SFist: Welcome, Fair-Weather Commuters

GefilteFish

Sun, 11 May 2008 19:14:25 -0800

I'm lucky enough as a young 'un to live and work in SF. Occasionally, though, I have to travel around, and the other day I had to ride Caltrain down and back to San Jose (with my bike, of course). I was moved by the spectacle of eager commuters boarding Caltrain all the way back to SF at every stop. Of course, when Mountain View and Menlo Park came along, it being rush hour, the bike car was swamped. I watched forlorn faces rush by the windows. It was then I praised God for getting to work where I live and not having to commute on Caltrain daily with my bike.

murphstahoe

Fri, 09 May 2008 12:12:01 -0800

fyi... www.twitter.com/bikecar This can be an excellent way to get notice out when 2 bike cars are available. Right now, only the actual users are transmitting messages - so it's probably only good for people from Potrero Hill so they can figure out if they should bother riding to 22nd St. But maybe... just MAYBE... we can get it going such that Caltrain Dispatch can send out messages 30 minutes ahead of time notifying which trains will have 2 bike cars, allowing us to self select. This would have great benefit to Caltrain at places like 22nd, Palo Alto, and Mountain View as if we know ahead of time that 2 bike cars are available, we can sort to the 2nd spot and dwell times can be reduced. Caltrain's on time performance is slipping badly lately - the 8:44 from SF is typically 5 minutes behind by Mountain View, which delays the 8:59 bullet as well.

Brock Keeling

Fri, 09 May 2008 12:04:30 -0800

this is a lot like rainy days on bart or muni, when the noobies come in with their wide eyes and gargantuan backpacks.

Aventinus

Fri, 09 May 2008 11:28:52 -0800

"We were there through the bitter season--the mud, the rain, the cold, the mid-afternoon sunsets. With dripping, grime-streaked rain gear covering our heels and neckties..." And that type of weather was for how many days this past winter? Three? I'm just saying, we're in drought territory this summer.

sf_bikebike

Fri, 09 May 2008 11:00:51 -0800

or just move to SF