crzwdjk ✅ 3d ago
Adrianna Tan
Just like how some people get irritated they can’t park just anywhere in a city, I get deeply irritated that I can’t ride transit in many places
Apr 5 at 4:30pmWeb
Show threadnerd teacher 🦇3d ago

@skinnylatte This, however, is a better reason to be frustrated... considering one of these serves far more people than the other and disrupts things for most others far less. (Not always. There are situations where the parking would probably be useful for people.)

And would probably also contribute less to the urban heat island effect if much of it didn't share the same infrastructure with cars (or could rebuild for a decrease in cars).

Show threadMike Prior-Jones3d ago

@skinnylatte the first time that I went to the Bay Area (for work) I was shocked that you couldn’t get from San Jose to Oakland directly (i.e not via SF) except on a once-daily Amtrak train. They did eventually build the BART extension… but not all the way.

My other shock was discovering that it was nearly impossible to leave our suburban hotel on foot to get a beer and some food - you had to drive.

Show threadAdrianna Tan3d ago
@drmikepj yeah there are only a few routes that really work for local commute (SF to South Bay and the reverse, SF-Oakland).. maybe mid peninsula to either SF or South Bay by Caltrain but yeah not as extensive as on the east coast
Show threadMike Prior-Jones3d ago

@skinnylatte I had two customers: one was in the industrial area near Oakland Airport. I naively thought I could reach it on foot from Coliseum station but a huge parking lot and I-880 are in the way, so I had to take a circuitous bus.

The other was in Milpitas, near the 237/880 junction. Absolutely no way to get between them. In the end a colleague gave me a ride from Milpitas to SFO and I took BART from there.

Show threadAndres3d ago
@skinnylatte "what do you mean I have to RENT a CAR to get there? that's ridiculous!" is something I've said on multiple vacations.
Show threadGarrett Wollman3d ago

@skinnylatte The existence of working transit at the destination weighs heavily in my travel decisions these days. Which can be limiting at times, but there are enough cities with decent transit that there are still many more places to go than I will ever have a reason to visit.

Does rule out some nice national parks, though.