San Francisco bans private cars on Market Street for walking, biking and transit

  • 📰 latimes
  • ⏱ Reading Time:
  • 7 sec. here
  • 2 min. at publisher
  • 📊 Quality Score:
  • News: 6%
  • Publisher: 82%

Business News News

Business Business Latest News,Business Business Headlines

Starting today, private cars are banned from a busy stretch of San Francisco's Market Street. That move is permanent and designed to ease traffic and give pedestrians, cyclists, buses and streetcars more room.

Another key detail for travelers: Uber, Lyft and other ride-hail company drivers are banned along with other private cars from that stretch of Market Street, but taxis are allowed. Also allowed: paratransit vehicles, buses, emergency vehicles, commercial vehicles and the route’s historic streetcars.

It has also been dangerous. In the last five years, transit officials say, this part of Market Street has averaged more than

 

Thank you for your comment. Your comment will be published after being reviewed.
Please try again later.

Time for this to be done on Broadway in DTLA. Or better yet, ban all cars in downtown and bring back street cars!

That mayor is so stupid!!

Can you still drop a deuce while shooting up on the sidewalk?

interesting that taxis are allowed, but uber and lyft isn't. guess we now know who's better connected at city hall campaign-donation wise. some cars are 'better' than others i suppose.

Weird to imagine this after so many years living near there.

Bravo SF... LA follows far behind

But do cyclists pay for registration fees?

the further left you go, the more disgust and sneering contempt there is for private cars, largely b/c they allow private citizens to travel at a time and in a manner of THEIR choice, instead of being dependent on the State to come and pick you up.....when THEY choose.

Banning private cars from Market Street will make it much safer for the homeless to hangout, live and to relieve themselves.

It should also free up more room for the homeless as well

We have summarized this news so that you can read it quickly. If you are interested in the news, you can read the full text here. Read more:

 /  🏆 11. in BUSİNESS

Business Business Latest News, Business Business Headlines

Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.

For airlines, China boom now exposes them to risk as coronavirus slams marketChina's growth has helped power a global aviation boom over the last decade... With recycled air and the claims the virus can be spread before symptoms are displayed, aren't flights in and out still posing a huge risk for all countries? During the time of Lunar New Year, the Spring festival of China, a deadly outbreak of the coronavirus has emerged in the city of Wuhan. The question then arises,'What is the coronavirus? How dangerous is it?.' Facts Coronavirus Health Epidemic
Source: Reuters - 🏆 2. / 97 Read more »

Kobe Bryant's winning skills captivated fans in the NBA's huge China marketKobe Bryant captivated fans in China, a massive market for the NBA. “The Lakers player wearing No. 24 caught my attention right away, because he was taking on all five players from the other team by himself!” one fan remembers. In China? ( The basket would only be 2 feet off the ground then?)
Source: latimes - 🏆 11. / 82 Read more »

Coronavirus fears send stocks lower—what Cramer and other Wall Street pros are watchingWorries around China's coronavirus outbreak pushed the major averages lower on Monday as market commentators gauged its overall impact on stocks. TradingNation Fucking stop tweeting TradingNation TradingNation How come no one is talking about how this virus started, which is really a core issue. All the diseases usually start from China and unsanitary conditions.
Source: CNBC - 🏆 12. / 72 Read more »