Muni Metro subway service returns on Saturday, but still faces a long road to full recovery
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A Muni T-Third Street train passes another train going the opposite direction on Third Street in San Francisco.Stephen Lam/The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
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Passengers wait for the Muni T-Third Street train at Embarcadero Station in San Francisco.Stephen Lam/The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
On a recent weekday morning, a T-Third Muni Metro train offloaded its masked riders at downtown San Francisco’s Embarcadero Station, where they rode up the escalators to Market Street for work or to connect to other transit lines.
S.F. is one step closer to fare-free Muni this summer
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Muni 14 Mission bus stop along Mission Street at 8th Street in San Francisco, Calif., on Monday, April 19, 2021. Muni implemented one of its first emergency transit-only lanes that the agency says has helped improved bus travel times during the pandemic. Muni is planning on making some of these transit-only lanes permanent.Scott Strazzante/The Chronicle
Fare-free Muni this summer is one step closer, though the proposal’s fate will hinge on more procedural votes before becoming reality.
The proposal by Supervisors Dean Preston and Matt Haney to test free fares on Muni transit in a pilot program from July through September cleared its first bureaucratic hurdle Wednesday after gaining approval from City Hall’s Budget and Appropriations Committee.
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Will Golden Gate Park s JFK Drive reopen to cars? S.F. has taken its next step to find the answer
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Bicyclists and walkers wear masks and spread out to maintain social distance on JFK Drive, which is closed to thru traffic, at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco.Paul Chinn/The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
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Bicyclists and walkers wear masks and spread out to maintain social distance on JFK Drive in Golden Gate Park.Paul Chinn/The Chronicle 2020Show MoreShow Less
The San Francisco County Transportation Authority on Tuesday approved a panel’s report that will guide the city’s effort to resolve the fate of Golden Gate Park’s John F. Kennedy Drive, the eastern portion of which has remained closed to car traffic during much of the pandemic.
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S.F. will resume towing delinquent cars. Advocates say this will derail the lives of city s poor
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After suspending so-called “poverty tows” during the pandemic, San Francisco is set to resume the practice on May 17.Santiago Mejia / The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
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Ron Trathen stands outside his motor home parked on Bayshore Boulevard.Ricardo Cano/The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
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Ron Trathen outside his motor home parked on San Francisco’s Bayshore Boulevard. Trathen recently had two vehicles towed by the city for expired registration. The city will resume enforcing some towing violations May 17.Ricardo Cano / The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
How working from home could actually make Bay Area traffic worse
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Morning commuter traffic backs up on Interstate 80 westbound in Berkeley on April 6. A year after the pandemic caused traffic across the bay to drop by 50%, it s nearly back to pre-pandemic normal.Jessica Christian/The Chronicle
In a pandemic year filled with untold horribleness, being allowed to skip the office commute and work remotely from home has clearly been an isolated bright spot for many.
When The Chronicle asked you to chime in last week on how things should change as COVID-19 restrictions wind down, ensuring flexible work-from-home policies stay permanent was easily your most popular response. So obvious was the appeal of this idea, in fact, that not a single person bothered to explain why it was so important.