Public Transport in San Francisco

Discussion in 'California' started by prankster1590, Apr 26, 2005.

  1. prankster1590

    prankster1590 Member

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    I have printed this big big map with all streets of San Francisco and all public transport.

    Only one problem. It really a complicated system. I live in Europe and in Europe things are made easy to understand. The subway is the subway and the busses are just busses and the trains are trains.

    But in SanFrancisco you have the Muni, Bart Train, CalTrain, The public services, the normal busses, the cable trains. Trains with numbers like 9BX and 9AX. I just get lost in that jungle.
    But the roads are all very straight and long and also numbered. Maybe I can walk.

    What is the fastest way from the airport to The Haight-Ashburry district with the public transport????
     
    prankster1590, Apr 26, 2005
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  3. drumminmama

    drumminmama Super Moderator Super Moderator

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    X means express, usually fewer stops on a route.
    Which airport: Oakland or SFO? (If you have not bought tix, oakland airport is soooo chill.)

    Have you been on www.transit.511.org?
    http://transit.511.org/destinations/detail.asp?did=54

    take some transport up 101, a shuttle is US $35 or so, and worth it, because the aiports are really far south.
    I will go to Fisherman's Warf or North Beach first for cheap food (unless you like Eritrean/ Ethiopian, in which case see if Massawa is still open on Haight) and try to pop in City Lights Bookstore, owned by Lawrence Ferlinghetti. He still minds the shop.
    A muni connection into Haight is easy from Fisherman's Warf.
    Check out the sea lions who took over a wharf. Sea mammals are protected, so they cannot be run off.
    Ask for Golden Gate Park and Panhandle, NOT H-A, if you need to grab taxi. This is important. Haight-Ashbury district is on one (east? ) end of Golden Gate Park.
     
    drumminmama, Apr 27, 2005
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  5. prankster1590

    prankster1590 Member

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    Thanks for the tips. I will check those sites.
     
    prankster1590, Apr 28, 2005
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  7. drumminmama

    drumminmama Super Moderator Super Moderator

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    I can get lost anywhere and SF seems easy to navigate.
    So if you have a sense of direction, you should be OK.
    HAve you borrowed any Lonely Planet type guides from the lending library?
     
    drumminmama, Apr 28, 2005
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  9. prankster1590

    prankster1590 Member

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    I have the MUNI public Transport system map. It is a very big map which I can not print on A4 paper. It is a GIF picture of 2MB. It is also in PDF format but everything is then so small that you can't read anything.
    See the link for the map. It is very very detailed.

    Detailed map of SF with public Transport
     
    prankster1590, Apr 28, 2005
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  11. Midget

    Midget Senior Member

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    I wanna go check out SF. :)
     
    Midget, Apr 30, 2005
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  13. paix

    paix Senior Member

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    just a little warning if you're going to walk, SF is very very hilly, it's a hike really, not a walk.
     
    paix, Apr 30, 2005
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  15. hippiehillbilly

    hippiehillbilly the old asshole

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    use adobe and magnify the parts of the map ya wanna see if its pdf...
     
    hippiehillbilly, Apr 30, 2005
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  17. hippiehillbilly

    hippiehillbilly the old asshole

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    or click the bottom right hand of the image where the arrows come up,, geeze i can read it fine..
     
    hippiehillbilly, Apr 30, 2005
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  19. hippiehillbilly

    hippiehillbilly the old asshole

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    oh sorry i missed that ya was printin,, block it out in adobe an make several pages...
     
    hippiehillbilly, Apr 30, 2005
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  21. drumminmama

    drumminmama Super Moderator Super Moderator

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    or pop down to the copy shop/printers. if they can do banners, that should be no problem. OR write and ask them to send you one. If they won't, the Convention and Visitor's Bureau will.
    Tourism dollars are wanted. And taxes pay for the maps.
    Where are ya now? I'd be willing to get one and send it on if they wond send overseas.
     
    drumminmama, May 1, 2005
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