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Milbrae is a nexus point for various transportation options in the bay area. BART, Caltrain Bullet, SFO Airport & the 101 highway all meet there. It's also cl
by mahyarm 11y ago
Milbrae is a nexus point for various transportation options in the bay area. BART, Caltrain Bullet, SFO Airport & the 101 highway all meet there. It's also close to the san mateo bridge.
I would suggest putting the high speed train station in the same station that BART & Caltrain share. If I lived in SF and wanted to go to LA, I would just hop onto a BART for 20m and then catch the high speed train. I would also expand the BART parking tower to several more floors if possible.
- x0x0 11y agoevery system switch introduces friction and is pretty well known afaik in the transport literature to reduce usage. Bart is already oversubscribed for many times of the day and shitty. Further, it's more like 35 minutes (San Bruno to Montgomery is 27 minutes; I know that bec it's my commute.) Bart also is hostile to people with luggage for much of the day, and with high-speed long distance transport you need to assume people will be bringing more than a backpack. Hostility: lack of space on the train, lack of good elevators, lack of clear directions to navigate the stations. Bart also lacks clear signage or directions, particularly for people from out of town or who don't speak or read english. And finally, bart is just flaky and shit. There are weekly 10-20 minute system delays, monthly 30+ minute delays, and quarterly system shutdown for hours. All of which is annoying for commuters, but a deal-breaker when attempting to connect to long distance transport which presumably is relatively infrequent and hence requires you to be on time.