Foster City

Foster City is a quiet suburban city on the Peninsula in the San Francisco Bay Area of California. Primarily residential and lacking in a downtown, it also has a couple of large office parks and several large employers including Gilead, Visa, and Sony.

Get in
The only direct public transit to Foster City is via bus, either AC Transit (from the East Bay, there is express service from the Union City and Hayward BART stations) or SAMTrans (several routes.) There are also shuttles from the Hillsdale Caltrain station in San Mateo, although service has been cut back.

It is also very readily accessible from Highway 92 (Foster City Boulevard and Edgewater/Mariner's Island) exits, and indirectly from Highway 101 (Hillsdale.)

Do
Foster City has one of the nicest 4th of July fireworks on the Peninsula, and with budget cutbacks in 2010 eliminating fireworks from many other communities, it drew a very large crowd.



Buy
There are two shopping centers with supermarkets/large pharmacies, and a couple of smaller ones with local restaurants. The most convenient for travelers is along the north side of Hillsdale, directly across from Ryan Park.

Sleep
Foster City has several hotels, mostly focused on mid-range corporate accommodation.



Go next

 * Hayward- 92 East. About 20 minutes away.
 * San Jose- 92 West to 101 South. About 30 to 50 minutes away.
 * Half Moon Bay- 92 West. About 25 to 55 minutes away.
 * San Francisco- 92 West to 101 North. About 20 to 35 minutes away.