SF’s Market Street to open to ride hailing services, much to the chagrin of some locals

AT THE INTERSECTION of San Francisco’s Market and Montgomery streets Tuesday, transit advocates congregated to voice their disdain about the city’s decision to open up the roadway to ride hailing services.

Several transit advocacy groups rallied together in the late afternoon and called upon San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie to reconsider his administration’s decision to reopen the city’s main thoroughfare to commercial traffic after banning most non-public transit vehicles five years ago during the COVID-19 pandemic. While the bells of streetcars and honks of Muni buses can still be heard traveling down the road, almost all other vehicles have been limited to certain crossing points going across Market Street.