Destination San Francisco: Muni Gets You to All the Sights

Destination San Francisco: Muni Gets You to All the Sights
By

Photo depicting a Muni bus next to Coit Tower.

39 Coit servicing Coit Tower at Telegraph Hill – one of the routes that will be returning in August 2021 as part of Muni’s next service changes.

San Francisco is reopening and the SFMTA is supporting economic recovery by providing Muni access to 98% of the city. By August 2021, a majority of our pre-COVID routes will be back in service connecting residents and visitors with world-class shopping and dining experiences, off-the-beaten-path local flare, diverse neighborhoods and almost boundless outdoor activities.

Shops, Markets & Dining in Diverse Neighborhoods

Virtually every neighborhood in San Francisco has its own boutique shopping and dining experiences, as well as unique farmers markets showcasing local shops and amenities.

With service to 24th Street in the city’s Latino Cultural District, the 67 Bernal Heights (restored August 2020) will take you to Alemany’s Saturday Farmers Market and Sunday Flea Market.

Or groove on the 22 Fillmore (original Core Service route) through the Fillmore District – once known as the Harlem of the West – through the heart of the Mission for one of San Francisco’s world-famous burritos. Beginning August 14, 2021, late-night service will be extended to midnight on the 22 Fillmore and several other routes.

Take the 1 California (original Core Service route) from Embarcadero Center to the Richmond District, where you’ll find boutiques, quaint cafes, cozy restaurants, bakeries and a vibrant weekend farmers market. Then ride the 38 Geary or 38R Geary Rapid (original Core Service routes) to Japantown for a crepe and take home a bonsai tree to cultivate your COVID-19 green thumb.

The KT Ingleside-Third Street (restored May 2021) connects Ingleside to Mission Bay and several Hunter’s Point-Bayview markets, passing through the Dogpatch where customers can find classic beignets and new sports bars. With proximity to the ballpark, Chase Center and waterfront, experience food, culture and local artistry in San Francisco’s historic African American neighborhoods.

Want to explore the culinary heart of Chinatown? Catch the 45 Union (restored August 2020) or 8 Bayshore (modified May 2021) to Chinatown’s fresh produce and seafood markets.

You can get an authentic taste of Italy in North Beach – one of San Francisco’s oldest neighborhoods and historic home of the city’s Italian American and Greek communities. Catch the 30 Stockton (modified August 2020) to Joe DiMaggio Park, or all the way to the restored Crissy Field marshlands.

Get Outdoors

Choose one of eight routes – soon to be nine on August 14 – to Golden Gate Park. See the list below.

Take the 24 Divisadero to Sanchez Street, or the 55 Dogpatch to Arkansas Street, and enjoy the city’s most popular Slow Streets for some fun in the fog (or sun). Ride the 5 Fulton (original COVID-19 Core Service route) to a picnic in historic Alamo Square.

The 9 San Bruno or 9R San Bruno Rapid (restored June 2020) will take you to Portola –known for its plentiful community gardens. Transfer to the 29 Sunset (original Core Service route) to visit McLaren Park, or the 44 O’Shaughnessy (original Core Service route) to explore picturesque Forest Hill.

For a swing on Billy Goat Hill, take the 24 Divisadero (original Core Service route) then ride to the Castro and catch the F Market & Wharves (restored May 2021) historic streetcar to the bocce courts at Justin Herman Plaza.

If a day by the ocean is what you seek, the N Judah (restored May 2021) takes customers out to La Playa for a stroll on the Great Highway temporary promenade. Stop by the Sunset Farmers Market and Mercantile first or grab a bite along Judah Street.

More Connections Coming in August

In August, with the return of the 39 Coit and the 35 Eureka, you can almost touch the stars from one of San Francisco’s renowned hills and connect to neighborhoods like West Portal, the Outer Sunset, Bernal Heights and Merced Manor. Read our blog to learn more.

