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For the budget traveler, BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit; & 415/989-2278; www.bart.gov) now runs from SFO to downtown San Francisco. Rates from the airport to downtown San Francisco are around $6 per person depending on where you re headed, and the trip takes just under half an hour.