Editing San Francisco (section)

====Public transportation====
{{See also|San Francisco Municipal Railway}}
[[File:Cable Car No. 1 and Alcatraz Island.jpg|thumb|upright|A [[San Francisco cable car system|San Francisco cable car]] with [[Alcatraz]] seen behind]]

Transit is the most used form of transportation every day in San Francisco. Every weekday, more than 560,000 people travel on Muni's 69 bus routes and more than 140,000 customers ride the Muni Metro light rail system.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.sfmta.com/sites/default/files/reports-and-documents/2020/01/sfmta_annual_2019_spreads_r2.pdf|title=SFMTA 2019 Annual Report|website=Sfmta.com|access-date=April 16, 2021}}</ref> 32% of San Francisco residents use public transportation for their daily commute to work, ranking it fourth in the United States and first on the West Coast.<ref>{{cite news|first1=Les|last1=Christie|date=June 29, 2007|title=New Yorkers are Top Transit Users|work=CNNMoney.com|url=https://money.cnn.com/2007/06/13/real_estate/public_transit_commutes/index.htm|access-date=August 20, 2008}}</ref> The [[San Francisco Municipal Railway]], primarily known as Muni, is the primary public transit system of San Francisco. As of 2023, Muni is the eighth-largest transit system in the United States.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Largest U.S. transit agencies based on passenger trips |url=https://www.statista.com/statistics/204955/10-largest-us-transit-agencies-based-on-passenger-trips-in-2009/ |access-date=January 1, 2024 |website=Statista |language=en}}</ref> The system operates a combined [[light rail]] and subway system, the [[Muni Metro]], as well as large bus and [[Trolleybuses in San Francisco|trolley coach]] networks.<ref name="transportation">{{cite news|date=March 2007|title=Bay Area Traveler: Transportation Information|work=San Francisco Chronicle Inc|url=http://www.sfgate.com/traveler/guide/transportation/publictrans.shtml|url-status=dead|access-date=June 16, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080830051722/http://sfgate.com/traveler/guide/transportation/publictrans.shtml|archive-date=August 30, 2008}}</ref> Additionally, it runs a [[F Market|historic streetcar line]], which runs on Market Street from [[The Castro|Castro Street]] to [[Fisherman's Wharf, San Francisco|Fisherman's Wharf]].<ref name="transportation"/> It also operates the famous [[San Francisco cable car system|cable cars]],<ref name="transportation"/> which have been designated as a [[National Historic Landmark]] and are a major tourist attraction.<ref>{{cite web|date=May 2007|title=Report on San Francisco's Cable Cars|url=http://www.sfbeautiful.org/PDF/2007_Cable_Car_Report.pdf|access-date=June 16, 2008|publisher=San Francisco Beautiful}}</ref>

[[Bay Area Rapid Transit]] (BART), a regional Rapid Transit system, connects San Francisco with the [[East Bay (San Francisco Bay Area)|East Bay]] and San Jose through the underwater [[Transbay Tube]]. The line, which contains all except the Orange Line, runs under Market Street to [[Civic Center, San Francisco|Civic Center]] where it turns south to the Mission District, the southern part of the city, and through northern [[San Mateo County, California|San Mateo County]], to the [[San Francisco International Airport]], and [[Millbrae, California|Millbrae]].<ref name="transportation"/> BART also shares stations with SFMTA [[Muni Metro]] under [[Market Street (San Francisco)|Market Street]].

[[File:L Taraval train on Ulloa Street, June 2017-001 (cropped).JPG|thumb|left|[[Muni Metro]], run by [[San Francisco Municipal Railway|SF Muni]]]]
Another commuter rail system, [[Caltrain]], runs from San Francisco along the [[San Francisco Peninsula]] to [[San Jose, California|San Jose]].<ref name="transportation"/> Historically, trains operated by [[Southern Pacific Lines]] ran from San Francisco to Los Angeles, via [[Palo Alto, California|Palo Alto]] and [[San Jose, California|San Jose]].

[[Amtrak Thruway]] runs a shuttle bus from three locations in San Francisco to its station across the bay in [[Emeryville, California|Emeryville]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Emeryville Station (EMY)|url=https://www.amtrak.com/stations/emy|access-date=July 25, 2010|publisher=Amtrak}}</ref> Additionally, BART offers connections to San Francisco from Amtrak's stations in Emeryville, Oakland and [[Richmond, California|Richmond]], and Caltrain offers connections in San Jose and [[Santa Clara, California|Santa Clara]]. Thruway service also runs south to [[San Luis Obispo, California|San Luis Obispo]] with connection to the [[Pacific Surfliner]].

San Francisco was an early adopter of [[carsharing]] in America. The non-profit [[City CarShare]] opened in 2001<ref>{{cite web|title=City CarShare Out Mission|url=https://www.citycarshare.org/why-city-car-share/our-mission/|access-date=March 26, 2013}}</ref> and [[Zipcar]] closely followed.<ref>{{cite web|title=Zipcar Our Mission|url=http://www.zipcar.com/about|access-date=March 26, 2013}}</ref>
[[File:The Larkspur Ferry “Mendocino” at the San Francisco Ferry Terminal in June of 2023 (cropped).jpg|thumb|right|[[Golden Gate Ferry|Golden Gate Ferries]] connect the city to [[North Bay (San Francisco Bay Area)|North Bay]] communities, while [[San Francisco Bay Ferry]] connects the city to both the North and [[East Bay]].]]
[[San Francisco Bay Ferry]] operates from the [[San Francisco Ferry Building|Ferry Building]] and [[Pier 39]] to points in [[Oakland Ferry Terminal|Oakland]], [[Alameda, California|Alameda]], [[Bay Farm Island, Alameda, California|Bay Farm Island]], [[South San Francisco Ferry Terminal|South San Francisco]], [[Richmond Ferry Terminal|Richmond]], and north to [[Vallejo, California|Vallejo]] in [[Solano County, California|Solano County]].<ref>{{cite web|title=San Francisco Bay Ferry|url=http://sanfranciscobayferry.com/|access-date=March 26, 2013}}</ref> The [[Golden Gate Ferry]] is the other ferry operator with service between San Francisco and [[Marin County]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Golden Gate Ferry|url=http://goldengateferry.org/|access-date=March 26, 2013}}</ref> [[SolTrans]] runs supplemental bus service between the Ferry Building and Vallejo.

To accommodate the large amount of San Francisco citizens who commute to the [[Silicon Valley]] daily, employers like [[Genentech]], [[Google]], and [[Apple Inc.|Apple]] have begun to provide private bus transportation for their employees, from San Francisco locations. These buses have quickly become a heated topic of debate within the city, as [[San Francisco tech bus protests|protesters]] claim they block bus lanes and delay public buses.<ref>{{Cite news|date=December 9, 2016|title=Google bus blocked in San Francisco protest vs gentrification|newspaper=Reuters|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-google-protest-idUSBRE9B818J20131209|access-date=November 9, 2016}}</ref>