Plan San Francisco and Bay Area transit trips and check upcoming stop departures. Free, no API keys.
Maintain this server? Claim it
Call this server's tools from your browser. Nothing to install.
Requests go through mcptry because browsers can't call most MCP servers directly. Header values are sent to the server for that request only and are never stored or logged.
Tool list from our last check. Connect live to refresh it.
Read the current time, available tools, data sources, and service limits without contacting a routing service.
This tool takes no arguments.
Pick your client. Values in capitals, like YOUR_TOKEN, are yours to fill in.
Run in a terminal
claude mcp add --transport http sf-transit-mcp https://mcp.riv.lc/sf-transit/mcp
Read the current time, available tools, data sources, and service limits without contacting a routing service.
No arguments.
{
"type": "object",
"$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
"properties": {},
"additionalProperties": false
}Show upcoming departures at a selected Bay Area transit stop, including live predictions where available, scheduled times, cancellations, and boarding restrictions. Use the stop ID and coordinates from a search_places STOP result or plan_trip stop. Omit departureTime for now. Stop ID and time are sent to Transitous. No API key.
| Argument | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| stop* | object | |
| limit | integer | |
| departureTime | string |
{
"type": "object",
"$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
"required": [
"stop"
],
"properties": {
"stop": {
"type": "object",
"required": [
"latitude",
"longitude",
"stopId"
],
"properties": {
"label": {
"type": "string",
"maxLength": 200,
"minLength": 1
},
"stopId": {
"type": "string",
"maxLength": 500,
"minLength": 1
},
"latitude": {
"type": "number",
"maximum": 38.9,
"minimum": 36.85
},
"longitude": {
"type": "number",
"maximum": -121.2,
"minimum": -123.6
}
},
"additionalProperties": false
},
"limit": {
"type": "integer",
"default": 10,
"maximum": 20,
"minimum": 1
},
"departureTime": {
"type": "string",
"format": "date-time",
"pattern": "^(?:(?:\\d\\d[2468][048]|\\d\\d[13579][26]|\\d\\d0[48]|[02468][048]00|[13579][26]00)-02-29|\\d{4}-(?:(?:0[13578]|1[02])-(?:0[1-9]|[12]\\d|3[01])|(?:0[469]|11)-(?:0[1-9]|[12]\\d|30)|(?:02)-(?:0[1-9]|1\\d|2[0-8])))T(?:(?:[01]\\d|2[0-3]):[0-5]\\d:[0-5]\\d(?:\\.\\d+)?(?:Z|([+-](?:[01]\\d|2[0-3]):[0-5]\\d)))$"
}
},
"additionalProperties": false
}Find complete trips with walking, transit, transfers, scheduled and predicted times, and total travel time. Use coordinates from the selected search result. Omit times for leaving now; otherwise supply departureTime OR arrivalTime with a UTC offset. Transit trips include walking to and from stops. Add walk or bicycle to modes to compare walking or cycling without transit. Coordinates are sent to Transitous. No API key.
| Argument | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| limit | integer | |
| modes | array | |
| origin* | object | |
| wheelchair | boolean | |
| arrivalTime | string | |
| destination* | object | |
| maxTransfers | integer | |
| departureTime | string |
{
"type": "object",
"$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
"required": [
"origin",
"destination"
],
"properties": {
"limit": {
"type": "integer",
"default": 3,
"maximum": 6,
"minimum": 1
},
"modes": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"enum": [
"transit",
"walk",
"bicycle"
],
"type": "string"
},
"default": [
"transit"
],
"maxItems": 3,
"minItems": 1
},
"origin": {
"type": "object",
"required": [
"latitude",
"longitude"
],
"properties": {
"label": {
"type": "string",
"maxLength": 200,
"minLength": 1
},
"latitude": {
"type": "number",
"maximum": 38.9,
"minimum": 36.85
},
"longitude": {
"type": "number",
"maximum": -121.2,
"minimum": -123.6
}
},
"additionalProperties": false
},
"wheelchair": {
"type": "boolean",
"default": false
},
"arrivalTime": {
"type": "string",
"format": "date-time",
"pattern": "^(?:(?:\\d\\d[2468][048]|\\d\\d[13579][26]|\\d\\d0[48]|[02468][048]00|[13579][26]00)-02-29|\\d{4}-(?:(?:0[13578]|1[02])-(?:0[1-9]|[12]\\d|3[01])|(?:0[469]|11)-(?:0[1-9]|[12]\\d|30)|(?:02)-(?:0[1-9]|1\\d|2[0-8])))T(?:(?:[01]\\d|2[0-3]):[0-5]\\d:[0-5]\\d(?:\\.\\d+)?(?:Z|([+-](?:[01]\\d|2[0-3]):[0-5]\\d)))$"
},
"destination": {
"type": "object",
"required": [
"latitude",
"longitude"
],
"properties": {
"label": {
"type": "string",
"maxLength": 200,
"minLength": 1
},
"latitude": {
"type": "number",
"maximum": 38.9,
"minimum": 36.85
},
"longitude": {
"type": "number",
"maximum": -121.2,
"minimum": -123.6
}
},
"additionalProperties": false
},
"maxTransfers": {
"type": "integer",
"maximum": 8,
"minimum": 0
},
"departureTime": {
"type": "string",
"format": "date-time",
"pattern": "^(?:(?:\\d\\d[2468][048]|\\d\\d[13579][26]|\\d\\d0[48]|[02468][048]00|[13579][26]00)-02-29|\\d{4}-(?:(?:0[13578]|1[02])-(?:0[1-9]|[12]\\d|3[01])|(?:0[469]|11)-(?:0[1-9]|[12]\\d|30)|(?:02)-(?:0[1-9]|1\\d|2[0-8])))T(?:(?:[01]\\d|2[0-3]):[0-5]\\d:[0-5]\\d(?:\\.\\d+)?(?:Z|([+-](?:[01]\\d|2[0-3]):[0-5]\\d)))$"
}
},
"additionalProperties": false
}Find matching Bay Area addresses, landmarks, or transit stops and their map coordinates. Including the city helps distinguish places with the same name. Returns a list when more than one place matches. No API key. The search text is sent to Transitous.
| Argument | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| limit | integer | |
| query* | string |
{
"type": "object",
"$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
"required": [
"query"
],
"properties": {
"limit": {
"type": "integer",
"default": 5,
"maximum": 10,
"minimum": 1
},
"query": {
"type": "string",
"maxLength": 240,
"minLength": 2
}
},
"additionalProperties": false
}We read every tool's name, description and inputs the way the model will, looking for instructions hidden from you. A clean result means no warning signs, not a guarantee. Scanned Nov 6, 2026.