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Wouldn't say walkable though. Public transit doesn't feel super well-connected. If you have the cash to Uber everywhere, it's good though it's a lot of traffic

Wouldn't say walkable though. Public transit doesn't feel super well-connected. If you have the cash to Uber everywhere, it's good though it's a lot of traffic to go through to go a few miles. The time of the slow sparse public transit or the costly Uber ended up having me still just drive everywhere, and then worry about parking everywhere I went.

wholien 5y ago
I found walking + biking + buses + muni trains to do pretty well in San Francisco. Figure out the major muni train or bus stop I'm trying to get to, and then either walk to it or walk to a shared bike dock and bike to it. Same thing on the other side, if necessary. Often I just bike the whole way to get some exercise and see the city: "it's about the journey, not the destination", right? The hills make it less walkable than other cities, but if you are healthy you should get used to the hills pretty quickly. I loved walking back to Nob Hill or biking back to NoPa after work. The hills are daunting at first. Sometimes you'd need to get off your bike and walk up parts. But once you get used to it it's not a huge issue. The cool weather also helps cooling down after you get to your destination. Compare that to somewhere like Austin, TX, where you start sweating the minute you get out of the AC and into the year-round humid weather...
- ngokevin 5y ago
  I used to bike Outer Richmond to Mission daily. It's okay, but not ideal. SF isn't very well known for being bike-friendly outside of the major bikeways (worried about getting doored heading down Mission or Valencia). Some stretches were great (GGP, Page). Weather is nice for it, although a bit chilly at night. I used to take Muni daily as well, but just doesn't run active enough for me, and was not competitive with UberPool pricewise. Experience with docks wasn't often good, sometimes it wouldn't register my bike was docked, or the dock is full, or the dock is empty, or the bike is out of battery or smeared with poop. Plus was worried about sharing bikes with COVID. Just personal experience.

wholien 5y ago

I found walking + biking + buses + muni trains to do pretty well in San Francisco. Figure out the major muni train or bus stop I'm trying to get to, and then either walk to it or walk to a shared bike dock and bike to it. Same thing on the other side, if necessary. Often I just bike the whole way to get some exercise and see the city: "it's about the journey, not the destination", right? The hills make it less walkable than other cities, but if you are healthy you should get used to the hills pretty quickly. I loved walking back to Nob Hill or biking back to NoPa after work. The hills are daunting at first. Sometimes you'd need to get off your bike and walk up parts. But once you get used to it it's not a huge issue. The cool weather also helps cooling down after you get to your destination. Compare that to somewhere like Austin, TX, where you start sweating the minute you get out of the AC and into the year-round humid weather...

ngokevin 5y ago
I used to bike Outer Richmond to Mission daily. It's okay, but not ideal. SF isn't very well known for being bike-friendly outside of the major bikeways (worried about getting doored heading down Mission or Valencia). Some stretches were great (GGP, Page). Weather is nice for it, although a bit chilly at night. I used to take Muni daily as well, but just doesn't run active enough for me, and was not competitive with UberPool pricewise. Experience with docks wasn't often good, sometimes it wouldn't register my bike was docked, or the dock is full, or the dock is empty, or the bike is out of battery or smeared with poop. Plus was worried about sharing bikes with COVID. Just personal experience.