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Merritt Mullen wrote:
> In article <ECuVj.23630$5Y1.17421@trnddc04>,
>  "William R. Cousert" <wrcousert@NOSPAMyahoo.com> wrote:
> 
>> "Merritt Mullen" <mmullen8014@mchsi.com> wrote in message 
>> news:mmullen8014-FCCFED.12460308052008@netnews.mchsi.com...
>>> In article <nzvUj.3815$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?
> 
>   Lancaster-Mojave is $2
>   Mojave-Ridgecrest is $4 (use trip 2 to connect to Bishop)
>   Ridgecrest-Bishop is $2
> 
> TOTAL Lancaster-Bishop is $26
> 
> For Lancaster-Mojave schedules and fares see
>   http://www.co.kern.ca.us/roads/pdf/East_Kern_Express.pdf
> 
> For Mojave-Ridgecrest schedules and fares see
>   http://www.co.kern.ca.us/roads/pdf/Mojave-Ridgecrest.pdf
> 
> For Ridgerest-Bishop schedules and fares see:
>   http://easternsierratransitauthority.com/wb/
> 
> For all of the Kern Regional Transit services see
>   http://www.co.kern.ca.us/roads/kernregionaltransit.asp

Actually, then you might be able to make it to the Bay Area too, in the 
summer.

The reason: once you get to Mammoth Lakes (via the Eastern Sierra 
Transit Authority) you can transfer to the Yosemite Area Regional 
Transportation System (YARTS) bus in the summer that will take you into 
Yosemite Valley.  And from Yosemite Valley you can take a YART bus into 
Merced in the Central Valley.

So you'll need to find a public transit link from Merced into the Bay 
Area (probably via Stockton, Manteca, or Tracy).

Here's a link to the YARTS web site:
http://www.yarts.com/


- Peter