{"id":386173,"date":"2026-07-04T16:56:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-04T16:56:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/386173\/"},"modified":"2026-07-04T16:56:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-04T16:56:08","slug":"muni-adds-service-street-closures-planned-for-sf-fourth-of-july-nbc-bay-area","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/386173\/","title":{"rendered":"Muni adds service, street closures planned for SF Fourth of July \u2013 NBC Bay Area"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency is adding Muni service and implementing street closures to accommodate large crowds expected for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcbayarea.com\/news\/local\/watch-fourth-of-july-fireworks-golden-gate-bridge-san-francisco\/4106170\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the city&#8217;s Independence Day celebrations<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Transport officials urged people to use public transit, walk, bike, or take a taxi, warning that heavy traffic and limited parking are expected Saturday afternoon through late evening, particularly near the waterfront.<\/p>\n<p>The Golden Gate Bridge will close to all traffic from 9 p.m. to 10 p.m. for fireworks operations, while Caltrans will begin closing U.S. 101 in both directions at 8 p.m., transport officials said.<\/p>\n<p>Jefferson Street between Hyde Street and The Embarcadero will be closed from 1 p.m. to 11 p.m. Beginning about 8 p.m., access to streets in the Fisherman&#8217;s Wharf and Marina neighborhoods will be restricted to residents, guests, and deliveries, according to SFMTA.<\/p>\n<p>The SFMTA will operate additional Muni fireworks shuttle service from 4 p.m. to 11:30 p.m., connecting the Powell Street and Embarcadero BART stations to viewing areas in the Marina and at Pier 39.<\/p>\n<p>Transit hubs will be located at Marina Middle School, Van Ness Avenue, Bay Street, and Pier 39.<\/p>\n<p>More information and maps are available at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfmta.com\/project-updates\/july-4th-extra-service\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.sfmta.com\/project-updates\/july-4th-extra-service<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency is adding Muni service and implementing street closures to accommodate large crowds&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":386174,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[91344,101,103,102,104,106,105],"class_list":["post-386173","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-francisco","tag-fourth-of-july","tag-san-francisco","tag-san-francisco-headlines","tag-san-francisco-news","tag-sf","tag-sf-headlines","tag-sf-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/386173","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=386173"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/386173\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/386174"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=386173"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=386173"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=386173"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}