The mayor proposes allowing Uber, Lyft, and Waymo vehicles on a section of Market Street long closed to private cars under the Better Market Street plan. Private vehicles stopping in travel lanes to pick up passengers would force Muni buses to stop, degrading transit efficiency and creating safety hazards. Data and company behavior indicate rideshare services reduce public transit ridership and aim to supplant Muni. Reopening mid‑Market to private vehicles would increase crashes, noise, and pedestrian danger, reversing prior reductions in collisions and the associated lives saved. Some businesses seek more car access to attract customers.
More than a dozen people appeared before the San Francisco Municipal Transit Agency Board today to urge the members to do their jobs. The speakers, including transit, bicycle, and union activists, said that mayor should not have the authority to unilaterally allow Uber, Lyft, and Waymo vehicles on a part of Market Street that the MTA has long closed to private cars.
But speakers noted that having private vehicles on the street would do exactly that: Uber, Lyft, and Waymo often stop right in the middle of the road to pick up passengers when there is no curb space (and there isn't and won't be much on mid-Market). That forces Muni buses to stop and wait. Sue Vaughn, who wrote about this here, said that Lurie was allowing 'vehicles that have as their goal the extinction of Muni' to take over Market Street.
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