Re:Tesla to Cut 10% of Jobs
by jeffbee on Friday June 03, 2022 @12:19PM
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Why would anyone use Fremont BART when Warm Springs BART almost abuts the Tesla factory?
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Fair, but it's still 27 minutes from there to the factory on public transit, so not quite "abuts". I know you can take the company shuttle, but the point is that the public transit system isn't very practical end to end.
I actually would give Tesla a bit of a pass on this since it is a factory purchased from GM/Toyota and it inherently needs lots of space, so you can't expect a train station at the factory gate.
Tech campuses like the Googleplex, the Apple spaceship donut, Oracle HQ on the edge of a marsh are where the failings of the public transit system are most apparent.
There's a footbridge from the BART station to the Tesla site. I don't know why someone would waste their time trying to take public transit from the station to Tesla. It's 1-2km depending on which side of their gigantic facility a person needs to reach.