How to Get to the RFS

Location

The RFS is located 6 miles northwest of the UC Berkeley Central Campus on the San Francisco Bay. Currently, a 25-minute UC shuttle bus ride connects the property to the Berkeley campus once every hour. The site has easy freeway access to the larger bay area and excellent bay and city views. The site is easily accessed on bicycle along the San Francisco Bay Trail with access over Interstate 80 at the Berkeley bicycle and pedestrian bridge.

Directions to RFS

From I-80/580 (From Berkeley, Oakland, or San Francisco)

After the Gilman Street exit, get in one of the two right lanes and take I-580 toward the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge. Exit on Bayview (second exit after the freeway splits). Go up the ramp and turn left (toward the Bay) at the stoplight. Go straight at the stop sign onto Meade Street. Pass the Zeneca facility and turn left on South 47th Street (the second left). Immediately turn right and stop at the RFS gate.

From I-80 (From Sacramento)

Take the Carlson Avenue exit. Turn right and go through the light at South 55th Street. Turn left at the next light, Bayview. Go over the freeway to the stop sign. Go straight at the stop sign onto Meade Street and turn left on South 47th Street (the second left). Immediately turn right and stop at the RFS gate.

From I-580 (From Marin County)

Take the Regatta Boulevard exit. Go straight through the light (onto Meade) and along RFS. Take the next right on South 47th Street. Immediately turn right again and stop at the RFS gate.

From the Berkeley Campus

Take Martin Luther King Way (which will change name to The Alameda) and turn left on Marin Avenue. Take Marin across San Pablo and Jackson Street and enter I-580 by following the sign toward Richmond (enter carefully as the ramp enters from the left.). Exit on Bayview (second exit). Go up the ramp and turn left (toward the bay) at the stoplight. Go straight at the stop sign onto Meade Street. Pass the Zeneca facility and turn left on South 47th Street (the second left). Immediately turn right and stop at the RFS gate.

Access to RFS via UC-RFS Shuttle Bus

(From Berkeley Campus) 
The RFS shuttle bus starts at Hearst Mining with stops at Oxford Street and University Avenue (near the UC Garage); the Berkeley BART Station at Shattuck Avenue and Center Street; Albany Village at Jackson Street and Buchanan Street. 
(From RFS campus) 
From RFS to Berkeley, ask the Driver to stop at Shattuck Avenue and walk south to BART and ends at Hearst Mining via Hearst Avenue.