Commuting between SF and El Sobrante
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Commuting between SF and El Sobrante
November 2003
How early in the morning would I have to leave my home in El
Sobrante to make it to Market and Van Ness in under an hour? At
noon, the trip takes only 35 minutes, but at 9am it took an hour
and a half. So I am thinking of trying it between 5 and 6? Or
do I need to leave even earlier to beat the traffic?
PJ
I live in El Sobrante and I work in the Mission district.
If I drive, it takes me 35-50 minutes at the most, leaving at
around 6:40am. On Fridays (and during the summer), it'll take me
about 25 minutes. Depending where you are, the best is to take
Pebble from Appian, then Hill Top dr. In the city, take the 9th
Street exit.
You know, BART is actually the best and the least stressful, it
takes about 35 min from the Del Norte station to Civic Center,
which is fairly close to where you go. But to get a parking
space in the BART garage, you need to be there before 7:30.
The trains leave every 15 minutes to the hour (6:45, 7:00,
etc.)
an
Hi!
I do the opposite commute every morning, and I come at various
times each day. When I come across the bridge Eastbound around
6:45-7:00, the traffic has usually already started backing up
about halfway to the maze to get through the tollbooth. Any
later than that and you're really stuck. However, when I used to
do the opposite commute (Westbound) at various times at the
crack of dawn, I usually found that, if I got to the tollbooth
before 6:15-6:30, I was able to cruise on through. In my
experience, you shouldn't have to leave much more before 6 to
make it a reasonable commute.
Katie
We live in El Cerrito and we commute to and from the Financial
District every day in 30-45 minutes any time of day. We take
casual carpool in the mor! ning and AC Transit in the evenings.
There is a designated casual carpool pick-up and drop-off spot
in El Cerrito on the frontage road near the Portrero Avenue
off/on ramp.
We take the L or LC bus home that stops all along San Pablo
Avenue. Or, a much quicker bus line is the LB which makes the
first stop at the Portrero Avenue off ramp (right across the
street from the casual carpool pick-up -- how convenient!). I
have seen many people from Hercules, El Sobrante, Pinole, etc.
drive to the casual carpool pick-up spot in the morning, park
their car, hop in a car, then in the evening take the LB bus
home. I think this is the quickest (and cheapest) way to travel
to/from the City!
swalter
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