The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) releases the following upcoming event-related traffic and transit impacts for the week, from Thursday, Dec. 4 through Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2025.
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Downtown First Thursdays
Thursday, Dec. 4: The Downtown First Thursdays (DFT) event will take place on 2nd Street from 5 to 10 p.m. This is a free monthly street party that takes place every first Thursday of the month. For event details, visit www.dftsf.com.
The following street closures will be required from noon until midnight, Thursday:
- 2nd Street between Market and Folsom streets
- Clementina Street between 2nd and 1st streets
- Jessie Street between New Montgomery and 2nd streets
- Minna Street between New Montgomery and 1st streets
- Natoma Street between New Montgomery and 1st streets
- Stevenson Street between New Montgomery and 1st streets
- Tehama Street between Hawthorne and 1st streets
These intersections will remain open at all times: 1) 2nd and Mission streets; 2) 2nd and Howard streets.
There will be no impact on Muni service.
Cruzada Guadalupana
Saturday, Dec. 6: La Cruzada Guadalupana Pilgrimage is a yearly event that starts in South San Francisco and proceeds through San Francisco to St. Mary’s Cathedral. The procession will begin at 6 a.m. and is anticipated to reach the San Francisco border with Daly City between 9 and 9:45 a.m. It will then proceed via Mission Street, 14th Street, South Van Ness, Ellis Street, and Gough Street to Geary. The procession will make one stop mid route at the Parish Church of St. John the Evangelist at Mission Street and St Mary’s Avenue. Approximately 10,000 people, 25 horses, and 18 vehicles (including sound trucks, floats, Red Cross vans, Radio La Raza trucks, water and supply trucks) will be a part of this procession.
The following street closures will be required from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., Saturday:
- Mission Street / Sickles Avenue and 1111 Gough Street
The following Muni routes will be impacted: 14 Mission, 14R Mission Rapid, 33 Ashbury/18th and 49 Van Ness/Mission. Streets along the procession route may also be congested which could impact additional Muni bus service in the area.
San Francisco Police Department officers and the SFMTA’s Parking Control Officers will monitor the march.
Dogpatch Holiday Market
Saturday, Dec. 6: The Dogpatch Holiday Market returns to celebrate the season in one of San Francisco’s most creative neighborhoods. Event will take place from 11a.m. to 5 p.m.
A street closure of 22nd Street between 3rd and Illinois streets will be required from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m., Saturday.
The following Muni route will be impacted: 48 Quintara/24th Street.
Winter Walk SF
Saturday, Dec. 13 through Wednesday, Dec. 24: Winter Walk, San Francisco’s signature holiday event will return to Union Square area for a 12-day celebration that transforms two blocks of Stockton Street into a festive holiday destination.
This event features elaborate holiday decor, captivating performances, programmed snow, and seasonal offerings of food, drink, activities and shops. For more details about Winter Walk SF, visit visitunionsquaresf.com. Below are event hours during the celebration:
- Monday to Wednesday, from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.
- Thursday to Sunday, from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m.
Tuesday, Dec. 9 through Saturday, Dec. 27: A street closure of Stockton Street between Post and O’Farrell streets will be required from 4 a.m., Tuesday, Dec. 9 and continuing through 10 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 27.
The following Muni routes will be affected: 8 Bayshore; 8AX Bayshore A Express; 8BX Bayshore B Express; 15 Bayview Hunters Point Express; 30 Stockton; 45 Union/Stockton; 91 3rd Street/19th Avenue Owl; and T Third Street Bus.
CONSTRUCTION WORK AND OTHER UPDATES
New: Fix It! Weekend--N Judah Bus Substitution for Maintenance Work
Saturday, Dec. 6 and Sunday, Dec. 7: The SFMTA, in partnership with PG&E, will conduct important maintenance work along the N Judah line. To ensure crews can complete this work safely and efficiently, some sections of the line may temporarily be run by Muni buses.
A partial motorization of N Judah service will support various inspection and maintenance projects along the trackway between Ocean Beach and Church/Duboce. Each day from 8 a.m. to midnight, Saturday, Dec. 6 and Sunday, Dec. 7, N Judah will operate with Muni buses between Ocean Beach and Church/Duboce. N Judah trains will operate between Church/Duboce and Caltrain. Customers can transfer between bus and train at Church/Duboce.
