"Mayor Daniel Lurie is taking a high-stakes gamble with Market Street and Downtown's recovery by unilaterally allowing private cars on Car-Free Market Street-the section of Market Street between The Embarcadero and 10th Street- baselessly claiming it will boost economic recovery. With this dangerous private car policy, Mayor Lurie will decrease the number of people who can safely and efficiently get to Market Street, induce car traffic, make Muni slower and less reliable, and increase roadway crashes, fatalities, and injuries."
"Advocates are planning a protest rally Tuesday/today at the northwest corner of the intersection of Market and Montgomery Streets from 5-6 p.m. Advocates will take action to demand that Mayor Lurie reverse this decision and keep Market car-free. Carrying signs and banners for "Market Street for the People", pedestrians and transit riders will continually cross around the Market and Montgomery Street intersection while bicyclists ride up and down Market Street nearby."
"The mayor's escalation of his plan to add even more cars to Market Street while cutting Muni service will hurt public transit riders and downtown recovery alike. If the mayor wants to be taken seriously on his commitment to help Muni's-and San Francisco's-recovery, he should be looking for ways to get cars out of the way of transit rather than inviting luxury chauffeurs into the heart of our city's transit network."
Waymos and some Ubers and Lyfts are now cleared to operate on Market Street with limited hours and restricted drop-off locations. The rollback affects the car-free section between The Embarcadero and 10th Street and is accelerating. Advocates plan a protest rally Tuesday, August 26, 5–6 p.m., at the northwest corner of Market and Montgomery Streets to demand reversal of the decision and preservation of a car-free Market. Streets Forward, Walk San Francisco, and San Francisco Transit Riders warned that allowing private cars will reduce safe access, slow Muni, induce traffic, increase crashes, and harm transit and downtown recovery. Supporters can email Mayor Lurie via the "Keep Market Street Moving" website.
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