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Where is the best place to park in san fransisco thats either cheap or free? |
Travel Info goin to san fran this weekend, but last time it cost me $23 in the parking garage!!! is there any places that offer free or cheap parking? im gonna be primarily around china town, maybe the fisherman's wharf, that sort of area. please be specific, it is a big city lol. Travel Tips in a carpark Others I usually try to find a meter, but that can be almost impossible during the daytime. You might be able to find parking on a residential street and walk if you are in the fisherman's wharf area. No. If you are going to be around Chinatown and Fisherman's Wharf, there is NO cheap or free parking anywhere in that area. Your best choice for a few hours is the parking garage opposite Pier 39,(on the waterfront street known as The Embarcadero) which is a nice tourist destination just down the waterfront from Fisherman's Wharf; not cheap, but the most reasonable near the Wharf area (within walking distance), and you can get validated parking there for an evening meal, etc. This is not near Chinatown, so that is a separate site. There is NO reasonable parking there either ; the least pricey is the City's Sutter/Stockton Garage near Union Square, cheaper than the private garages. Park and walk out the Bush Street side and down to Grant Avenue and into Chinatown. It is ok for a couple of hours, but then the prices go UP (they don't want commuters, only shoppers. ) Sorry to not give you any bargains. I have lived here 40 years, and it is a disaster, because the crackpots who run this city are a bunch of anti-automobile nutcakes who make it next to impossible to visit with a car unless you are a millionaire. They make sure the private garages , hotels and parking lots make a bloody fortune ! I had stayed in San Francisco x 1 month. Residents of that place and the nearby Contra Costa county who are working in San Francisco dont bring their cars because parking is expensive. Once we parked over downtown Italian restaurants and we paid $2.00 for less than an hour. We usually shop at Daly City since parking there in malls is bigger and for free. Why dont you try parking there and get a cab or take the BART instead. On top of the parking meter, then the meter maid can't read the meter, plus, you may get paid for parking. Lol, j/k. Parking is notoriously scarce and expensive in San Francisco, which is one reason so many residents either car share or don't own cars. You may be able to find free street parking as well as cheap lot parking on Saturday or Sunday in the south of Market area. But parking near any tourist area is going to cost you. Since you are going to visit the touristy areas the best bet might be to park at a Bart Station outside the city and take Bart to the Powell Street station and use public transportation while in the city. A day pass is $11. Park in a residential unmetered area near the end of a bus line where there aren't any neighborhood parking restrictions. The bus ride is an experience in itself. Get a good street map of SF. Make sure you have enough $1.00 bills and some quarters in your pocket for public transportation. Adult fare is $1.50. Seniors and children are cheaper. If you want a MUNI map, you can buy them in those stores that tourists visit or maybe a drugstore like Walgreens -- it's usually near the checkstand. magazines or the checkstand. I am sorry it's not on the internet. http://www.sfmta.com/cms/mfares/fareinfo... http://transit.511.org/schedules/routein... The end of the line for #1 California is 33rd Ave & Geary Blvd. You'll see the busses with the overhead electric lines parked near the corner on Geary Blvd. If you get on here, you can pick your seats. Caution: Stay out of the front seats if you are not a Senior because then you will have to give up your seat to a Senior before you arrive at your destination. Find a seat toward the middle of the bus if you can, then you won't have a Senior standing in front of you, hanging on for dear life, looking longingly at your seat. The bus runs into Chinatown and to the Financial District before it turns around. The Inbound run: 33 rd Ave & Geary, Clement, 32nd Ave, California, Steiner, Sacramento, Gough, Clay, to terminal The Outbound run: Clay & Drumm via Drumm, Sacramento, Steiner, California, 32nd Ave,Geary to 33rd Ave. (Notice that Clay St. is a one way eastbound. If you catch the bus back to your car from Chinatown, you'll have to walk over to Sacramento St. which is one way westbound.) Park you car in the residential area along the #1 California run in the Richmond District. Check to make sure there are no parking restrictions and you don't block someone's driveway. Jot down the street address -- plus cross street where you put your car. Everything in order: Then hop on the bus, pay your $1.50 per person (don't forget to get a transfer just in case because it's good for a few hours). Get off the bus on Stockton St. You can walk around Chinatown, then walk toward North Beach on Columbus (you'll be at Fisherman's Wharf). After you finish bumming around Pier 39 and feel ready to go home, Walk along the Embarcadero toward the Ferry Bldg. Go to the downtown end of the #1 California at Clay & Drumm. It will take you back to where you left your car. Sorry my info is so fragmented. If you happen to end up on Market St. in the Union Square area, you could catch the #38 Geary back out to the Richmond District. Then you would need to walk a few blocks over to retrieve your car. Be aware that although the 38-Limited is faster, it has fewer stops so you might want to wait for a local. You can always ask the driver. Enjoy you trip. As resident, that's how we do SF-- by MUNI. |
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