I can second Ian's remarks about Sacramento's Light Rail system. It is limited and slow. The bus system is extremely unreliable.
I lived in san Francisco for about two years and relied heavily on BART and MUNI, I can only hope for the day Sacramento's mass transit system reaches the level of the Bay area. I also rode Amtrak's commuter train from Sacramento to San Francisco on a regular basis for a couple of years. The ride from Sacramento to San Francisco was usually on time for both departure and arrival. The return trip from san Francisco to Sacramento was late by at least 20 minutes 3 - 4 times a week with a delay of an hour or more at least once a week. -----Original Message----- From: Ian Skinner Sent: Tuesday, March 08, 2005 9:15 AM To: CF-Community Subject: RE: Best US City Trains (Was: How Does BART Work?) I've only got personal experience with DC and Sacramento, CA Metro systems. For the two and 1/2 summers I spent in DC during my college years, I only had to use a car like twice. My parents lived about 5 blocks from the end of the Yellow line. With my hobby of genealogy, this was great. Walk to the station, hop on the train, ride to the other end, cross the street and enter the National Archives. Here in Sacramento, the train is ok except for it's somewhat limited reach into the surrounding communities. They are slowly improving this. Unfortnatly, I just can't convince myself to use it daily. Trippling my round trip commute time from ~40 minutes to ~2 hours. That just cuts so deeply into my family time before the boys go to bed. -------------- Ian Skinner Web Programmer BloodSource www.BloodSource.org Sacramento, CA "C code. C code run. Run code run. Please!" - Cynthia Dunning .....-----Original Message----- .....From: David Churvis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] .....Sent: Tuesday, March 08, 2005 9:06 AM .....To: CF-Community .....Subject: Re: Best US City Trains (Was: How Does BART Work?) ..... .....My experience with transit outside Atlanta is minimal, but I really like .....the .....DC Metro. ..... .....Of course, I don't think anyone could rank Atlanta's MARTA as anyone's .....best .....transit system. It's certainly excellent given its constraints, but .....state .....politics have made it kind of a bastard stepchild that doesn't get enough .....funding. ..... .....That said, I ride MARTA quite a bit and it usually gets me where I need .....to .....go. ..... .....Dave .....----- Original Message ----- .....From: "Gruss Gott" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> .....To: "CF-Community" <[email protected]> .....Sent: Tuesday, March 08, 2005 10:42 AM .....Subject: Best US City Trains (Was: How Does BART Work?) ..... ..... .....> > Maureen wrote: .....> > I rode Bart extensively when I was in SF last year, with no problems. .....> > A few suggestions. Go to the web site at http://www.bart.gov/ and .....use .....> > the trip planner, so you can make sure you get on the correct train. .....> > Wear comfortable shoes, because just walking from the street to the .....> > train is quite a hike in some of the stations. Also, try to have .....> > correct change, because the change machines in the stations are .....> > notorious for eating your money. And remember, there are two .....airports .....> > in the SF area, so make sure you get directions to the right one. .....> > .....> .....> BTW, any votes for the best public transit systems in US cities? I .....> know compared to many European and Asian cities the US systems suck, .....> but some are better than others. For example: .....> .....> * Chicago can be a little seedy, but it's great for getting from the .....> airports downtown. A trip is about $1.50 I think where as a cab will .....> cost $40 and a car $60 .....> .....> * Washington DC has an awesome system - super clean, easy to use, and .....cheap. .....> .....> * BART - I'll let you know, but it used to be inbetween Chicago and DC, .....IMO. .....> .....> ..... ..... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:149667 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
