In yet another betrayal of the city's Vision Zero and Transit First commitments, Mayor Lurie clears Waymo, Lyft, Uber to turn Market Street back into a traffic sewer:

"The mayor's escalation of his plan to add even more cars to Market Street while cutting Muni service will hurt public transit riders and downtown recovery alike," said Dylan Fabris, community and policy manager at San Francisco Transit Riders. "If the mayor wants to be taken seriously on his commitment to help Muni's -- and San Francisco's -- recovery, he should be looking for ways to get cars out of the way of transit rather than inviting luxury chauffeurs into the heart of our city's transit network." [...]

"Bringing cars back to Market Street won't solve downtown's problems, but it will make Muni slower for transit riders and the street less safe for everyone who walks and bikes," said Robin Pam, executive director of Streets For All San Francisco. "Market Street could be San Francisco's grand boulevard again, but to get there we have to look to the future for solutions, not the past."

"Over the years, there have been so many cyclist injuries and fatalities due to people driving carelessly on Market Street. The mayor likely has no knowledge of the lives lost over the decades and why Market Street became car-free in the first place," said Paul Valdez, main organizer of Ride of Silence San Francisco. "Any future cyclist injuries or deaths will be on his hands."

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