Looking for help with homework as schools reopen? Every San Francisco public library is within steps of a Muni stop. Plan your tips to school with our Back-to-School resources and sign up for the Free Muni for Youth Program!

We also plan to ring in the fall by reintroducing the historic Powell-Hyde Cable Car line in September. Enjoy the night lights of Union Square to the hot chocolate of Ghirardelli’s.

Whether you’re coming from out of town, getting kids back to school or planning your “staycation,” let Muni be your guide on one of our many great routes!

Muni routes to Golden Gate Park:

N Judah - serves Tenderloin, Chinatown and SoMa
5 Fulton - serves Western Addition, Tenderloin, Chinatown and SoMa
7 Haight

18 46th Avenue - returning August 14
28 19th Avenue
29 Sunset - serving Oceanview/Ingleside, Excelsior/Outer Mission and Visitacion Valley
33 Ashbury - serving the Mission
43 Masonic - serving Oceanview/Ingleside

44 O'Shaughnessy -  serving Excelsior/Outer Mission and the Bayview

Published July 28, 2021 at 01:04AM
https://ift.tt/3x94ub5

Comments

New top story from Time: The 5 Best New Shows Our TV Critic Watched in March 2021

https://ift.tt/3sHZ3ia If my memories of 2019 are correct, March tends to be a month of anticipation even in relatively normal times. The snow has melted, but the trees are still bare. The temperature’s rising, but not consistently enough to put your winter coat in storage. All of that nervous early-spring energy is heightened this year, as we wait our turns in the vaccination queue and cross our fingers that the variants won’t halt our progress toward herd immunity. My favorite new TV shows of the month—a detective story set in Northern Ireland, a pulpy Spanish thriller, a mouthwatering kids’ show, a docudrama filled with ecstatic musical numbers and a nostalgic blast from reality TV’s primordial past—probably say a lot about how I’m dealing with that impatience: through the pursuit of big, bright, unapologetically entertaining distractions. Maybe you’d like to do the same? Bloodlands (Acorn TV) Although they officially ended in 1998, the decades of political conf...

FOX NEWS: 'Lego Master' artist explains his job creating building challenges for contestants It takes almost as much creativity finding a Lego Master as it does to become one.

'Lego Master' artist explains his job creating building challenges for contestants It takes almost as much creativity finding a Lego Master as it does to become one. via FOX NEWS https://ift.tt/3yhaAqx

FOX NEWS: California couple gets married at 'most beautiful' Taco Bell: 'It was the best of both worlds' Analicia Garcia, 24, and Kyle Howser, 25, from Sacramento, California, got married on Tuesday, Oct. 26 and had their reception at the famous Pacifica, California, Taco Bell.

California couple gets married at 'most beautiful' Taco Bell: 'It was the best of both worlds' Analicia Garcia, 24, and Kyle Howser, 25, from Sacramento, California, got married on Tuesday, Oct. 26 and had their reception at the famous Pacifica, California, Taco Bell. via FOX NEWS https://ift.tt/3BKWsrb

FOX NEWS: Hurricane Ida forces dogs and cats to be airlifted from Louisiana, Mississippi to shelters across US As Hurricane Ida hits the South, animal shelters nationwide have been helping cats and dogs escape affected areas.

Hurricane Ida forces dogs and cats to be airlifted from Louisiana, Mississippi to shelters across US As Hurricane Ida hits the South, animal shelters nationwide have been helping cats and dogs escape affected areas. via FOX NEWS https://ift.tt/3kHFCmR

New top story from Time: Blast Outside Kabul Airport Kills 2, Wounds 15, Russia Says

https://ift.tt/3yjY6hU KABUL, Afghanistan — A suicide attack outside Kabul’s airport Thursday killed at least 2 people and wounded 15, Russian officials said. Large crowds of people have massed outside the airport as they try to flee the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan. Western nations had warned earlier in the day of a possible attack at the airport in the waning days of a massive airlift. Suspicion for any attack targeting the crowds would likely fall on the Islamic State group and not the Taliban, who have been deployed at the airport’s gates trying to control the mass of people. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] The Pentagon confirmed the blast, and Russian Foreign Ministry gave the official casualty count. The explosion went off in a crowd of people waiting to enter the airport, according to Adam Khan, an Afghan waiting nearby. He said several people appeared to have been killed or wounded, including some who lost body parts. Several countries urged people to avoid t...

