COVID Road To Recovery: How To Get Wary Bay Area Commuters Back On Public Transit CBS SF Bay Area 2 hrs ago Syndicated Local – CBS San Francisco SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX) – A lack of passengers during the pandemic decimated public transportation this past year with ridership plummeting to around 5 percent. Now, transit agencies are grappling with how to get commuters to come back. For many people the idea of returning to the office is a psychological barrier itself these days, but if you really want to make people uncomfortable, just ask them how they feel about returning to packed public transit. “Getting back on public transportation, even being vaccinated, it still makes me a little bit anxious,” said Jonathan Horowitz of San Francisco.