Bay Area transit agencies are seeing ridership climb, with some systems now getting close to pre-pandemic levels.
New figures from the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) show Muni averaged 529,000 weekday boardings in March, up from 510,000 in February and 504,000 in January. The agency says that puts weekday ridership at 79% of March 2019 levels. Weekend ridership is even closer to a full recovery, at 99% of March 2019 levels. Overall, Muni recorded 14.9 million boardings in March…