Veterans Day Parade
On Sunday the annual Veterans Day Parade will take place on Market Street from 2nd Street to Civic Center. At 9 a.m., 2nd Street from Brannan to Market Streets will be closed to traffic and used for parade staging purposes. During this time, cross traffic will be allowed until parade commences at 11 a.m.

The parade will proceed north on 2nd Street to west on Market Street where it will turn west on McAllister Street. From McAllister Street, the parade will turn south on Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place (Polk Street) and will end at Grove Street.

Streets will open as parade passes. Motorists wishing to cross Market Street are advised to do so via The Embarcadero or Van Ness Avenue.

The following Muni routes and lines will be affected:
F Market
5 Fulton
6 Parnassus
9 San Bruno
9X Bayshore Express
10 Townsend
19 Polk
21 Hayes
26 Valencia
27 Bryant
30 Stockton
31 Balboa
38 Geary
45 Union-Stockton
71 Haight-Noriega
76 Marin Headlands
79X Candlestick Express

49ers Football Game

The San Francisco 49ers will host their next game on Sunday against the Tennessee Titans starting at 1:15 p.m. at Candlestick Park.

Motorists should expect delays on all bridges and freeways leading into San Francisco for at least two hours before the start of the game and for at least two hours after the end of the game. Fans attending the games are encouraged to take public transportation. For more information, please visit www.sfmta.com/football.

On game days, Muni offers several ways to get to Candlestick Park from throughout San Francisco. There are four Muni Express routes and two Shuttles.

The Muni Express route is Special Event Fare Service with an adult fare of $10 roundtrip and a youth/senior/disabled fare of $7 roundtrip. The Special Event fare with a Muni or CityPass is $5.

The Candlestick Shuttles are regular fare service, $2 adult cash fare per trip and $.75 for youth/senior/disabled cash fare per trip. All Muni customers who pay cash fare should be sure to ask for a transfer as proof of payment. Please go to www.sfmta.com for fare details.

For service to and from the game, T Third customers should transfer at the Gilman/Paul station to the 87 Candlestick Shuttle, which operates directly from the station to Candlestick and returns at the end of the game.

Pre-game Service:

75X Candlestick Express – from Balboa Park BART
77X Candlestick Express – from California and Van Ness
78X Candlestick Express – from California and Funston
79X Candlestick Express – from Sutter and Sansome
86 Candlestick Shuttle – from Bacon and San Bruno
87 Candlestick Shuttle – from Third Street and Gillman, T Third Station

Post-game Service:

75X Candlestick Express – to Balboa Park BART
77X Candlestick Express – to Van Ness and North Point
78X Candlestick Express – to California and Funston
79X Candlestick Express – to Kearny and Sutter
86 Candlestick Shuttle – to Bacon and San Bruno
87 Candlestick Shuttle – to Third Street and Gillman, T Third Station

the author

Eve Batey is the editor and publisher of the San Francisco Appeal. She used to be the San Francisco Chronicle's Deputy Managing Editor for Online, and started at the Chronicle as their blogging and interactive editor. Before that, she was a co-founding writer and the lead editor of SFist. She's been in the city since 1997, presently living in the Outer Sunset with her husband, cat, and dog. You can reach Eve at eve@sfappeal.com.

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