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Rachel Swan

Rachel Swan

Investigative Reporter at San Francisco Chronicle

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Recent Articles

sfchronicle.com

Waymo traffic jam goes viral: Robotaxis butt heads on dead-end S.F. street

In the video two of the robotaxis are wedged together with fenders touching and emergency blinkers flashing, obstructing traffic in both directions. A third Waymo is unable to get past the other...
17 days ago
sfchronicle.com

‘It’s like the lottery’: The AI boom has created parking chaos in t...

The AI boom has created a frenzy in San Francisco, bringing wealth and brain power to the city. Yet, in the Mission District, it’s exacerbated a problem: Where to put all these cars?
19 days ago
sfchronicle.com

California EV drivers could now get a $490 ticket if they break thi...

Although these perks officially ended on Oct. 1, after Congress declined to pass legislation to extend them, the California Highway Patrol gave people a grace period to adjust their habits.
25 days ago
sfchronicle.com

Gen Z chases Black Friday nostalgia in S.F., finds a sparse downtow...

Black Friday doesn’t manifest the same way it did two decades ago, when people camped in parking lots and fought each other to get into department stores. But the tradition hasn’t died yet,...
27 days ago
sfchronicle.com

Muni ridership hit post-pandemic high in October, thanks to a popul...

Muni marked its highest ridership since the pandemic in October, with more than 15 million boardings on buses and trains throughout San Francisco.
29 days ago
sfchronicle.com

S.F. to install new infrastructure to slow cars on 141 city streets

Work on San Francisco streets has begun as SFMTA crews install new infrastructure to slow cars throughout the city.
about 1 month ago
sfchronicle.com

California kills program that offered up to $2,000 for new e-bikes ...

California environmental officials have quietly pulled the plug on a popular voucher program to help people buy electric bikes.
about 1 month ago
sfchronicle.com

Zoox launches a free robotaxi service in San Francisco. Here’s how ...

Passengers can initially ride for free and provide feedback to Zoox, which will consider insights as they tweak the design and the technology before operating on a larger scale in the city.
about 1 month ago
sfchronicle.com

Waymo expands robotaxi service to Bay Area freeways and airports

Waymo robotaxis, already ubiquitous on San Francisco streets, will now coast along freeways that link SoMa to Silicon Valley and two major airports.
about 1 month ago
sfchronicle.com

Costco Singles Night promised real-life romance — until an AI datin...

Fed up with online dating, 200 singles in San Francisco turned to the aisles of Costco to find love. But there was also a twist.
about 2 months ago
sfchronicle.com

Did Waymo misidentify an S.F. doctor as a terrorist? New lawsuit al...

Dr. Nasser Mohamed, a human rights and LGBTQ activist who runs a primary care practice near Japantown, has filed a lawsuit against Waymo’s parent company, Alphabet.
about 2 months ago
sfchronicle.com

SFO travel could worsen as U.S. plans 10% air traffic cut amid shut...

Travel through SFO could become even more chaotic this weekend as federal officials plan to cut nationwide air traffic by 10% if Congress fails to reach a deal to end the ongoing federal shutdown.
about 2 months ago
sfchronicle.com

How a cat named KitKat became San Francisco’s latest symbol of anti...

This isn’t the first time driverless car technology has been demonized in San Francisco, but it took the death of a cat to really galvanize — and divide — the public.
about 2 months ago
sfchronicle.com

A Waymo robotaxi killed a beloved S.F. cat. Now a city supervisor w...

The supervisor’s expected resolution would push for voters to approve of driverless vehicles operating in their cities.
about 2 months ago
sfchronicle.com

New stretch of California Highway 101 finally opened. Drivers say i...

Suddenly, motorists who find themselves jammed up on Highway 101 peer out their windows at a tantalizing sight: The diamond lane appears to be empty.
about 2 months ago
sfchronicle.com

This Bay Area prodigy helped pioneer the digital world of chess. It...

The 29-year-old chess grandmaster, who died this month, brought the game into a new streaming era, with sometimes toxic consequences.
about 2 months ago
sfchronicle.com

Uber to launch a robotaxi service in San Francisco. Here’s when

Autonomous ride-hailing, long dominated by Waymo, has become a more competitive industry in recent months, with Zoox opening an East Bay factory and more companies entering San Francisco.
about 2 months ago
sfchronicle.com

Spiking cost of catalytic converters is shocking car mechanics. Exp...

Auto parts merchants throughout San Francisco are baffled by the spiking costs of catalytic converters, an essential and often stolen emissions-control device between a car’s engine and muffler.
2 months ago
sfchronicle.com

New Trump rule may require airline travelers to assign themselves a...

Air travelers with a gender-neutral “X” on their passports may now be asked to assign themselves “male” or “female,” under a Trump administration executive order that took effect this...
2 months ago
sfchronicle.com

Waymo is being investigated by the feds for a robotaxi illegally pa...

An incident in which a Waymo vehicle illegally passed a school bus has put the driverless car company under a microscope again, this time catching the attention of federal regulators.
2 months ago
sfchronicle.com

San Francisco got $2.3 million in state funding to build a bike lan...

The delay of this bike lane is significant: San Francisco now risks being assessed negative points on future applications for state housing grants, after blowing its commitments on this one.
2 months ago