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August 2021 Muni Service Changes

    Muni has made major service changes, in effect August 14, restoring service to bring 98% of San Francisco within two to three blocks of a Muni stop.

    IN SHORT 👇

    These changes include bringing back additional service as new, modified, or extended routes, including the M Ocean View Metro, the full Owl Network, and extend service from 5 a.m. to 12 midnight on an additional 16 bus routes.


    MORE DETAILS 👇

    🔙 Route Restorations

    • M Ocean View returns to rail service and full pre-pandemic route between the Embarcadero station and San Jose and Geneva Avenues.
    • 5R Fulton Rapid service returns from La Playa to the Transit Center Bus Plaza. 
    • 18 46th Avenue connects riders from the Richmond and Outer Sunset to Stonestown.
    • 28 19th Avenue service returns between Daly City BART and the Marina (via Lombard).
    • 35 Eureka provides additional access from hilly districts to Muni Metro and BART.
    • 36 Teresita full route restored.
    • 39 Coit returns, providing service in North Beach and Fisherman’s Wharf.
    • Muni “school trippers” runs during afternoon peak school hours.

    🆕 New Route

    • 58 Lake Merced travels along John Muir Drive and Sloat Boulevard, serving communities west of the lake and connecting to shopping destinations, Daly City BART, and Muni’s 14 Mission.

    🔀 Adjusted Route Restorations

    • 23 Monterey resumes providing service between Palou Avenue & 3rd Street and Saint Francis Wood and connects to West Portal Station instead of Great Highway. 
    • 31 Balboa provides service from Cabrillo Street and La Playa to Cyril Magnin at Market Street. 
    • 52 Excelsior resumes providing service between Dublin Street & La Grande Avenue in the Excelsior and Forest Hill Station. Service is extended to connect to 14th Avenue & Quintara Street via 7th Avenue, Judah Street, and 9th Avenue, providing service to Golden Gate Heights via a segment of the temporarily suspended 6 Parnassus.
    • 56 Rutland resumes providing service between Visitacion Valley Middle School and Executive Park. Service is extended to connect to 29 Sunset and Burton High School on Mansell Street. 
    • 57 Parkmerced resumes providing service along a shortened route between Eucalyptus Drive & Junipero Serra Boulevard and Daly City BART Station, providing direct connections from Stonestown and Parkmerced to BART and KT Ingleside-Third Street. The new 58 Lake Merced provides service along John Muir Drive. 
    • 66 Quintara resumes providing service between Vicente Street & 30th Street and 9th Avenue & Judah Street. Service is extended to provide connections to UCSF and Haight Street & via Parnassus Avenue along a segment of the temporarily suspended 6 Parnassus. 

    ↔️ Route Extensions

    • 12 Folsom is extended to the south from Market Street to provide service between Jackson Street & Van Ness Avenue and Caesar Chavez & Bartlett Street. In the Mission, service runs along 26th Street instead of connecting to 24th Street BART Station. South of Market, instead of running along 2nd Street, service is provided to Rincon Hill via routing along Main Street and Spear Street.
    • 48 Quintara/24th Street is extended to the west from West Portal Station to resume providing service along the pre-pandemic route between 20th Street & 3rd Street and Great Highway & Rivera Street. 

    🕛 Expanded Evening Service

    In August, Muni service hours were extended to midnight on 16 key routes to help people traveling later as the city reopens from the pandemic. Late-night bus routes will include the 1 California, 5 Fulton, 8 Bayshore, 9 San Bruno, 14 Mission, 22 Fillmore, 24 Divisadero, 25 Treasure Island, 28 19th Avenue, 29 Sunset, 30 Stockton, 38 Geary, 43 Masonic, 44 O’Shaughnessy, 48 Quintara/24th Street, and 49 Van Ness/Mission.

    Muni also extended Metro Bus hours to cover the time span between Owl and rail service. 

    Metro rail service on the KT Ingleside-Third Street, M Ocean View , and the N Judah will run from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. weekdays and 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. weekends and on the J Church from 5 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily. The K Ingleside Bus,  N Judah Bus , and T Third Street Bus operate from 5 a.m. to 6 a.m. and 9 p.m. to midnight on weekdays and 5 a.m. to 8 a.m. and 9 p.m. to midnight on weekends. 


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