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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 1, 2016 Contact: Paul Rose 415.601.1637, cell [email protected]

**PRESS RELEASE** SFMTA Weekend Transit and Traffic Advisory

San Francisco—The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) releases the following upcoming event-related traffic and transit impacts for this holiday weekend, from Saturday, September 3 through next Thursday, September 8, 2016. Anyone traveling in San Francisco can check www.sfmta.com or call 311 to find out which of the 83 Muni lines will get them where they want to go. All road users are encouraged to be aware, share the roadway and to follow all rules to ensure everyone’s safety. Whether you are riding Muni, taking a taxi, walking, riding a bike or driving, please remain vigilant to keep everyone safe. If you see suspicious activity, please report it.

For real-time updates during the week, follow us on www.twitter.com/sfmta_muni or visit http://www.sfmta.com/signup to sign up for real-time text messages or email alerts.

For details of Muni re-routes, please visit http://www.sfmta.com/news/alerts. This website will be updated when it is closer to the event date.

For additional notifications and agency updates, please subscribe to our blog, Moving SF for daily or weekly updates.

Labor Day Holiday Muni Service and Parking Enforcement

Monday, September 5 (Labor Day Holiday): Muni service will operate on a Sunday schedule. The 76X Marin Headlands Express Muni bus will be in service.

Parking meters and seven-day street sweeping will be enforced citywide on the holiday. Residential parking permits and Monday-Friday daytime street sweeping and commuter towaway will not be enforced.

Vehicles creating a hazard and/or an unsafe condition (i.e. double parking, blocking a bike lane, blocking driveways, blocking crosswalks, fire hydrants, etc.) are subject to receiving citations and can possibly be towed.

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Labor Day Holiday Muni Service and Parking Enforcement continued

Note: Parking meters in the City are enforced Monday through Saturday with the exception of the following areas where parking meters are enforced seven days per week throughout the year except Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day and New Year’s Day:  Parking meters in the Fisherman’s Wharf area  On and near The Embarcadero roadway  In the Special Event Area around AT&T Park  Five metered off-street parking facilities listed below: o 8th Avenue at Clement Street o 9th Avenue at Clement Street o Geary Boulevard at 21st Avenue o 18th Avenue at Geary Boulevard o Pierce Street Garage (between Lombard and Chestnut streets)

BART Weekend Closures

The weekend of September 3-5 (Labor Day Weekend): As part of the regional track work around the BART system started earlier this year, BART stations between Daly City and Glen Park will be closed over seven weekends for vital repairs to their tracks and to add equipment for the reduction of noise from trains.

Below are subsequent closures:  September 17-18  October 1-2  October 15-16

During the shutdown, there will be free bus shuttle service available for customers:

 SamTrans will provide free express shuttles between the Daly City and Glen Park stations.

 Muni will provide free local shuttles between the three stations: Glen Park, Balboa Park and Daly City.

There will be signs and extra BART personnel on site to assist customers. Travelers should allow extra time during these shutdowns.

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While regular SamTrans and Caltrain service will be available as an alternative for travelers going to the Peninsula, customers may also use regular Muni paid service that connects with affected BART stations:

 J-Church (from Balboa Park Station to Glen Park Station)  M-OceanView (from Balboa Park Station to Civic Center Station)  14-Mission (from Daly City Station to 24th St. Station)  14R-Mission Rapid (from Daly City Station to 24th Street Station)  49-Van Ness/Mission (from Balboa Park Station to 24th St. Station)  54-Felton (from Daly City Station to Balboa Park Station)

For more information, please check: https://www.bart.gov/news/articles/2016/news20160615-2.

San Francisco Fest

Sunday, September 4: The Giants’ San Francisco Fest 2016, featuring concert performance by Journey, Santana, Steve Miller Band, The Doobie Brothers and Tower of Power. The concert will take at AT&T Park and will start at 3 p.m. An attendance of 38,000 is expected.

The SFMTA advises motorists of the increased congestion in downtown San Francisco related to this special event and advises commuters to use transit, taxis, bicycles or walk and to avoid using the Bay Bridge in the two hours before the concert.

