In my new commute to a new job in Palo Alto, I have figured out the following options\u00e2\u20ac\u201dwith fully fleshed out pros and cons. With the consideration that I prefer to work normal hours like 9 to 5. All costs are determined on full cost without regards to passes or other bulk discounts.<\/p>\n
Option 1: BART to Milbrae -> Caltrain<\/b>
\nDuration: 1 hour, 10 minutes
\nTotal cost: $8.10
\nBART: $3.85
\nCaltrain: $4.25
\nIdeal time of departure: 7:47 am
\nEstimated time of arrival: 8:57 am
\nPros: Least amount of walking, public transit only,
\nCons: Expensive, transfer between transit agencies (no discount for transfer), bulk discount does not help<\/p>\n
Option 2: SF Muni Bus to Caltrain<\/b> Option 3: BART downtown, bus to 4th\/King, Caltrain<\/b> Option 4: Get a ride to caltrain station, then caltrain<\/b> Option 5: Drive to caltrain station, park, then caltrain<\/b> Option 6: Carpool from San Francisco to Palo Alto<\/b> Option 7: Bike to caltrain 4th\/king, caltrain<\/b> Option 8: Bike to caltrain 22nd\/Pennsylvania, caltrain<\/b> Option 9: Drive self<\/b> Option 10: BART to Milbrae -> SamTrans<\/b> And I still remain unconvinced as to which option is best. That is, if I don’t want to move away from San Francisco. Of course, there’s an option of staying at Chris’ place in Mountain View, but even there ideally I would get a ride to the destination (15 minutes) or get driven to the bus line (total bus time: 30 minutes and is $1.75) or bike (25 minutes).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In my new commute to a new job in Palo Alto, I have figured out the following options\u00e2\u20ac\u201dwith fully fleshed out pros and cons. With the consideration that I prefer to work normal hours like 9 to 5. All costs … Continue reading
\nDuration: 1 hour, 5 minutes (according to 511.org<\/a>)
\nTotal cost: $7.50
\nSF Muni: $1.50
\nCaltrain: $6.00
\nIdeal time of departure: unknown
\nEstimated time of arrival: 8:57 am or later
\nPros: Least amount of walking, public transit only, I will likely get a fast pass
\nCons: This specific bus is very unreliable (511 claims it’s only 17 minutes, but it’s actually 40 minutes; sometimes it stops halfway; goes through the projects), too much stress from unreliable public transit<\/p>\n
\nDuration: 1 hour, 20 minutes
\nTotal cost: $7.50
\nSF Muni: $1.50
\nCaltrain: $6.00
\nIdeal time of departure: 7:45 am approximately
\nEstimated time of arrival: 8:57 am or later
\nPros: Have taken this route before and mostly reliable, great station at 4th\/king, useful if have fast pass
\nCons: SF Muni T and N line get stuck in the tunnels, buses are inconsistent, angry homeless people slow down muni often<\/i>, too much transit agency transfers, expensive, too much stress from unreliable public transit, too early in the morning<\/p>\n
\nDuration: 55 minutes
\nTotal cost: $6.00
\nCaltrain: $6.00
\nIdeal time of departure: 8:05 am
\nEstimated time of arrival: 8:57 am
\nPros: Least amount of walking, comfortable, no problem with guilt tripping
\nCons: There won’t always be someone to drive me<\/p>\n
\nDuration: 1 hour, 5 minutes
\nTotal cost: $7.00
\nEstimated cost of car: $1.00 (unknown)
\nCaltrain: $6.00
\nIdeal time of departure: 7:45 am
\nEstimated time of arrival: 8:57 am
\nPros: Self-sufficient and independent, have a car allowing for flexibility
\nCons: Where will I park my car? Near my apartment? At the station? Have to account for parking tickets<\/p>\n
\nDuration: 35 minutes with no traffic, up to 1 hour in typical traffic
\nTotal cost: unknown
\nIdeal time of departure: unknown
\nEstimated time of arrival: unknown
\nPros: Cool conversation, new palo alto buddy, relaxing, can sleep in car, door-to-door service
\nCons: No carpool lane until Redwood city, most drivers to Palo Alto take the 280 which means downtown Palo Alto is very out of the way, those who do commute to downtown Palo Alto leave at 11 am and return at 8 pm<\/p>\n
\nDuration: 1 hour, 10 minutes
\nTotal cost: $6.00
\nCaltrain: $6.00
\nIdeal time of departure: unknown
\nEstimated time of arrival: 8:57 am
\nPros: Exercise, bike valet at 4th\/king
\nCons: 3 mile bike ride, must bike through downtown, not comfortable with city biking yet (aka fearful)<\/p>\n
\nDuration: 1 hour, 10 minutes
\nTotal cost: $6.00
\nCaltrain: $6.00
\nIdeal time of departure: unknown
\nEstimated time of arrival: 8:57 am
\nPros: Exercise, faster than taking a bus
\nCons: 2 mile bike ride, must bike on Cesar Chavez, no bike valet so must carry bike on train if don’t want to get it stolen, stairs down to station, afraid of biking DUH<\/p>\n
\nDuration: unknown
\nTotal cost: unknown
\nIdeal time of departure: unknown
\nEstimated time of arrival: unknown
\nPros: Self-sufficient, independent
\nCons: Parking near my apartment and downtown Palo Alto is difficult or far or expensive, too much traffic, hate driving<\/p>\n
\nDuration: 2 hours, 5 minutes
\nTotal cost: $5.60
\nBART: $3.85
\nSamTrans: $1.75
\nIdeal time of departure: 7:50 am
\nEstimated time of arrival: 9:43 am
\nPros: Cheap
\nCons: Too long, unknown shared audience<\/p>\n