The annual Italian Heritage Parade will take place tomorrow, October 9, from 8 AM to 3 PM. The parade will start at Jefferson and Powell, and end at Washington Square. While to parade is going on, MUNI will reroute several lines until the event ends. In addition, due to Fleet Week, there may be more delays, reroutes and overcrowding, especially to the 47 on Bay Street. For a complete list of reroutes to to the Italian Heritage Parade, click here. Visit our previous post about Fleet Week for a list of all MUNI reroutes this weekend.
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The Golden Gate Ferry is providing service to all Giants playoff games. Ferry tickets are $12.50 per person (children under four (4) ride free), per journey. The trip from Larkspur Ferry Terminal to AT&T Park is about an hour.
Departure times from Larkspur vary based off the Giants schedule - click here to view the Giants ferry calendar for the month of October. To purchase tickets online, click here. The ferry departs from AT&T Park exactly 30 minutes after the last pitch is thrown. For more info, go to www.goldengateferry.org. During Fleet Weekend in SF, MUNI will provide additional service and modify some routes around the Marina and Fisherman's Wharf, where the events primarily take place.
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To find out more information on Fleet Week, visit www.sfmta.com. Infamous to MUNI and BART riders alike, escalators and elevators have been an issue for decades, constantly breaking down and far from sanitary.
Part of the MUNI Metro Escalator Rehabilitation Project, MUNI will be replacing 17 escalators and 11 elevators in the MUNI Metro system, many of which have been in operation since the 70s. Additional lifts will be added to Powell and Castro stations. The replacement of MUNI's escalators has been going on since 2014, while the replacement of elevators is set to begin in Spring 2017. According to SFMTA, unlike the old, decrepit elevators, these new ones are squipped with "state of the art technology," improving MUNI Metro service for seniors, disabled, and strollers. The new escalators will include new lighting, energy-efficiency, and will allow crews to troubleshoot an issue more easily, compared to the old escalators. At the four underground stations the MUNI Metro shares with BART - Embarcadero, Montgomery, Powell and Civic Center - BART operates all elevators and escalators leading to street level. MUNI is responsible for access to the MUNI Metro platforms. For more details, go to sfmta.com. The public is invited to attend the ceremony commemorating the 25th anniversary of the 1991 Oakland Hills fire, which devastated the countless homes and killed 25 people. On October 9, 2016 at 11 AM, BART, along with the City of Oakland and the Berkeley officials, will host the commemorative anniversary of the Oakland Hills Firestorm at Rockridge BART. The ceremony will rededicate the memorial plaque, which displays the names of those lost. Unknown to many, a phoenix has been at Rockridge BART all these years, rising out of the flames. But after many years of exposure to the elements, it deserved a bit of a cleaning. Rockridge BART is home to over 2,000 square tiles under the station, each hand-painted by community members. The tiles represent the lives lost, the items left behind, and personal images. The ceremony will include speeches from several prominent figures, including BART General Manager Grace Crunican, Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf, and Rachel Lomax, fire survivor and the first person to paint one of Rockridge BART's tiles. After the ceremony and the bell-ringing, festivities will begin from noon to 6 PM along the 12-block of College Avenue. |
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