Inauguration Weekend Activities and Protests This Weekend

Inauguration Weekend Activities and Protests This Weekend

Presidential Inauguration Day Activities Friday, January 20:  Numerous planned and unplanned activities will take place from 8 a.m. through the evening at Justin Herman Plaza, City Hall, Civic Center, Market Street, the downtown area and elsewhere in the City.  Customers should plan extra travel time and be prepared for service impacts if protests disrupt traffic….

CBD and SFMTA Roll Out Parking Specials for the Holidays

CBD and SFMTA Roll Out Parking Specials for the Holidays

For the third year in a row, the Civic Center CBD is partnering with the SFMTA and Impark to offer the popular $5 Flat Event Rate program at Civic Center Garage for the holidays season. Since 2015, SFMTA staff have made several improvements at the Civic Center Garage: the Civic Center Community Benefit District has…

Traffic Advisory: Film Crews Near City Hall Will Impact Access Friday Night

Traffic Advisory: Film Crews Near City Hall Will Impact Access Friday Night

On Friday, April 29, a film crew will set up in Civic Center and use City Hall as a backdrop. There will be street restrictions and closures. People can still walk to and from MUNI and BART stations. Starting at 7:00pm the crew will be prepping the area in front of City Hall for a…

MTA Conducting Nightly Shutdowns of Metro Tunnel for Upgrades

MTA Conducting Nightly Shutdowns of Metro Tunnel for Upgrades

The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) recently started the the Radio Replacement and Blue Light Emergency Telephone Replacement projects. These two infrastructure projects will improve Muni’s systemwide communication capabilities and keep trains running safely and reliably through the city. Construction requires early subway shutdowns nightly from 10 p.m. until the start of service in…

Traffic and Parking Alerts:  Hayes Street Closure May 22-May 26, for Removal of Bridge, New Meter Rates

Traffic and Parking Alerts: Hayes Street Closure May 22-May 26, for Removal of Bridge, New Meter Rates

From Friday to Tuesday: Van Ness Hayes Associates LLC, owner of two former AAA properties (150 Van Ness and 155 Hayes Street), will perform demolition work to remove the overhead pedestrian bridge that connects these two buildings.

Special Rates in Effect for Performing Arts and Civic Center Garages

Special Rates in Effect for Performing Arts and Civic Center Garages

In an attempt to create a critical mass of patrons using Civic Center as their preferred garage, SFMTA and its parking garage partner at Performing Arts & Civic Center Garages, Pacific Parking, are again offering special parking fees at the two garages on ten (10) nights in December 2014. These nights were identified as having numerous…

Take the Muni Train Survey

Take the Muni Train Survey

Take this once-in-a-generation opportunity to provide input on interior features like seating preferences, interior color schemes and layout, to guide our design decisions. Make your Muni experience more comfortable by providing your input on these design treatments. Modernizing our fleet will mean a cleaner, quieter, more comfortable ride, and less vehicle downtime for repairs. The…

San Francisco Community Members – Market Street Needs You!

San Francisco Community Members – Market Street Needs You!

For over 150 years, Market Street has been the internationally-renowned main artery of San Francisco. However, a street as wide and busy as Market Street can often disconnect neighboring communities and residents. District representatives for the Civic Center of Market Street are hosting a Market Street Community Conversation, where you’ll have the opportunity to express…

Civic Center CBD Working with SFMTA to Improve Parking Options

Civic Center CBD Working with SFMTA to Improve Parking Options

In an attempt to create a critical mass of patrons using Civic Center as their preferred garage, SFMTA and its parking garage partner at Performing Arts & Civic Center Garages, Pacific Parking, are conducting an experiment with adjusting parking fees at the two garages on seven (7) nights in September and October 2014. These nights were…

SFMTA Replacing Metro Station Doors at Van Ness Station

SFMTA Replacing Metro Station Doors at Van Ness Station

The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA), which oversees the Municipal Railway (Muni), advises Muni customers about its ongoing state of good repair work on the Muni Metro system. Over the course of seven weeks starting on August 20, 2012, the SFMTA will replace the metal roll-up station entrance doors at the Van Ness Muni…

Weekend Transit Services for the America’s Cup World Series and Fleet Week Events, October 6-7, 2012

Weekend Transit Services for the America’s Cup World Series and Fleet Week Events, October 6-7, 2012

San Francisco will feature an exciting series of waterfront events in early October 2012. The main event viewing areas are along San Francisco’s northern and eastern waterfront, including Marina Green, Aquatic Park, Fisherman’s Wharf, Pier 39, Piers 30-32 and Pier 80. All of the waterfront locations can be reached via public transit, bike or by…

Offer Your Input on the 'Better Market Street' Project at Public Workshops

Offer Your Input on the 'Better Market Street' Project at Public Workshops

Help San Francisco’s Better Market Street create a new vision for Market Street. One street meeting. One street moving. Please join for one of two public workshops in July 2012. If you can’t attend either workshop, sign up for the webinar. Share your thoughts with urban planners and other transit, bike, and pedestrian mobility experts. View…