Rachel Swan
@rswansf.bsky.social
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San Francisco Chronicle reporter. Mother of daughters. Pedestrian but aspirational.
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Rachel Swan
@rswansf.bsky.social
· Oct 3
Will this YIMBY bill put more homes near transit? Our map shows where housing could be built
Housing advocates who viewed SB79 as a potential sea change say it became diluted during the political process. The bill’s primary sponsor calls it a “a remarkably strong bill.”
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Rachel Swan
@rswansf.bsky.social
· Oct 1
Reposted by Rachel Swan
This viral app is tracking San Francisco’s parking cops in real time—SFMTA is ramping up citations for everything from blocking driveways, to overstaying at meters, to commandeering bus stops. www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/p... @rswansf.bsky.social @sfchronicle.com
This viral app is tracking San Francisco’s parking cops in real time
A software engineer launched the app at a moment when the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency is ramping up citations for everything from blocking driveways to overstaying at meters.
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Julie Johnson
@jjreport.bsky.social
· Sep 29
California’s EV carpool era is coming to an end. Will it unleash traffic chaos?
The era of driving Priuses or Teslas in carpool lanes ending this week is no joke for drivers who counted on the coveted perk. But, oddly, the idea for this program came from comedian Larry David.
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Rachel Swan
@rswansf.bsky.social
· Aug 30
Is Las Vegas really dead? Tourism slump a warning for Bay Area and beyond
If the house can’t win in Las Vegas, where can it? On the Vegas Strip, a slowdown in tourism could foreshadow more trouble to come in the Bay Area and throughout the United States.
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Rachel Swan
@rswansf.bsky.social
· Aug 27
‘Absolutely brain dead’: High-speed rail advocates push back as Trump administration cuts more funding
The $175 million cut would target four infrastructure projects, including the downtown extension into San Francisco. It comes on top of $4 billion withdrawn earlier this summer.
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Marisa Ingemi
@mingemi.bsky.social
· Aug 20
Rachel Swan
@rswansf.bsky.social
· Aug 20
Want to take an air taxi to Tahoe? The option could be here sooner than you think
Competing Silicon Valley companies are vying to bring the first air taxis to market. It could usher in an era of Uber-like flights, and taking off from the roofs of parking garages.
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Rachel Swan
@rswansf.bsky.social
· Aug 18
He went to prison and turned his life around. Now can he fix BART?
There was a time the BART board was a sort of retirement community for small-city mayors or commissioners seeking to preserve their power and influence. Now it’s filled with earnest transit...
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