No traffic, no problems: Chase Center’s transit push strikes sweet note for Metallica concert

Traffic? What traffic?

Metallica fans by the thousands flooded Chase Center arena’s opening night, Friday, but few found themselves stuck in bumper-to-bumper madness.

Instead, an estimated 16,000 concert-goers seemingly got the message: Don’t drive near the arena.

They rode gliding Muni trains. They head-banged aboard swift-moving bus shuttles. They crested waves aboard ferries. They pedaled atop bikes. They canoodled romantically in pedicab carriages. They zoomed on e-scooters.