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By Car:
From the North: Take Highway 101 South, cross the Golden Gate Bridge. Take 19th Avenue/Highway 1 exit. Follow 19th Avenue to campus at Holloway Avenue.

To get to the parking garage, turn right onto Holloway Ave and continue to Font Blvd. Turn right onto Font Blvd. and continue to Lake Merced Blvd. Turn right onto Lake Merced Blvd. then take an immediate right onto State Drive which is the entrance to the parking garage.

From the South:
Take I-280 North, exit at 19th Avenue. Take Junipero Serra Boulevard to Holloway Avenue, turn left on Holloway Avenue to campus at 19th Avenue.

To get to the parking garage, continue on Holloway Ave to Font Blvd. Turn right onto Font Blvd. and continue to Lake Merced Blvd. Turn right onto Lake Merced Blvd. then take an immediate right onto State Drive which is the entrance to the parking garage.

From the East:
Take I-80 West across the Bay Bridge to Highway 101 South. Take 101 South to I-280 toward Daly City. Take the San Jose Avenue/Mission St. exit (immediately after the Ocean Avenue exit), bearing right onto Sagamore Street to Brotherhood Way to Junipero Serra Boulevard North. Take Junipero Serra Boulevard to Holloway Avenue, turn left on Holloway Avenue to campus at 19th Avenue.

To get directly to the parking garage stay on Brotherhood Way and turn right onto Lake Merced Blvd. Turn right onto State Drive which is the third light after turning onto Lake Merced Blvd. and immediately after Font Blvd.

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From the Airport
From SFO:

From the departure area take the I-280 North entrance. Take I-280 North, exit at 19th Avenue. Take Junipero Serra Boulevard to Holloway Avenue; turn left on Holloway Avenue to campus at 19th Avenue.
To get to the parking garage, continue on Holloway Ave to Font Blvd. Turn right onto Font Blvd. and continue to Lake Merced Blvd. Turn right onto Lake Merced Blvd. then take an immediate right onto State Drive which is the entrance to the parking garage.

BY PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION:
BART: Exit the Daly City BART Station then take the SFSU shuttle or the MUNI 28 bus.

SuperShuttle: Call 1-800-258-3826 for reservations or supershuttle vans are outside of departures.

From the San Jose Airport:

Go onto Airport Parkway then turn left onto Guadalupe Parkway. Take US-101 North. Take I-280 West/San Bruno exit. Take the I-280 North exit. Take I-280 North, exit at 19th Avenue. Take Junipero Serra Boulevard to Holloway Avenue; turn left on Holloway Avenue to campus at 19th Avenue.

BY PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION:
SuperShuttle: Call 1-800-258-3826 for reservations or supershuttle vans are outside of departures.

From the Oakland Airport:

Take I-880 North towards Downtown Oakland. Take the I-80 West exit towards Bay Bridge/San Francisco. Continue on US-101 South. Take 101 South to I-280 toward Daly City. Take the San Jose Avenue/Mission St. exit (immediately after the Ocean Avenue exit), bearing right onto Sagamore Street to Brotherhood Way to Junipero Serra Boulevard North. Take Junipero Serra Boulevard to Holloway Avenue; turn left on Holloway Avenue to campus at 19th Avenue.

To get directly to the parking garage stay on Brotherhood Way and turn right onto Lake Merced Blvd. Turn right onto State Drive which is the third light after turning onto Lake Merced Blvd. and immediately after Font Blvd.

BY PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION:
BART: Exit the Daly City BART Station then take the SFSU shuttle or the MUNI 28 bus.
SuperShuttle: Call 1-800-258-3826 for reservations or supershuttle vans are outside of departures.

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By BART:
Take any San Francisco-bound BART train to the Daly City BART station. SFSU runs a free shuttle service to campus from the Daly City BART station during the normal school year. Buses are scheduled every 15 minutes, Monday - Thursday, from 7a.m. until 10:30p.m. (last 19th Ave. pick-up at 10p.m.) and on Fridays from 7a.m. until 7p.m. (last 19th Ave. pick-up at 6:50p.m.).

There is no shuttle service on weekends, during the summer or on campus holidays. MUNI and SamTrans also have bus service from the Daly City BART station. MUNI's 28 line and SamTrans' 3B line serve the campus 7 days a week.

Obtain a transfer (good for one ride to & from BART) from the machine in the lobby before exiting the station. Exit at the 19th Ave. & Holloway Ave. stop.
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By MUNI:  
From downtown San Francisco, take MUNI Metro M-Oceanview streetcar.
The campus is also served by the following MUNI bus lines:
M- Oceanview- streetcar to downtown and Balboa Park Station.
17- Park Merced to West Portal Station.
18- 46th Avenue/Zoo, Sunset and Richmond Districts, Palace of the Legion of Honor.
26- Valencia to Ocean View, Balboa Park BART station, Glen Park Station, Mission District to 5th & Mission.
28- 19th Avenue to Daly City BART station, Sunset and Richmond Districts, Golden Gate Bridge, Fort Mason. (28L- limited service Monday-Friday only).
29- Sunset to Ingleside, Excelsior, Bayview districts and Candlestick Park.
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By SFSU Shuttle:
SFSU maintains a free shuttle service during fall and spring semesters.
Service goes to and from the Daly City BART station. For more information including shuttle schedules and pickup locations, click here.
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Caltrain:
Take Caltrain North to the very last stop at 4th & King.
From the Caltrain station you can either walk North West up 4th or 5th Street (about 12 city blocks) to Market Street or you can catch MUNI lines 15, 30, 42, or 45 towards Market Street.
From Market Street take the underground MUNI Metro M-Line outbound (Cost $1). The M-Line will drop you off directly in front of campus at 19th Ave. & Holloway Ave. (just after the Stonestown Shopping Center).
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Golden Gate Transit:
Take any Golden Gate Transit line going to the San Francisco side of the Golden Gate Bridge. You can take either the MUNI 28 or 29 bus routes or the free SFSU Shuttle.
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By SamTrans:
122- (SamTrans Line) to Stonestown.
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Bay Area Ferries:
The ferries listed below all drop off at the San Francisco Ferry Building. From the Ferry Building cross The Embarcadero to Market Street and take the underground MUNI M-line to the San Francisco State University stop (just pass the Stonestown shopping mall).
Click on the links below for more information on individual ferry systems from transitinfo.org.
Alameda/Oakland Ferry
Blue & Gold Fleet
Golden Gate Ferry
Harbor Bay Ferry
Red & White Fleet
Vallejo Ferry
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