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If you're looking to get between Oakland and Alameda and San Francisco on that day and avoid this and other events, I rather enjoy and can recommend the Ferry. It's slower and more expensive but also more pleasant. Go without hurry and bring a book if you don't want to stare out at the water.

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The ferry is the most civilized transit in the area. They even have a bar on board. It’s very pleasant. I’d take it all the time if I didn’t have to drive to the terminal, as opposed to catching the transbay bus that stops a block from my house.

Regrettably I lived in SF for years and never took the ferry across the bay. Will have to give it a try next time I'm out there.

a fun activity is to ride a bike across the golden gate from SF up to Tiberon, have lunch, catch the ferry back. If Tiberon is too far you can also catch the ferry from Sausalito

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