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Listen: Car-Free JFK: Breaking news episode! – San Francisco Chronicle

Hosts Peter Hartlaub and Heather Knight break down the story after the mayor supported permanently keeping cars off John F. Kennedy Drive in Golden Gate Park

March 7, 2022

People attend a “Save JFK” rally on JFK Drive in Golden Gate Park on Saturday, February 12, 2022. Members of Walk SF organized the “Save JFK” rally to garner support in an effort to keep JFK Drive car free.
Nick Otto/Special to The Chronicle

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News broke late Monday morning that 1) the S.F. Rec and Parks Department recommends that John F. Kennedy Drive in Golden Gate Park remain closed to cars permanently; and 2) Mayor London Breed is endorsing the plan. 

Chronicle culture critic Peter Hartlaub and San Francisco columnist Heather Knight immediately got on the phone and recorded a podcast, talking about what the decisions means, how we got here and what kind of party the Total SF hosts will throw if the Board of Supervisors follow the recommendations and Car-Free JFK is forever after a 40-plus year fight. 

The road opened seven days a week at the beginning of the pandemic, to give bikers and walkers more open space.



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