The Urban Legend

What color is your Bugatti? Pipeline into the manisphere

Oliver Yeaman, Staff writer • February 6, 2023

What is a pipeline? Millions of teenagers flock to social media sites every day seeking entertainment, socialization and validation. However, influencers frequently prey on that validation that many...

Opinion: SF must evolve past the automobile

Cooper Makhijani, Staff Writer • May 10, 2021

The average San Franciscan spends 83 hours every year looking for parking. That’s more than two full work weeks. During those 83 hours, $1,735 of wasted fuel is burned, generating carbon dioxide pollution....

From Auto Showrooms to Movie Theaters: The History of Van Ness Avenue

Phoebe Grandi, Visuals Editor • May 7, 2019

On February 17, 2019, the AMC Van Ness Theater on Van Ness Avenue and O’Farrell Street closed for good. Every time I drove past the movie theater for the next two weeks, I was immediately filled with...

Inside the minds of Uber drivers

Kian Nassre, Editor in Chief, Visuals • June 6, 2018

Alex* arrived at Page and Masonic at 2:50 pm, the perfume of the old woman he had just dropped off at Whole Foods lingering in his black Toyota Camry, to pick up his next client: me. Instead of commencing...

Urban students’ road to independence through driving

Katie Jonckheer, Staff Writer • December 8, 2015

One would think that teenagers living in a city bustling with so much public transportation may be less inclined to drive their own cars. The city is already crowded as it is, which makes dealing with...

Book Review: Lost on China’s Whirlwind Roads

Zachary Ngin, Book Critic • December 1, 2015

Electricity flickers across the earth, triggering the annihilation of old China — 9.9 tons of dynamite. They are building a new Economic Development Zone in Zhejiang Province, and they’ve already leveled...