Transit
Riana and I took a round trip on the Sausalito ferry on Saturday, and I got a bit sunburned. The view out on the water is wonderful, and we passed close by Alcatraz and got to see the buildings there and try to imagine what it would be like to spend many years stuck on a single island.
After the ferry trip, we met up with Nick and all set off to explore the new BART extension, which officially opens today but which was carrying throngs of curious passengers out to the new stations for free Saturday.
First, we rode to SFO, got off at the new SFO station, and took the AirTrain shuttle all around the airport. (The AirTrain runs on a track, but has rubber tires. I'm not sure whether I've seen anything quite like it.) We were suitably impressed by the grandeur of the station and by the sight of all the ramps dipping under and over one another -- a huge knot of some complexity and a great engineering accomplishment even without the transit modes which actually run on the ramps. The AirTrain gives great views because it's built up on top of the airport -- it practically runs on the roof, and you have to take stairs or elevators down to the terminals.
We then rode over to Millbrae and saw the CalTrain connection (although CalTrain wasn't running, because it's a weekend!). We eventually took BART back to the San Bruno and South San Francisco stations.
Nick took pictures in every station, on the AirTrain, and in several of the tunnels. I hope his pictures come out well. Overall, the BART to SFO extension is just beautiful. Nick admired the modern tunnels and the craftsmanship and engineering which go into building something like this, and he regaled us with anecdotes about transit and rail history.
BART to SFO from where I live takes only 24 minutes and costs around $5, a much better deal than any other way of getting there, and much, much faster than the AirBART to Oakland. I fear for the Oakland Airport now -- I used to use it all the time because of AirBART, but now I guess its only advantage to me is the discount carriers like Southwest and JetBlue. That is still an advantage, but BART to SFO is just so great.
If you live in the Bay Area, you should try out BART to SFO as soon as you get the chance. I'm sure you'll be amazed, as we were.
I have a bunch of first-day memorabilia which I'm mainly planning to send off to Kate, who couldn't make the first day on account of being off in New Jersey.
The new BART map is inspiring, because it shows a Bay Area positively blanketed in transit (except for little things like the whole of Marin, the western half of San Francisco, and so on). The BART district also follows a clever strategy: in addition to the actual lines, they always have their maps show dashed lines for routes they're still considering. It will say something about the environmental review, or the study, or the funding, and so remind people that future BART extensions are very real possibilities -- and set them to thinking about what it would be like. The current BART map now depicts the still-hypothetical BART to San Jose extension.
I'd love to see BART to San Jose, although I wish they could complete the loop down the Peninsula. That would make being a computer geek in the Bay Area and not knowing how to drive even more convenient.
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