Golden Gate Transit Route 172 provides convenient service between Petaluma and San Francisco
Golden Gate Transit offers frequent, affordable, and comfortable weekday commute service between Petaluma and San Francisco. Route 172 stops at the Petaluma Fairgrounds Park & Ride during morning and afternoon rush hours, giving riders options for travel to and from San Francisco – plus a free and safe place to park your car.
Choose from nine different morning trips arriving in San Francisco as early as 5:45 am, and nine return trips departing the San Francisco Financial District as early 2:15 pm. So park your car and cruise in the carpool lane on Golden Gate Transit for a quick and relaxing ride to San Francisco. Click here for schedules and real-time maps.
The Petaluma Fairgrounds Park & Ride is conveniently located on E Washington & Ellis Street. There is plenty of parking and a Java Hut if you need coffee before your trip.
- Five trips arrive in San Francisco before 8 am on weekdays.
- Free Parking.
- Multiple options on Route 172.
- Nine morning trips to San Francisco.
- Nine afternoon trips to Petaluma.
- Earliest trip arrives in SF before 6 am.
- Free WiFi on board.
- Affordable: one-way Clipper fare is $11.80
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For trip-planning assistance, visit our Bus Schedules & Maps page or call 511/415-455-2000 (say "Golden Gate Transit," then "operator" to bypass recorded messages)/TDD 711. Customer service representatives are available weekdays from 7:00 am to 6:00 pm.