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by inferiorhuman 2358 days ago
He might be comparing door-to-door, which is what you really should be doing if you want an apples-to-apples comparison.

Maybe. But then it seems you're ignoring:

It's a short walk to a local Caltrain station for me and I can take it almost directly to my official desk in San Francisco

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kevingadd 2358 days ago
A short walk (~20 mins in my case) + accounting for having to show up early still adds time to the route, is the thing. And some people I know definitely would not be able to make that 20min walk twice a day or would have to make it slower, so it's another thing that makes public transit less accessible in this area. If I drive or take a cab I don't have to deal with that time overhead at all.

In the past I lived in Mountain View and despite being closer to SF, the nearest caltrain was more like a 30-35 minute walk for me, so I typically had to wait and catch a bus in order to get to the train station in a reasonable amount of time - creating more chances for delays.

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inferiorhuman 2357 days ago
A short walk (~20 mins in my case) + accounting for having to show up early still adds time to the route, is the thing.

20 minutes is hardly what I'd call a short walk (or a short distance — that would be well over a mile at the speed I typically walk).

And some people I know definitely would not be able to make that 20min walk twice a day

Yeah I've never understood this mentality. You're to ill to walk so piloting a two ton machine is safer?

so it's another thing that makes public transit less accessible in this area. If I drive or take a cab I don't have to deal with that time overhead at all.

No you just have to deal with traffic and finding parking. Last time I checked Bay Area traffic eclipsed that of LA, in large part because adding more cars is not the answer.

In the past I lived in Mountain View and despite being closer to SF, the nearest caltrain was more like a 30-35 minute walk for me, so I typically had to wait and catch a bus in order to get to the train station in a reasonable amount of time - creating more chances for delays.

So instead of improving transit the answer is to add more cars, create more pollution, more traffic, and reduce the opportunities to use other modes of transportation?

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