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Christine Petersen
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Hi,
I find myself without a car (I had mine stolen in Berkeley where nearly 2% of vehicles are stolen each year i.e. 1700 cars in a city of 100,000 people) and will probably choose to remain without one for at least 6 more months.
Does anyone have the scoop on taking Golden Gate transit to point reyes or Mt Tam. Has this worked out for you? If you take a bicycle, is there competition for the rack space on the front of each bus? On their website they say that a lot of the buses aren't equipped with the racks
thanks
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Christine Petersen
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Total Posts: 1 | Joined Jan. 2005 | Posted on: 10:20 am on Jan. 16, 2005 | IP
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Tom C
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Can't help with the marin info, but I can somewhat sympathize with you because I don't have a car to drive right now either, and don't have much money to get another one. I'll just be catching rides from friends or taking the train/bus and biking to wherever I can around the southbay or peninsula.
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Total Posts: 152 | Joined July 2001 | Posted on: 8:00 pm on April 7, 2005 | IP
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Ben Pease
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As an armchair transit user (I check out which busses go to trailheads as part of my mapmaking work, and I survey busses as I drive my car), I have a ittle direct experience with busses to Marin, but know of several options. Forgive me if this is stuff you already know--I hope it will be useful to you, or somebody.
First, check out http://www.transitinfo.org (or 511.org) and check out the transit agency websites, see how the schedules and connections work.
The main transit agency you need is Golden Gate Transit; route 63 goes from Marin City to Mt. Tamalpais and Stinson Beach on weekends and holidays; it runs 5 to 8 times a day. Route 66 is a new, wildly popular free shuttle from Marin City to Muir Woods (no intermediate stops except at Manzanita park&ride). It runs every half hour on weekends and holidays, and it is reported they have standing room only on some runs. For both busses you'll need to get to Marin City; check out GGT #10 (from San Francisco and Sausalito to Marin City) and 70/80 (SF to San Rafael, Novato, and Santa Rosa.
If you are free on weekdays, check out Marin Stage, which runs weekday-only shuttles from Marin City to Muir Beach, Stinson Beach and Bolinas, and from San Anselmo out Sir Francis Drake to Samuel P. Taylor, Point Reyes Station (but not PRNS visitor center) and Inverness. I don't think the latter serves San Rafael, so in addition to getting to San Rafael via the 40, 70, or 80, you'd also need to transfer to a local bus to San Anselmo. Grrr.
Third option is SF Muni's 76 Marin Headlands bus, Sundays and holidays only. It runs from Caltrain, crosses Market, out Sutter, Van Ness, and Lombard to the Marin Headlands with a couple intermediate stops near the north end of the bridge. So it's good for walking across the bridge and over the Coastal Trail to Rodeo Beach (or just the visitor center), or for internal Headlands hikes. Or walking from Rodeo Beach back to Sausalito (bring a detailed trail map and street map). Runs hourly but last trip is well before dark in summer.
On my trail maps I show transit routes, which usually works as an open invitation for the bus agencies to change their routes. But I don't have a southern Marin map. Olmsted shows symbols for bus stops (not routes) which is a good framework to pull out a pencil and make notes from other sources.
Good luck!
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Ben Pease
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