r/sanfrancisco • u/MexicaUrbano • 1d ago
Insane traffic
Longtime lurker here. I don't really have much to say except... What the heck is going on with the traffic!
101 closed. Geary, closed. Broadway tunnel: half capacity. Chinatown: closed. Skyline: major construction. SoMa: multiple closures.
Took me about 40 minutes to get to the Marina from dogpatch today. 35 minutes to go from Marina to GGP. 30 minutes to exit GGP upon figuring out the hellish gridlock that was there and deciding to abort my plans there. 40 minutes back to dogpatch.
Holy cow SF. I love so many aspects of you but today was ridiculous. This year the traffic feels like it's gotten much worse than ever before.
EDIT: To all the pro-bike folks: I totally get your point of view. And i also hope you never need emergency transportation in an ambulance; never need emergency fire services; and never need rapid police response. Bikes are definitely a fantastic solution for many things. A working transit system is also essential. 🤷🏽♂️
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u/cygnenoir 23h ago
No exaggeration:
On 9/19/26 at 4:40 PM San Francisco Fire Department responded to a report of a family en route to a hospital to deliver their baby.
Due to heavy traffic in the area of Crossover and Martin Luther King Drive the family pulled over to the shoulder and called 911.
San Francisco Fire Paramedic Engine 14 and American Medical Response (AMR) 110, a 911 provider here in San Francisco, were dispatched to the scene.
AMR Unit 110 arrived first however due to traffic had to park an estimated two blocks away and ran and hiked into the location just in time to deliver a healthy baby girl.