U.S. San Francisco Mayor London Breed on Friday announced the city's Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) will offer free, roundtrip transportation for people traveling to receive their COVID-19 vaccine.
This program is part of the city's efforts to make it convenient for people to receive the COVID-19 vaccine, and complements the city's strategy to deliver vaccines equitably and locate vaccination sites in areas that are accessible by public transportation, the announcement said.
"We've created a network of COVID-19 vaccination sites in San Francisco with the capacity to vaccinate at least 10,000 people a day and we're working to bring vaccines to those communities that have been most impacted," said Breed. "We're making roundtrip travel to vaccination appointments free and further reducing the barriers that might keep someone from getting vaccinated."
Starting from Feb. 23, anyone traveling to receive their vaccination will be able to ride the city's public transit system Muni to and from their appointment for free, regardless of which site they go to, including the vaccination sites outside of San Francisco in the Bay Area.
"Getting San Franciscans vaccinated is the City's highest priority at the moment, and we're doing our part to support saving lives and saving jobs," said Jeffrey Tumlin, SFMTA Director of Transportation.
Health care providers in San Francisco and the Department of Public Health are currently vaccinating people 65 and older and health care workers.