Muni Service to AT&T Park

The following Muni service will be available to and from these concerts:  E Embarcadero  T Third  N Judah  Metro Ballpark Shuttles  10 Townsend  30 Stockton  45 Union  47 Van Ness

The SFMTA will provide additional train service of Metro “ballpark shuttles” to the existing N Judah and T Third service to the ballpark.

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More Options of Buying Muni Tickets

Event participants are encouraged to use Clipper® Card to get to AT&T Park. Customers using Bay Area public transportation systems are strongly encouraged to purchase their fares in advance or use Clipper® Card to attend the concert. Customers using a Clipper Card receive 50 cents off an adult single ride when transferring to Muni from BART, Golden Gate Ferry and Transit, and San Francisco Bay Ferry routes (Oakland-Alameda, Harbor Bay and Vallejo). Golden Gate Ferry and Transit and San Francisco Bay Ferry provide the same discount on return trips. To learn more about transfer discounts, please visit transfer discounts.

For more information on using Clipper on Muni, please visit clippercard.com/muni.

Event participants may also use MuniMobile, an official SFMTA app, to save time by instantly buying tickets for Muni bus, rail, cable car, and paratransit services on their iPhone and Android devices. Tickets can be purchased through a credit/debit card or PayPal account for individual or multiple riders on one smartphone. Customers can buy tickets ahead of time and activate when they are ready to ride - with MuniMobile, your phone is your fare.

Taxi Service

Temporary taxi stands for the event will be in place at the following locations:  East side of 2nd Street between King and Townsend streets (seven spaces)  West side of 2nd street between King and Townsend streets (two spaces)  West side of 2nd street between Townsend and Brannan streets (five spaces)  West side of 3rd street between King and Townsend streets (five spaces)

Transbay Service

Event participants can also take a ferry to AT&T Park:  From Oakland , Alameda and Vallejo, please go to http://sanfranciscobayferry.com  From Larkspur/Marin County, please go to http://www.goldengateferry.org

For details about transit service to AT&T Park, including connections from Bay Area transit systems to Muni, please visit http://www.sfmta.com/getting-around/destinations/att-park.

For regional transit information for BART, Caltrain and the ferries as well as traffic, please go to www.511.org.

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Special Event Parking Enforcement

Parking meters on blocks within walking distance to AT&T Park will be enforced from Monday to Saturday and on Sundays when special events or ball games take place. Operation hours are from 9 a.m to 10 p.m., Monday through Saturday and from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. on special event Sundays.

As a reminder to concert participants, in order to reduce congestion on city streets after all events at AT&T Park, the SFMTA will close eastbound King Street between 3rd and 2nd streets from the seventh inning until after the post-game traffic has died down. Additionally, the northbound portion of the 4th Street (Peter R. Maloney) Bridge will be closed to all traffic except streetcars, buses, taxis and bicycles during the post-game period. Giants fans parked south of Mission Creek Channel who are heading north of the channel are encouraged to exit to the south along 3rd or 4th streets in order to avoid congestion on King and 3rd streets after AT&T Park events.

San Francisco Opera Gala

Next Wednesday, September 7: The annual opening of the San Francisco Opera’s new opera season will be held at the War Memorial Opera House and inside a tent on Grove Street between Franklin Street and Van Ness Avenue. The festivities will take place between 5 p.m. and midnight.

A closure of Grove Street between Franklin Street and Van Ness Avenue will be required between 5 a.m., Wednesday, September 7 and 5 a.m., Thursday, September 8.

The 21 Hayes Muni route will be affected.

CONSTRUCTION WORK AND OTHER UPDATES

UPDATE: Balboa Park Station Improvement Project

Now until Further Notice: The Balboa Park Station Area and Plaza Improvements project broke ground on February 29 to implement safety, accessibility and transit improvements around the Balboa Park Station. Weather permitting, construction work for the project is anticipated to last through December 2016. Temporary impacts include:

September 6, Tuesday: The K-Ingleside and J Church Muni lines will be temporarily re- routed and is expected to last for approximately four months.

