The Brief
- The San Francisco Mass Transit Authority released a list of road closures and service changes ahead of planned ‘No Kings’ protests on Saturday.
- The changes are expected to be temporary, and last from around 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
- There are dozens of protests planned around the Bay Area.
SAN FRANCISCO – Ahead of the planned “No Kings” protests being held across the Bay and the country this weekend are expected to have some major impacts on commuters. The San Francisco Mass Transit Authority on Friday issued travel guidelines for drivers or commuters planning to traverse the region on Saturday.
“There will be a ‘No Kings’ protest and march along Market Street this Saturday, October 18, from 2:00 to 3:30 p.m.,” an SFMTA release states. “Muni service along Market Street will be routed onto Mission Street and service that crosses Market will have service switchbacks or reroutes to avoid the march area between, approximately, Market and Beale and Civic Center. There will be numerous street closures for event staging.”
Planned closures
The following streets will be closed from 1:15 to 2:00 p.m.:
- Market Street, from Beale Street to Steuart Street
- Steuart Street, from Market Street to Howard Street
- Spear Street, from Market Street to Folsom Street
- Main Street, from Market Street to Howard Street.
- All intersections with Mission Street will remain open
The following streets will be closed from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m.:
- Market Street from Eighth Street to Steuart Street
- Hyde Street from McAllister Street to Market Street
- Grove Street from Market Street to Van Ness Avenue
The SFMTA release states that the “protest and march will require multiple Muni routes to deviate off Market Street,” and that people should plan to use the Market Street Subway to travel along Market Street.
A full list of the impacted Muni routes, including the stops they will skip and alternate pick-up and drop-off points, can be found here.
Taking to the streets
There are over 2,500 ‘No Kings’ protests planned across the country on Saturday. It will be the second such protest, and the third mass movement against the administration this year, and it comes amid an intensifying conflict between federal law enforcement and protesters nationwide.…