As of September, 2003, there are few changes.

Public Transit Changes: (www.transitinfo.org)

BART now runs from San Francisco and Colma to SF International Airport and Millbrae. It provides good connections for Caltrain riders going to western San Francisco, and for San Franciscans connecting further down the Peninsula. It provides slightly better access to Pacifica and Sweeney Ridge. Trail connections are a little limited. Millbrae BART to Junipero Serra County Park via the #342 bus is one possible hike. East across Hwy 101 takes you to miles of Bay Trail bike path (see Bay Trail maps and San Francisco Bay Shoreline Guide book).

San Bruno Mountain is still hard to get to by public transit even though BART practically encircles the west end of the mountain -- there are not yet enough public trail connections from the edges of the park. The County Parks master plan has looked at this situation but the way their budget has been hit we're lucky they still have rangers to maintain what's open already. Best access is still from Daly City BART and Mission Street. Climb Crocker Ave. 6-8 blocks from Top of the Hill. At the top of Crocker there is no sidewalk -- walk carefully along the shoulder (pause to gaze out over Colma Canyon). In a block or so you pick up the sidewalk again; after a couple blocks turn onto Old Guadalupe Trail. South Hills Blvd. is another route to this trailhead, coming from the #43 bus.

There is an informal (aka private) access from the south via the fire road off Hillside Blvd. just east of Chestnut in South San Francisco. This land is slated to become part of the park but is still private. There's a County Parks style gate at the start of this road, which ascends the nose of the south ridge, leveling slightly before entering the County Park and climbing the steep Southeast Ridge.

MUNI #56 still runs from Third Street east to SF Executive Park, but the north (or west) end of the line has changed. Check MUNI website for new route and schedule.