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CONSTRUCTION WORK AND OTHER UPDATES continued

UPDATE: Balboa Park Station Improvement Project continued

Temporarily Change to K-Ingleside Rail Service:  The first and last stop for both inbound and outbound travel will be at the City College Pedestrian Bridge on Ocean Avenue  There will be no direct service to the Balboa Park Station

For direct K service, passengers can transfer at Ocean and Lee to the following frequently serviced Muni routes:  29-Sunset (transfer at the Ocean and Lee stop in front of Whole Foods).  49-Van Ness/Mission (transfer on the Phelan bus loop on Ocean and Phelan)  8-Bayshore (transfer on the Phelan bus loop on Ocean and Phelan)

To reach Balboa Park Station, passengers can also walk about three accessible blocks from the City College Pedestrian Bridge stop to the Ocean Avenue entrance of the station.

Temporarily Change to J-Church Rail Service:  Both inbound and outbound service will be on San Jose Avenue

Customers travelling inbound should board at the temporary stop at San Jose Avenue and Geneva Avenue, in front of Crazy Pepper (Accessible boarding at Seneca Avenue)

Customers travelling outbound will be dropped off at the existing accessible M line stop on San Jose Avenue at Geneva Avenue (Accessible off-boarding at Wayside lift)

For more project details, please visit www.sfmta.com/balboaparkarea.

Sansome Street Improvement Project

The extension of southbound traffic lane designated for transit, taxis and commercial vehicles on Sansome Street from Washington Street to Broadway Street provides two-way service for the 10 Townsend and 12 Folsom/Pacific Muni routes and save customers up to three minutes for each southbound trip is complete. This project is part of Muni Forward Program designed to improve customers’ travel time and reliability:

 The left northbound lane on Sansome Street between Washington and Broadway streets has been converted to a southbound traffic lane with restricted hours designated for use by certain vehicles: o Between 6 a.m. and 8 p.m., Daily: Only buses, taxis, commercial vehicles and emergency vehicles are allowed. o Outside of those hours: All vehicles are allowed.

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 Fifteen metered parking spaces on the west side of Sansome Street in the project area have been converted to commercial loading zones.

Since Saturday, August 13, Muni routes 10 Townsend and 12 Folsom/Pacific travelling southbound no longer provide service on Battery Street between Broadway and Washington streets. The route travels on the newly designated southbound transit lane on Sansome Street with the following stops:  Sansome Street at Jackson Street  Sansome Street at Broadway Street

Customers can contact [email protected] with questions on this project.

Construction of Mission Bay Loop

Now until Further Notice: The SFMTA has resumed with exploratory excavation on 18th, 19th and Illinois streets. Construction has begun and is expected to complete in seven to eight months.

The Mission Bay Loop is a key component for San Francisco’s T Third rail line and is critical to operating the T-Third Central Subway service plan. The loop provides turn- around capabilities for the T-Third Street light rail line via a connection of trackway from 3rd Street to 18th, Illinois and 19th streets, which will allow the SFMTA to operate the necessary service levels needed to support current and planned growth within the eastern portion of San Francisco.

Traffic, including travelling by bike, may be affected by the construction work. All work areas will be clearly marked and there will be flaggers to help direct traffic. Travelling around and through the construction area should expect minor delays.

Local access to properties along the project site will be maintained.

For project details or to sign up to receive project updates, please visit: https://www.sfmta.com/projects-planning/projects/mission-bay-loop.

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Upcoming Events

Giant Race Half Marathon

Sunday, September 11: The annual San Francisco Giant Race will take place. There will be Half Marathon, 10K and 5K races and they will take place along The Embarcadero, Fisherman's Wharf and the Marina. The Half Marathon and 10K races will start at 7 a.m. The 5K race will start at 11 a.m. For more event details, please visit http://www.race- sfgiants.com/san-francisco.

The race will start south of AT&T Park, continue north on The Embarcadero, west along Fisherman’s Wharf, through Fort Mason and the Presidio, returning along the same route to conclude inside AT&T Park. Course maps are available at http://www.race- sfgiants.com/half-marathon-course-map.