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The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA), host system for the 2015 APTA Annual Meeting, and its regional partners have released the following preliminary list of technical tours. More information regarding date, time and specific requirements (i.e., dress for walking or bicycling) will be released closer to the meeting.

SFMTA: Central Subway. Take a walking tour of key sites of the SFMTA’s Central Subway Project. Learn about the design, permitting, execution and community outreach challenges associated with major construction adjacent to some of the densest, most valuable real estate in North America. Work permitting, access to the construction site may be possible. (Tuesday, Oct. 6)

SFMTA: Cable Car Barn. Ride a San Francisco icon and go behind the scenes of the world’s last operating cable car system. Enjoy a guided tour of the powerhouse, car barn and museum. Learn how this pioneering urban transit system was invented, dominated the industry, changed city planning and improved the urban environment. You can only take this tour in San Francisco! (Wednesday, Oct. 7)

SFMTA: Better Market Street by Bike. Following New York City’s lead, San Francisco is the second U.S. city to experiment with red transit-only lanes, which it began in 2013 and expanded the next year. The SFMTA is evaluating the effectiveness of these lanes and will share its findings with FHWA and the California Traffic Control Devices Committee for potential adoption as a new traffic control device. This tour will be by bicycle. SFMTA staff will discuss lessons learned. (Wednesday, Oct. 7)

SFMTA: Accessible Technology and Design Tour. Come experience exciting new technologies and design in the areas of accessibility including the Paratransit Taxi Debit Card system, new bus securement systems and audible wayfinding tools for customers with vision impairments. (Wednesday, Oct. 7)

SFMTA: Historic Vehicles. The SFMTA has one of the most diverse fleets of historic vehicles of any public transit agency. In addition to its world-famous cable cars, Muni has a fleet of almost 50 operational streetcars from around the world—the oldest from 1896—that operate in regular service on the F-Market and Wharves and E-Embarcadero lines. (Wednesday, Oct. 7)

SFMTA: Transportation Management Center. This facility, which opened in 2014, combines public transit functions with transportation functions, allowing the agency to manage not only buses and light rail vehicles but also traffic flow, traffic signal timing, security, station operations, parking lots and parking control officers. In the future, SFMTA will expand the center to cover additional mobility functions including taxis. (Wednesday, Oct. 7)

Transbay Joint Powers Authority: Transbay Transit Center Construction Site. The Transbay Transit Center, known as the “Grand Central Station of the West,” will connect eight bay area counties and 11 public transit systems, including future high-speed rail. The first phase of the facility is scheduled to open in late 2017. Construction began in August 2010 and excavation and foundation work were completed in 2014, allowing structural steel construction to begin in November. (Tuesday, Oct. 6, and Wednesday, Oct. 7)

Water Emergency Transportation Authority: San Francisco Bay Ferry Waterfront Tour. The Water Emergency Transportation Authority (WETA) operates ferries among San Francisco, Oakland, Alameda, South San Francisco and Vallejo, with expansion plans for Richmond, Berkeley and Treasure Island. The tour begins at the Ferry Building and includes a tour of the San Francisco waterfront from one of WETA’s vessels. (Tuesday, Oct. 6)

Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District: Golden Gate Ferry Operations Tour. Boarding at Golden Gate Ferry’s San Francisco Terminal, the group will take a ferry ride on the San Francisco Bay, including a stop in Sausalito. GGBHTD is a special district of the state responsible for the operation and maintenance of the Golden Gate Bridge, Golden Gate Transit and Golden Gate Ferry. (Wednesday, Oct. 7)

San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District: Bike Share and Bike Station Tour. This tour includes visits to two new BART bike parking stations and two Bay Area Bike Share stations to explore successful approaches to integrating bicycles and transit. (Tuesday, Oct. 6)

BART: A Tour of the Ed Roberts Campus and Ashby BART Station in Berkeley. The Ed Roberts Campus—built on BART property as a joint development project—is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) corporation that has been formed by organizations that advocate for people with disabilities and share a common history. The tour will highlight universal design and accessibility at the campus and Ashby BART Station. (Wednesday, Oct. 7)

BART: Warm Springs Extension Tour. This project will extend BART service just over five miles to southern Fremont and serve as the gateway for the further extension of BART to San Jose. The tour will visit the nearly complete line and participants will hear about key planning and construction issues. It will conclude at the Warm Springs Station, located adjacent to an 800-acre TOD site and near Tesla, the largest working car factory in California. (Wednesday, Oct. 7)

BART: BART to Oakland Airport Tour. BART to Oakland Airport is a driverless aerial trackway system connecting Coliseum BART Station to the Oakland International Airport. Since its opening in 2014, ridership from the station to the airport is up nearly 30 percent. (Tuesday, Oct. 6)

AC Transit: Temporary Transbay Terminal and AC Transit’s Hydrogen Fueling Station. The Temporary Transbay Terminal provides temporary bus terminal facilities during construction of the new multimodal Transbay Transit Center. Tour participants and AC Transit staff will board a hydrogen fuel cell bus for a short ride across the Bay Bridge to the system’s Emeryville Division, home of a state-of-the-art fueling facility that dispenses hydrogen made both from natural gas and from water and solar electricity. (Wednesday, Oct. 7)