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Article #131Re: L.A. to Bay Area via public transit?
From: William R. Cousert
Date: Sun, 11 May 2008 04:29
Date: Sun, 11 May 2008 04:29
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"Merritt Mullen" <mmullen8014@mchsi.com> wrote in message
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> In article <nzvUj.3815$Ve.2539@trnddc08>,
> "William R. Cousert" <wrcousert@NOSPAMyahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> I wrote this almost eleven years ago and was wondering if there had been
>> any
>> improvements since then...
>
> I don't think you can get between L.A. and the bay area by continuous
> public transit (and the Amtrak and Greyhound connections would not be
> considered "commuter service"), but if you want to get pretty far north,
> you can get from L.A. to Bishop (and on to Carson City, NV) by public
> bus. You have to get to Lancaster first. From Lancaster, you catch
> Kern Regional Transit to Mojave, then transfer to a different KRT bus to
> Ridgecrest, where there is a connecting bus service operated by the
> counties of the eastern Sierra to Bishop ("CREST" = Carson City
> Ridgecrest Eastern Sierra Transit). At Bishop, you can continue on to
> Carson City, NV, but I think it requires an overnight stay in Bishop.
>
> The service between Mojave and Ridgecrest operates only three days a
> week (Mon, Wed, Fri).
>
> Merritt
That is incredible....Do you have any idea what the total fare would be each
way?
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