Market and Mission Streets Closed to Traffic

SFMTA Encourages Fans to take Public Transportation to Parade and Celebration for the World Champion San Francisco Giants

The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA), which oversees all surface transportation in the City including the Municipal Railway (Muni), encourages baseball fans to take public transportation to the parade and Civic Center celebration for the World Champion San Francisco Giants.

The parade will begin on Wednesday at 11 a.m. from Market and Steuart streets, travel west on Market Street, turn right onto McAllister Street and proceed west to City Hall.

The parade route will be closed to traffic beginning at approximately 9:30 a.m. until the parade clears and the area has been swept. DOWNLOAD MAP.

The following street closures will be in effect:

Oct. 30, 6:00am – Oct. 31, Midnight:

  • Polk St. – Grove St. to McAllister

Oct. 30, 6:00pm to Oct. 31, 3:00pm:

  • Steuart St. – Market St. to Howard St.
  • Spear St. – Market St. to Howard St.
  • Main St. – Market St. to Howard St.

Oct. 30, 7:00pm to Oct. 31, Midnight:

  • Polk St. from Hayes St. to Golden Gate Ave.
  • Larkin St. from Hayes St. to Golden Gate Ave.
  • Grove St. from Van Ness Ave. to Larkin St.
  • McAllister St. from Van Ness Ave. to Larkin
  • Fulton St. from Larkin St. to Hyde St.

Oct. 31, 6:00am – 12:00pm:

  • Mission St. – Beale St. to the Embarcadero

Oct. 31, starting at 9:30 a.m.:

  • Market Street between 1st and 10th streets
  • Mission Street between The Embarcadero and 9th Street
  • Steuart Street between Howard and Market streets
  • Spear Street between Howard and Market streets
  • Main Street between Howard and Market streets

No traffic or cross traffic will be allowed on Market Street between Steuart Street and Van Ness Avenue after 9:30 a.m. and will re-open at approximately 5 p.m. San Francisco police estimates two hours for the duration of the parade.

The Civic Center parking garage will be closed to general parking beginning at 9 a.m., Wednesday until the end of the celebration. Monthly Civic Center parking pass holders will be admitted until 9 a.m. but not allowed out until after the surrounding streets have re-opened.

Fans are strongly encouraged to take public transportation including BART, Caltrain, Golden Gate Transit, SamTrans, and ferries to this event as parking and traffic will be extremely difficult.  For regional transit information please visit www.511.org.  For Muni information please visit www.sfmta.com.

All Muni Metro trains will stop at Civic Center station for the celebration and Parade, as well as at Embarcadero, Montgomery and Powell stations for the parade. The SFMTA will schedule six additional Metro shuttles to supplement the existing Metro service.

The additional service will begin at approximately 10 a.m. and continue until the event clears at the Civic Center.

The following Muni lines and routes will be affected:

  • California Cable Car
  • Powell Hyde Cable Car
  • Powell Mason Cable Car
  • F Market and Wharves
  • 2 Clement
  • 3 Jackson
  • 5 Fulton
  • 6 Parnassus
  • 8X Bayshore Express
  • 9 San Bruno
  • 9L San Bruno Limited
  • 10 Townsend
  • 12 Folsom-Pacific
  • 14 Mission
  • 14L Mission Limited
  • 19 Polk
  • 21 Hayes
  • 27 Bryant
  • 30 Stockton
  • 31 Balboa
  • 38 Geary
  • 38L Geary Limited
  • 45 Union-Stockton
  • 71 Haight-Noriega

Motorists and transit riders should allow extra travel time as delays or detours are expected on Muni routes and lines not listed above.

For more information on Muni service, please call the San Francisco Customer Service Center at 311 or visit www.sfmta.com. For additional information on Muni’s Accessible Services Program, please call (415) 701-4485 or TTY (415) 701-4730.

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