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From KQED.

From KQED. From KQED Public Radio in San Francisco, I'm Alexis Madrigal.

San Francisco used to be a ferry town.

Before the Golden Gate Bridge and before the Bay Bridge,

San Francisco's ferry building was the symbol of the city,

and the waters were teeming with commuters heading across the bay.

In recent years, there's been a resurgence of ferry service,

with ridership popping up over 5 million passengers a year in the late odds.

Then came COVID.

While all public transit fell off a cliff,

the ferries were hit particularly hard.

The boats to Marin lost 95% of their riders.

But despite the Delta variant, they're coming back,

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