Comments on: Fare system for public transportation network in Bay Area rather inconvenient - TransLink won’t fix that. http://trainblog.com/2006/02/fare-system-for-public-transportation/ TrainBlog - Blogging about passenger trains, high-speed rail, Amtrak, Caltrain, VTA, railroads, transit, public transportation, passenger rail advocacy and related politics. Mon, 31 Oct 2011 04:23:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Fritz http://trainblog.com/2006/02/fare-system-for-public-transportation/#comment-47 Fritz Thu, 06 Apr 2006 03:24:00 +0000 http://trainblog.com/2006/02/fare-system-for-public-transportation/#comment-47 Well, there used to be the Caltrain Peninsula Pass, which sort of did what you want. But yes, VTA + Caltrain + BART + Muni + everything else is a big pain in the neck. I just ride Caltrain and maybe BART and ride my bike the rest of the way. I grew up in Japan near Tokyo, which operates the same was as the SF Bay Area -- fares collected by each operator. I'd pay the bus driver to get to the bus station, then pay train fare to get to Tokyo, then pay fare again for a different train line, perhaps another fare if I took a subway. Well, there used to be the Caltrain Peninsula Pass, which sort of did what you want. But yes, VTA + Caltrain + BART + Muni + everything else is a big pain in the neck. I just ride Caltrain and maybe BART and ride my bike the rest of the way.

I grew up in Japan near Tokyo, which operates the same was as the SF Bay Area — fares collected by each operator. I’d pay the bus driver to get to the bus station, then pay train fare to get to Tokyo, then pay fare again for a different train line, perhaps another fare if I took a subway.

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