FOX NEWS: Crossword Puzzle of the Week: August 25 Take Fox News' Crossword Puzzle of the Week and test your knowledge of Country music.

Crossword Puzzle of the Week: August 25 Take Fox News' Crossword Puzzle of the Week and test your knowledge of Country music. via FOX NEWS https://ift.tt/3mx0hMX

New top story from Time: The 5 Best New TV Shows Our Critic Watched in August 2021

https://ift.tt/3kI4IBO Whether you know it as vacation season, hurricane season or wildfire season, August is a time when our natural surroundings can take on outsize importance in our daily lives. The same is true of this month’s best new TV shows, each of which conjures a vivid sense of place, from the brick edifices and manicured lawns of East Coast academia to the flat expanses of an Oklahoma reservation to desolate, gray beaches in France’s Nantes region. There are also two very different takes on a city that contains multitudes: New York. For more suggestions, here’s some of my favorite TV from July , June and the first half of 2021 . [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] The Chair (Netflix) N etflix’s perceptive black comedy The Chair opens at what should be the proudest moment of Professor Ji-Yoon Kim’s career. She has just been named the first-ever female Chair of the English Department at venerable (and fictional) Pembroke University, where she’s also one ...

Fulton Street Sees Transit and Safety Improvements

Fulton Street Sees Transit and Safety Improvements By Shalon Rogers A temporary transit bulb was recently installed at 8th Avenue and Fulton, reducing travel time for the 5 Fulton and 5R Fulton Rapid and making boarding safer. For those who ride the 5 Fulton or 5R Fulton Rapid in the Richmond District, you may have recently noticed something new about the bus stops on Fulton Street at 6th and 8th avenues. And perhaps you noticed that your bus ride seemed to go slightly faster or with less disruption. Two new temporary transit bulbs installed at 6th Avenue eastbound and 8th Avenue westbound bring safety and transit benefits to Fulton Street in advance of the planned construction of permanent bulbs and are part of the Fulton Street Safety and Transit Project . Six permanent transit bulbs between Arguello and 10th Avenue are ultimately planned, which will save time and improve reliability for riders on the 5 Fulton and 5R Fulton Rapid by reducing the time it takes for buses to pull...

New top story from Time: The 23 Most Anticipated Movies of Fall 2021

https://ift.tt/3jmOizz At long last, the final blockbusters that were supposed to arrive in 2020 are hitting re-opened movie theaters. This will be the last time to see Daniel Craig as James Bond —but the first time to glimpse Angelina Jolie as the Marvel immortal Thena in Eternals , which sees Oscar-winning director Chloé Zhao join the Marvel Cinematic Universe . It remains to be seen how the Delta variant will affect in-person moviegoing this fall; the movies below represent a mix of streaming, theatrical-only and hybrid release models. But however you get your movie fix this fall, there’s no question the circumstances of the past 18 months have yielded quite a bounty. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] Here are the most notable films hitting theaters and streaming platforms this fall. Cinderella (Sept. 3) The centuries-old fairy tale gets a modern retelling as a jukebox musical on Amazon Prime, with the pop star Camila Cabello donning the glass slipper. This vers...

FOX NEWS: Students sing to teacher with stage 4 cancer outside hospital: 'It was overwhelming' In an emotional goodbye visit, 26 children sang worship songs prior to Carol Mack's move to hospice care

Students sing to teacher with stage 4 cancer outside hospital: 'It was overwhelming' In an emotional goodbye visit, 26 children sang worship songs prior to Carol Mack's move to hospice care via FOX NEWS https://ift.tt/3GWyQ6G

My precise view

Search This Blog