tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6609536178570975752.post5322535146660590725..comments2024-01-12T00:32:20.149-08:00Comments on The Overhead Wire: Yosemite's Relation to TransitPantograph Trolleypolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17833159138533550544noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6609536178570975752.post-86423474496107713462008-06-17T22:00:00.000-07:002008-06-17T22:00:00.000-07:00I'm not in Oakland though. I'm counting the time f...I'm not in Oakland though. I'm counting the time from my local VTA station and the published Ambus connection from the San Joaquins. And even if I still lived in SF, 6 and a half hours compared to four is still a long time.crzwdjkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06394805356595604336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6609536178570975752.post-45559887494397092952008-06-17T12:15:00.000-07:002008-06-17T12:15:00.000-07:00@Arcadywhy 8 hours? the san joaquin will get you f...@Arcady<BR/>why 8 hours? the san joaquin will get you from Oakland to Merced in just under 3 hours, and the connection with yarts will add on about another 2:45.<BR/>So, you can do it in under 6 assuming the connections work out well. Driving would take at least 4.FLUBBERhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07642630850939361572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6609536178570975752.post-70096938594637184542008-06-17T12:08:00.000-07:002008-06-17T12:08:00.000-07:00www.yarts.com (Yosemite transit agency) the cool t...www.yarts.com (Yosemite transit agency) the cool thing about yarts is that they'll pick you up from Merced, which happens to be a stop on the Amtrak San Joaquin route. Meaning that you can get there from oakland or sacramento (or bakersfield) without driving. Since the train has a bike rack, you can also bring your bike for getting around the park. However, due to a recent mud slide, YARTS is now running buses w/o bike racks, a situation which they say should be remedied in the next few months.FLUBBERhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07642630850939361572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6609536178570975752.post-30626263104677765892008-06-16T22:31:00.000-07:002008-06-16T22:31:00.000-07:00Very true. I probably would have taken transit if ...Very true. I probably would have taken transit if I could. Although it would have been difficult with all the equipment we had for camping.Pantograph Trolleypolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17833159138533550544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6609536178570975752.post-15372305271234079122008-06-16T21:41:00.000-07:002008-06-16T21:41:00.000-07:00I think the most relevant bit to transit is the fa...I think the most relevant bit to transit is the fact that you drove there. Because it's difficult to impossible to get there by transit from the Bay Area: it'd take me 8 and a half hours from home to there via Amtrak (and Ambus). And that's the problem: it's hard to get to all the neat natural stuff in California other than by car.crzwdjkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06394805356595604336noreply@blogger.com