{"id":11510,"date":"2022-07-11T10:28:37","date_gmt":"2022-07-11T17:28:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/?p=11510"},"modified":"2022-07-11T10:28:38","modified_gmt":"2022-07-11T17:28:38","slug":"muni-bus-21-hayes-to-golden-gate-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/muni-bus-21-hayes-to-golden-gate-park\/","title":{"rendered":"SF residents celebrate return of Muni 21-Hayes bus to Golden Gate Park"},"content":{"rendered":"
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By Bay City News<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

San Francisco residents celebrated the return of the Muni 21-Hayes bus to Golden Gate Park, especially those living in the Western Addition, Hayes Valley and Tenderloin neighborhoods, while parkgoers took their first ride on adaptive bicycles on John F. Kennedy Drive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saturday's celebration was announced by the San Francisco Recreation and Park District (SFRPD) and the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Advocates for transit riders, seniors, and people with disabilities boarded the 21-Hayes bus at Alamo Square for a community ride with representatives from SFRPD and SFMTA and Supervisor Dean Preston, who supported the reinstatement of the line, which had been suspended since March 2020. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The slightly modified new route runs every 20 minutes from Grove and Hyde streets near Civic Center Station and the main library to St. Mary's Hospital, just across the street from the east end of Golden Gate Park, including the car-free JFK Drive. It is one of three mainline routes back in service, which also includes the 6-Haight-Parnassus and 2-Sutter lines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAfter a long wait, I am happy to welcome these neighborhood bus lines back,\u201d said Mayor London Breed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAs our city continues to recover from the impacts brought on by the pandemic, we must ensure that it is easier for all residents to access all that San Francisco has to offer, especially our public spaces. Restoring Muni to pre-pandemic levels and providing equitable alternative modes of transportation will help us deliver on our promise to create a more accessible San Francisco.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For his part, Supervisor Preston detailed that \u201cpublic transportation is fundamental to our city. I am delighted to celebrate the return of these essential bus lines, including my daily commute: the 21 Hayes.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis has been a difficult time for transit riders, operators, and all the workers who keep transit running. I greatly appreciate the remarkable coalition of advocates who successfully pushed for the return of these lines, and I look forward to continuing to champion efforts to restore and expand transit in our city,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On Saturday, at Golden Gate Park, community members hopped on the park\u2019s free shuttle to watch a demonstration of the Bay Area Recreation and Outreach Program\u2019s Adaptive Cycling Program, which was launched.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The free program matches people with disabilities with adaptive bicycles by reservation. BORP Cycling Center houses one of the largest collections of adaptive bicycles in the world, including handcycles, recumbents, side-by-side tandems and other models. The program serves children, youth and adults with physical and visual disabilities, as well as their family members and friends.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cGolden Gate Park belongs to everyone, and we are delivering on our promise to improve access to its treasures,\u201d said Phil Ginsburg, general manager of the San Francisco Recreation and Park District.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe Adaptive Cycling Program means that park visitors, regardless of disability, can reap the benefits of nature while enjoying an exciting workout at car-free JFK,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe are listening to the community and know there is strong support for both a robust transit system and improved access to the parks,\u201d said Jeffrey Tumlin, SFMTA\u2019s director of transportation. \u201cWe are pleased to support healthy transportation options for all San Franciscans traveling to and around Golden Gate Park, especially those with limited mobility options.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Adaptive Cycling Program will run from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. by appointment from April through October. Locations will alternate between Music Concourse in Golden Gate Park next to the new accessible shell lot and Great Highway at Judah Street.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To reserve a bicycle, interested parties may contact BORP Cycling Center at (510) 848-2930 or cycling@borp.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Por Bay City News Los residentes de San Francisco celebraron el regreso del autob\u00fas Muni 21-Hayes al parque Golden Gate, sobre todos aquellos que viven en los vecindarios de Western Addition, Hayes Valley y Tenderloin, mientras que los visitantes del lugar de esparcimiento dieron su primer paseo en bicicletas adaptadas en el John F. Kennedy […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":11511,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,14,78],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-11510","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-community","8":"category-cover","9":"category-san-francisco"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11510","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11510"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11510\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11512,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11510\/revisions\/11512"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11511"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11510"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11510"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11510"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}