[kevingadd]

Plugged in my office address (downtown SF) and my home address (san jose) on google maps and looked at all the transit and drive routes. It takes roughly that long to do it for real, though I make an effort to avoid doing it much.

It was faster when I lived in Sunnyvale, but not much faster.

[redis_mlc]

San Mateo to downtown SF is doable if you live near a Caltrain station.

Farther south than SM rapidly becomes a chore though.

[inferiorhuman]

Caltrain to Mission Bay isn't so bad, but Caltrain to downtown is tedious. It's about a mile walk to Market and around 30 minutes on Muni. Even after spending billions of dollars on the Central Subway the MTA gave cars signal priority along King street causing chronic delays along the N/K.