San Francisco Transportation Tips by sarahandgareth

'Mode': AROUND
Category: Other
Getting TO/AROUND: The MUNI is the organisation that runs the subway, the buses, the streetcars and cable cars in San Francisco: a MUNI pass is good on all of these forms of transportation.

You can buy a one-day, a three-day or a weeklong pass that will give you unlimited travel on all public transport except the BART, which operates a different ticketing system. It's fabulous to be able to hop on and off at will, and the maps of the transportation system are generally very easy to understand: we figured out how to navigate the city pretty quickly, and saved quite a bit of shoe leather.

The big thrill for many people is still the cable car, since it's such a San Francisco thing to so. If you want to ride without a crowd, ride north towards Fisherman's Wharf in the evening: during the day, it's hard to get on going north, and it's as bad going south in the evening. It's a lot of fun, though the operators look and sound as though they've had quite enough of tourists doing goofy things for laughs...

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Phone: 415-673-6864
Website: www.sfmuni.com