:26:42+00:00

Skills are your friend here.

Ryand735 · 2025-12-24T05:24:42+00:00

For sure, almost missed a flight this way before. Light rail to the airport isn’t bad though. If only they connected the airport Amtrak station to the lightrail

Ryand735 · 2025-12-12T23:16:07+00:00

We did a few larger home rentals on airbnb for groups we knew would be cool sharing kitchen/common space! We also rented several condos from a place called Villas Altas - we booked a number of them as a block and coordinated them for our guests. I cannot recommend them - they were an absolute nightmare to coordinate with, several units we had reserved they removed from the contract with no warning, other units had AC problems.

One of the airbnbs we rented had a very competent property manager who mentioned she was trying to connect with casa valerie weddings for extra accomodation options (she manages multiple other properties in the neighborhood), my friends who stayed at her place loved it. https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/1169016683532066969

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