One of San Francisco's most recognizable fixtures will be back in service later this year.
The city's famed and historic cable cars are on track to return this fall, Mayor London Breed announced Tuesday.
The Powell-Hyde line will be the first line back in early September.
"The fact is, we want people to have great experiences here in San Francisco and nothing says San Francisco like a cable car ride," Breed said. "San Francisco, this is our gift to you."
The announcement comes on the same day that San Francisco, along with the rest of the state, fully reopened, lifting many of its COVID-19 restrictions.
"The people of this city came together like never before to make this a reality," she said. "We got through this. We should be so proud of the work we did. Now is the time to take full advantage of the fact that our city is reopening to people, to visitors alike."
Prior to the full restoration, conductors will be running mock-service in August which the public will be allowed to board free of charge and can offer feedback on their experience. There will be capacity limits on those rides.
SFMTA Director Jeffrey Tumlin said the fact that cable cars are able to return at all is largely thanks to federal funding.
"That has allowed us to avoid massive service cuts and stabilize," he explained. "It's not quite enough to get us where we were before, but it's allowed us to stabilize."
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