Comments on: BART / Caltrain to SFO – they just don’t get it

By: Can'tWeWorkItOut

Can'tWeWorkItOut — Sat, 17 Sep 2011 15:59:24 +0000

I really wish I could take the train to the airport too without worrying if I will get there or not. I really want to take Caltrain but it is so awful. It took me 3 hours to get to the East Bay the other day from Palo Alto. And 3 and a half hours to get home. I had lots of downtime between Caltrain and BART and the 3 trains heading south in the evening were between 10 and 48 minutes late. Thank you so much for pointing out the problems and offering advice how to fix it. I am afraid desi is right. I am a native Californian and love it here, but also embarrassed by this mess. O, and recently when one of the trains scheduled out of San Jose northbound was cancelled without informing anyone. I called to complain and they assured me I’d get a call back about it in a week. Never heard from them.

By: desi

desi — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 15:15:33 +0000

They don’t get it? Nope.. they get it alright…
Here is how it works.. If public transit worked great for everyone, there will be less people at the pump and the oil cartel will lose money. From state government to federal the oil cartel spends billions of dollars lobbying and establishing various nexus, thanks to our political system of legalized corruption.

Public transit in California is designed from the ground up to discourage people to use them without making it too obvious for a mass public outcry.

By: desi

desi — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 15:15:20 +0000

Public transit in California is designed from the ground up to discourage people to use them without making it too obvious for a mass public outcry.

By: Chuck

Chuck — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 13:55:09 +0000

“all have board members that are politically appointed and are nothing but a bunch of bureaucrats that will work with one another, it’s a joke.//BART and Santa Clara Valley”

I meant to say Will NOT work with one another.

By: Chuck

Chuck — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 13:53:53 +0000

“Yeah, public transportation in California is such a joke. It is as if they really do not want you to use it.”

Truer words never spoken, bart, Golden gate bridge district, caltrain, vta,etcc…the list is endless all have board members that are politically appointed and are nothing but a bunch of bureaucrats that will work with one another, it’s a joke.//BART and Santa Clara Valley vta could have had a seamless light rail system circling the bay, but that would require less bureaucrats and one less governing board.

At one time the GG bridge rulers decided to hike the fares in order to force more people to carpool, after they did so and less cars were crossing the bridge paying fares, they cried about the revenue shortfall from that exercise and had another rate increase.

By: dave

dave — Sun, 08 May 2011 06:48:54 +0000

This just brews of a joke. Did there used to be a shuttle bus that left the Millbrae station and dropped you off at the airport (ala OAK?). Does it not still exist? or am I stuck paying a “BART fee” to get me to the airport?

I am planning a trip to SFO via caltrain from the south. Maybe I should allow myself three hours to get there instead. By the way, I plan to have luggage (duh). Are there elevators/escalators?

Again, what a joke. Bay Area Transit at its finest. NOT.

By: F.D Roosevelt

F.D Roosevelt — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 04:30:28 +0000

@thomasford what exactly does the messed up state of public transportation have to do with the existence (or not) of a welfare state?

By: Funkyj

Funkyj — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 06:25:16 +0000

Yeah, public transportation in California is such a joke. It is as if they really do not want you to use it.

By: Thomas Ford

Thomas Ford — Fri, 07 May 2010 14:29:19 +0000

I tried taking Cal Train from Mountain View to the SF airport. You get off then have to go on BART and go the OPPOSITE DIRECTION to the Airport. Same thing coming home. California is the most retarded state ever. Who plans this stuff? Hello? Can’t there be a BART train OR airbus DIRECTLY from the Milbrea to SFO? Bunch of overpaid bumbling planners. I’m moving out of this welfare state.

By: Erwin

Erwin — Sun, 11 Nov 2007 19:50:01 +0000

No kidding.
I was just researching my caltrain-to-sfo options for a saturday (which is how i landed on this page) and I find that travelling from mountain view to SFO would take my 1hr 45 mins. I could save 90 mins of my life (a stressful 90 mins) by paying $10 extra for a cab.