Re:Silicon Valley Is Stuck In An Uncanny Valley Of Density
by mahyarm on Tuesday May 15, 2012 @02:53AM
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The problem with caltrain is frequency of service. It should extend out until an hour after bar closings and have minimum every 20 minute service. Otherwise it become unworkable for most people.
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Re:Silicon Valley Is Stuck In An Uncanny Valley Of Density
by fdr on Tuesday May 15, 2012 @03:03AM
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As a resident, seconded. Even living in San Francisco, the utility of a Caltrain connection is much reduced vs. BART. Was 10x too much to pay, if it is as the OP claimed? Maybe. As a former resident (and having grown up in) the east bay, the same applies: the Bart connection is much preferred to Caltrain, which is a big plus because the snarl of getting from the north-east bay to the airport is considerably worse vs. people taking their cars from the south bay, having also lived there as well.
I have also commuted on Caltrain, and liked it, but it's in weird places farther north, not well integrated with BART, and not frequent enough.
All in all, I don't think the difference in price (projections are awfully fickle) or at least utility is as clear as the OP suggests.