On: The True Cost of Commuting

[usaar333]

Have to disagree here. The limited mass transit system that exists in the South Bay is ridiculously slow.

[dasil003 → usaar333]

He's talking about Caltrain. If you can do pure Caltrain + cycle it will be faster than driving during rush hour, often significantly so, except on the one day a month that someone is killed, on those days you're fucked but at least you have a good excuse.

[recampbell → usaar333]

Compared to what?

[usaar333 → recampbell]

Any vehicle. Even when going from station to station, VTA light rail is often less than a third the speed of driving. Biking is often faster.

Coverage is also really poor, especially in the southern areas (Cupertino, Campbell, etc.)

(Just to clarify: Biking in the Bay Area is really good. Public transit, at least in the South Bay, not so much.)