A portrait format poster graphic. The top has an orange background and says 'J CHURCH'. The middle is a moody photo at night of a J train at the top of Dolores park. The park and part of downtown are visible in the background. On the bottom is an orange background, the tagline Ride the Metro, and a list of destinations: Embarcadero • Civic Center • Church & Market • Dolores Park • Glen Park • Balboa Park


A portrait format poster graphic. The top has a pale blue background and says 'K INGLESIDE'. The middle is a saturated and elevated photo of a K train driving on the street with the house-covered Excelsior hills rising in the background. On the bottom is a pale blue background, the tagline Ride the Metro, and a list of destinations: Embarcadero • Civic Center • Castro • West Portal • Ingleside • City College • Balboa Park


A portrait format poster graphic. The top has a black background with a dot matrix style pattern and the lit up text 'L TARAVAL SF Zoo'. The middle is a vibrant photo looking down Taraval street of a LBUS driving on the rails in the center of the street. The ocean at the end of the street is a teal color, which blends into the blue, purple, red, and yellow colors of the sunset. On the bottom is a purple background, the tagline Ride the Metro (with the worth metro crossed out and the word bus added in a different font), and a list of destinations: SF Zoo • Ocean Beach • Taraval St • West Portal • Portola • Upper Market • Castro • Civic Center • Embarcadero


A portrait format poster graphic. The top has a green background and says 'M OCEAN VIEW'. The middle is a saturated photo of a M train in a right of way between two buildings on Ocean avenue. The building on the left has a blue sea mural with red kelp, and silhouettes of people, with two real people standing in front waiting for a train. The right building has a mural of a blue whale on a green background. The sun is setting and casting the sky with yellow-pink colors, as well as lighting the scene with warm light at a sharp angle. On the bottom is a green background, the tagline Ride the Metro, and a list of destinations: Embarcadero • Civic Center • Castro • West Portal • Stonestown • SFSU • Ocean View • Balboa Park


A portrait format poster graphic. The top has a deep blue background and says 'N JUDAH'. The middle is an orange and blue tone photo of a N train on Judah street. it is a rolling street that gradually descends to the ocean and is lined with short, mostly-tan coloured buildings. The ocean at the end of the street is a sapphire blue. The sky is a bold orange, with smooth horizontal streaks that are slightly more red or yellow. On the bottom is a deep blue background, the tagline Ride the Metro, and a list of destinations: Caltrain • Oracle Park • Embarcadero • Civic Center • Duboce & Church • Inner Sunset • Judah St • Ocean Beach


A portrait format poster graphic. The top has a yellow background and says 'S SHUTTLE'. The middle is a pink hued photo of a S train in a tunnel (about enter Forest Hill station). The tunnel is a curved concrete structure with uneven surfaces that are made prominent by be strong light coming from the train headlights. The tunnel has a large number of pipes/wires on the side and overhead, including the overhead contact wire. On the bottom is a yellow background, the tagline Ride the Metro, and a list of destinations: Embarcadero • Montgomery • Powell • Civic Center • Van Ness • Church • Castro • Forest Hill • West Portal


A portrait format poster graphic. The top has a red background and says 'T THIRD'. The middle is a symmetrical photo of a train boarding platform in the center of a street lined with palm trees and tall buildings. The platform has a teal shelter structure with a line green light pole directly in front of the camera. There are two trains side by side on opposite sides of the platform: a Breda T train on the left and a Siemens KT train on the right. High rise buildings are visible in the background. On the bottom is a red background, the tagline Ride the Metro, and a list of destinations: Bayview • Dogpatch • Chase Center • Caltrain • Oracle Park • Yerba Buena • Union Square • Chinatown







Ride the Metro is a project by Vallery Lancey. All images available under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0. Detailed alt text embedded.


Thanks to Cedar Makhijani for the Siemens font (J Church, S Shuttle). And thanks to everyone who recommended their favorite views, rode around on Muni Metro with me, and reviewed the endless photos.