Bay Area Public Transit

A coworker today told me about a new luxury commuter bus running the Marin-SF line. I should note that I love taking the bus (and hate driving,) so I'd always be game for a new bus line.

On that note, one of the big problems with Bay Area Public Transit is a failure to coordinate across the various systems. It does seem pretty ridiculous that Golden Gate Transit essentially drives a bunch of busses downtown, leaves them there all day, then has the same driver drive them back at the end of the day. Maybe San Francisco could think of a way to lease those busses from GGT during the day. It's also ridiculuous that if I wanted to commute from my house to my office in San Francisco, I'd have to take 3 separate transit systems and pay three fares. (It would cost me $1.75 + $3.50 + $1.50)

Another fun Bay Area transit tradition is Casual Carpool (which we drive every day.) There are designated areas where commuters can line up to be picked up by drivers driving into the city. It used to be a casual word of mouth thing, but it's organized now to the point of having a website.