Civic - Services - San Francisco, California, USA

Support for human needs and infrastructure

• Human: Health and human services
  • Social Security: Social Security San Francisco; serves Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada, American Samoa, Guam, Saipan
  • Physician Finder: San Francisco Medical Society's Physician Locator; helps you find a physician
  • VA Medical: San Francisco Veteran's Administration Medical Center
  • -USA Human-: National Health and Human services; you can use these directories to find doctors, hospitals, dentists, and other health and human services
• Transport: San Francisco offers transit options as one of the largest metropolitan areas in the world and part of the highly-populated Bay Area
  • 511.org: Phone number and Web consolidating Bay Area transportation-related information; information on traffic, public transportation routes and fares, carpool and vanpool referrals, bicycling information; covers counties: Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Solano, and Sonoma; managed by public agencies led by the Metropolitan Transportation Commission, the California Highway Patrol, and the California Department of Transportation
  • MTC: Metropolitan Transportation Commission; the transportation planning, coordinating and financing agency for the nine-county San Francisco Bay Area; projects include TransLink transit fare card and FasTrak toll payment
  • Muni: public transit system; "Muni" stands for San Francisco Municipal Railway; vehicles include light-rail (Metro streetcars), electric trolley buses, diesel buses, cable cars, and a collection of historic streetcars
  • Cable Cars: Information about San Francisco cable cars; site includes interactive demos on how cable cars work, cable car route maps, cable car fares and how to ride
  • BART: Bay Area Rapid Transit; 153 km light rail system which operates above ground, below ground, and under San Francisco Bay in a 6km tunnel; serves the San Francisco Peninsula and East Bay (including Oakland, Berkeley, Hayward, Richmond, Walnut Creek, Fremont).
  • Caltrain: Rail service between San Francisco and San Jose; weekday commute-hour service to Gilroy
  • Golden Gate Dist: Golden Gate Bridge, Highway, and Transportation District; operates the Golden Gate Bridge, Golden Gate Transit and Golden Gate Ferry
  • SFO Airport: San Francisco International Airport
  • SF Park: parking management system; uses sensors, new meters, and real-time parking data to take the guesswork out of parking; makes parking easier to find and more convenient; benefits to drivers, Muni riders, bicyclists, pedestrians, visitors, merchants, and more; SFpark sensors installed in parking spaces and in City-owned garages track in real-time parking availability
  • SF Port: Port of San Francisco; public agency managing the 12 km of San Francisco Bay shoreline from the Hyde Street Pier in the north to India Basin in the south
  • Blue & Gold Fleet: Bay tour and ferry boats
  • Red & White Fleet: Bay tour boats
  • Greyhound Bus: National commercial bus company; connections all over the US, Canada, and Mexico
  • GotoBus: Bus reservation system; buses connecting many cities including San Francisco
• Facilities: Institutions, units, organizations, or systems that build, distribute, plan, or and keep area resources or infrastructure working
  • Air Quality: Bay Area Air Quality Management District
  • Energy: PG&E Corporation; an energy-based holding company headquartered in San Francisco; parent company of Pacific Gas and Electric Company and National Energy & Gas Transmission, Inc.
  • SF Estuary: San Francisco Estuary Institute; protect and enhance the San Francisco Estuary

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