Getting Around
Avoid driving downtown. Cable cars
are slow and scenic (single rides $6).
MUNI streetcar and bus are faster but
infrequent after 9pm (fares $2). BART
(tickets from $1.75) run high-speed Bay
Area trains. Taxis cost $2.75 per mile;
meters start at $3.50.
Parking
Street parking is scarce and meter
readers ruthless. Meters take coins,
sometimes credit cards; central pay
stations accept coins or cards. Overnight
hotel parking averages $35 to $50;
downtown parking garages start at $2.50
per hour or $25 per day.SAN FRANCISCO
Ride the clanging cable cars up unbelievably steep hills, snake down Lombard St’s
famous hairpin turns, cruise through Golden Gate Park and drive across the arching
Golden Gate Bridge. Then go get lost in the creatively offbeat neighborhoods of
California’s capital of weird.