N Judah Bus Shuttle will only serve curbside stops for the N-Bus and N-Owl in the Sunset District. N Judah Bus Shuttle will not serve train boarding island stops.
During this service change period, the N-Owl buses will operate the normal route and schedule.
Regular, full-length train service between Ocean Beach and Caltrain will resume at 8 a.m. on Monday, Dec. 8.
Accessible transfers between bus and train is available at Church/Duboce.
For additional information visit SFMTA.com/railwork.
UPDATE: Sewer Replacement and Street Reconstruction in the Wharf Area
Now through mid December: As part of this work, bus stops will be relocated and some bus lines will be rerouted. The work area is Powell Street between Jefferson and North Point streets, and, on North Point Street between Mason and Powell streets. The following Muni routes will be impacted by the construction work:
- The 28 19th Avenue will be affected
- The 39 Coit: Some stops will be relocated
UPDATE: Caltrans Work—04-4K1104 (19th Avenue)
Caltrans contractor is currently working on Phase 1 (Concrete Parking Strip Work). On Monday Dec. 1, the contractor crew started working on northbound 19th Avenue at Sloat Boulevard and are working their way northbound to Lincoln Way. One northbound lane will be closed from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. daily, from Monday to Friday. Caltrans contractor will maintain two lanes of traffic open during working hours and work will affect four blocks at a time. Once Northbound is completed they will do the same for southbound 19th Avenue starting at Lincoln Way and working south to Sloat Boulevard.
Caltrans contractors will deploy traffic control and message boards in advance of the closures. For more information visit the 19th Avenue Paving and Rehabilitation | Caltrans website.
UPDATE: Caltrans Work—04-1Q802 US101 (Hospital Curve)
This construction project will be closing on and off-ramps to restripe US 101 ahead of storm drainage improvements scope of this project.
To facilitate this project, listed below are schedules of these closures:
Monday, Dec. 8
- Northbound US101 at Westbound Cesar Chavez/Potrero on ramp will be closed from 9 p.m. to 7 a.m. the next day
- Northbound US101 at Vermont Street connector off ramp will be closed from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. the next day
- Southbound US101 at Cesar Chavez/Bayshore off ramp will be closed from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m. the next day
From Tuesday, Dec. 9 through Thursday, Dec. 11
- Northbound US101 at Westbound Cesar Chavez/Potrero on ramp will be closed from 9 p.m. to 7 a.m. the next day
- Northbound US101 at Cesar Chavez/Bayshore on ramp will be closed from 11:59 p.m. to 5 a.m. the next day
- Northbound US101 at Vermont Street connector off ramp will be closed from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. the next day
- Southbound US101 at Cesar Chavez/Bayshore off ramp will be closed from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m. the next day
Friday, Dec. 12
- Northbound US101 at Westbound Cesar Chavez/Potrero on ramp will be closed from 8 p.m. to 9 a.m. the next day
- Northbound US101 at Cesar Chavez/Bayshore on ramp will be closed from 11:59 p.m. to 5 a.m. the next day
- Northbound US101 at Vermont Street connector off ramp will be closed from 10 p.m. to 10 a.m. the next day
- Southbound US101 at Cesar Chavez/Bayshore off ramp will be closed from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. the next day
Saturday, Dec. 13
- Northbound US101 at Cesar Chavez/Bayshore on ramp will be closed from 1 to 6 a.m.
Signage will be placed in advance of these closures and detour routes. For project information, visit San Francisco US-101 Rehabilitation and advisory of the project.
UPDATE: Caltrans Work—04-0X5804 Freeway Ramp Signs and Striping
Caltrans contractor has been postponing closing freeway on and off-ramps on this project.
ONGOING
ONGOING: SFPUC Geary Boulevard Sewer and Water Replacements
Now until 2027: Replacement work of sewer and water lines is currently taking place along Geary Boulevard between 32nd Avenue and Stanyan Street. Due to construction work at multiple locations, some of the bus stops for Muni routes 38 Geary and 38R Geary Rapid will be temporarily relocated nearby. Riders should look for orange signage at impacted bus stops.