Weekend Traffic And Transit Disruptions: Labor Day Parking Enforcement, Giants Games, Critical Mass

Labor Day Holiday Muni Service and Parking Enforcement
On Monday, Labor Day holiday, Muni service will operate on a Sunday schedule.

Parking meters and seven day street sweeping will be enforced citywide on the holiday. Residential parking permits and Monday-Friday daytime street sweeping and commuter towaway will not be enforced.

Meters on The Embarcadero and at Fisherman’s Wharf, are enforced seven days per week throughout the year, except Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day and New Year’s Day.

Hazards are always subject to ticketing and towing.

Baseball Game Traffic Reroutes and Transportation Options
Through Sunday, the San Francisco Giants will play three home games against the Milwaukee Brewers at AT&T Park

7:15 p.m., Friday
6:05 p.m., Saturday
1:05 p.m., Sunday

The SFMTA advises motorists of the increased congestion in downtown San Francisco related to these special events and advises commuters to use transit, taxis, bicycles or walk and to avoid using the Bay Bridge in the two hours before or after these games.

As a reminder to fans, in order to reduce congestion on city streets after all events at AT&T Park, the SFMTA will close eastbound King Street between 3rd and 2nd streets from the seventh inning until after the post-game traffic has died down. Additionally, the northbound portion of the 4th Street (Peter R. Maloney) Bridge will be closed to all traffic except streetcars, buses, taxis and bicycles during the post-game period. Giants fans parked south of Mission Creek Channel who are heading north of the channel are encouraged to exit to the south along 3rd or 4th streets in order to avoid congestion on King and 3rd streets after AT&T Park events.

Parking meters in the Special Event Zone near AT&T Park are enforced on Sundays when there are events at AT&T Park. This Sunday, parking meters in the Special Event Zone near AT&T Park will be enforced.

Interstate 280 Bridge Hinge Replacement Project
On Thursday the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) will begin construction work to replace two bridge hinges located near Cesar Chavez Street on northbound Interstate280. The work will require the closure of northbound Interstate 280 from the U.S. 101/I-280 interchange to downtown San Francisco.

A full closure of northbound I-280 for the Labor Day holiday weekend will begin at 2 p.m., Thursday and end at 5 a.m., next Tuesday, September 2:
Northbound on-ramp closures include:
Alemany Boulevard
U.S. 101 connector to northbound I-280
Indiana and 25th streets
18th Street

Northbound off-ramp closures include:
Cesar Chavez Street
Mariposa Street
6th Street
King Street

Northbound I-280 traffic will be detoured to U.S. 101. Southbound I-280 will remain open.

Muni delays will be expected during the closure, customers are advised to allow extra travel time.

Critical Mass
On Friday at 6 p.m., the Critical Mass bicycle ride will begin at Justin Herman Plaza.

There will be heavy traffic in to the area. Motorists are advised allow extra travel time.

UPDATE: Sewer Restoration Work
Crews from Public Utilities Commission and San Francisco Public Works will continue the installation work of a new sewer main pipeline on Spear Street between Market and Mission streets. This construction project is anticipated to last until spring of 2015.

During the Labor Day long weekend, construction work will take place at the intersection of Spear and Mission streets. Work hours will be from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. each day.

During the construction hours, from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m.:

No street parking will be allowed
Sidewalk will remain open for pedestrian traffic
Local access will be allowed
With an exception of Muni buses, the intersection of Spear and Mission streets will be close to all other traffic

During the closure, there may be brief delays on the following Muni lines and routes:

2 Clement
6 Parnassus
14 Mission
14 Mission Limited
14 Owl
21 Hayes
31 Balboa
L Owl
K Morning Shuttle
M Morning Shuttle

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