Mass Transit: The public transportation system of San Francisco is called the San Francisco Municipal Railway or Muni. It operates the Muni Metro light rail system in San Francisco, a streetcar line, the San Francisco cable car system, along with buses, and trolleybuses. BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit) is the regional transit system. This is an electric train system that services parts of San Francisco Bay Area. In addition to this, a commuter rail line, Caltrain, operates in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Airports: San Francisco is served by three major airports. These are San Francisco International Airport, Oakland International Airport, and Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International Airport. San Francisco International Airport is the main airport of San Francisco.
Taxis: During the weekends, you may have difficulty in hailing a cab on the streets of San Francisco, in some parts of the city. There are a lot of cabs standing at
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popular night spots like Mission, SOMA, North Beach, Haight, and Castro, but there are an equal number of passengers waiting to hire cabs too. So, you might have some difficulty in hailing a cab. However, during the weekdays, you won’t have any problems finding cabs. You can find one at hotel taxi stands and can also call a taxi cab company. Some of the taxi cab companies of San Francisco are City Wide Cab (Ph: 415/920-0700), DeSoto Cab (Ph: 415/673-1414), and Yellow Cab (Ph: 415/626-2345).
Ferries: A few commuter ferries operates from the Embarcadero to various parts of the city.
Online Booking of Flights:Some of the carriers that fly to San Francisco International Airport are Air Canada, America West, American Airlines, Continental Airlines, Delta Airlines, Frontier Airlines, Northwest, Qantas, Southwest, and United. You can book flights to and from San Francisco from the comforts of your house.
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