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On May 7, 9:45 pm, "William R. Cousert" <wrcous...@NOSPAMyahoo.com>
wrote:
> I wrote this almost eleven years ago and was wondering if there had been any
> improvements since then...
>
> http://groups.google.com/group/la.transportation/browse_thread/thread...
>
>
>
> >Sep 8 1997
> > A number of years ago (10?) I took a series of buses from Santa Ana to San
> >Diego. After going through three different bus systems, and spending less
> >than $4.00 and approximately nine hours, I ended up in San Diego. Not the
> >best way to get there, but I had some time to waste...
> >I was wondering if it was possible to ride buses to Northern California by
> >transfering between the various bus systems along the way. I know it
> >probably wouldn't be the most efficient way, but it would be interesting if
> >it's possible. If not, how far is the distance between bus systems?
> >This trip can include Greyhound and/or Amtrak lines ONLY if they are
> >intended for commuting (daily use by the public for going to work, etc....)- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

Not possible.  Public Transit does not and should not exist in many of
the localities between S. Cal and the Bay Area; there are not enough
people (and users) for the service to be worthy in any way those areas
(i.e., no ridership-base).

Your only options are Greyhound, Amtrak, and flight (perhaps there
another long-distane travel carrier I'm missing).

In article 
<ebfeaded-e5cf-4920-8a35-97f06b1b379e@f24g2000prh.googlegroups.com>,
 Zakhary <zmallett@stanford.edu> wrote:

> Your only options are Greyhound, Amtrak, and flight (perhaps there
> another long-distane travel carrier I'm missing).

Not only Greyhound.  There is at least one other bus operator (whose 
name escapes me) offering express bus service between L.A. and S.F.

Merritt

On 2008-05-08, Merritt Mullen <mmullen8014@mchsi.com> wrote:
> In article 
><ebfeaded-e5cf-4920-8a35-97f06b1b379e@f24g2000prh.googlegroups.com>,
>  Zakhary <zmallett@stanford.edu> wrote:
>
>> Your only options are Greyhound, Amtrak, and flight (perhaps there
>> another long-distane travel carrier I'm missing).
>
> Not only Greyhound.  There is at least one other bus operator (whose 
> name escapes me) offering express bus service between L.A. and S.F.

http://www.megabus.com/us/

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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

On Thu, 08 May 2008 19:33:42 GMT, Merritt Mullen
<mmullen8014@mchsi.com> wrote:

>In article 
><ebfeaded-e5cf-4920-8a35-97f06b1b379e@f24g2000prh.googlegroups.com>,
> Zakhary <zmallett@stanford.edu> wrote:
>
>> Your only options are Greyhound, Amtrak, and flight (perhaps there
>> another long-distane travel carrier I'm missing).
>
>Not only Greyhound.  There is at least one other bus operator (whose 
>name escapes me) offering express bus service between L.A. and S.F.
>
>Merritt

You could ride local transit south from Salinas to either Soledad or
King City. Then Greyhound to Paso Robles. Local transit to Pismo Beach
then Greyhound again to UCSB/Goleta and then local service to San
Diego.

I thik there is a summer service from Monterey to Big Sur that
connects with a bus to San Luis Obispo. 


Mega Bus which runs cheap service is/will be moving all its equipment
to concentrate runs in the northeast area from Boston to Washington,
DC., in a month oor so.

dave bu the beach wrote:
> On Thu, 08 May 2008 19:33:42 GMT, Merritt Mullen
> <mmullen8014@mchsi.com> wrote:
> 
>> In article 
>> <ebfeaded-e5cf-4920-8a35-97f06b1b379e@f24g2000prh.googlegroups.com>,
>> Zakhary <zmallett@stanford.edu> wrote:
>>
>>> Your only options are Greyhound, Amtrak, and flight (perhaps there
>>> another long-distane travel carrier I'm missing).
>> Not only Greyhound.  There is at least one other bus operator (whose 
>> name escapes me) offering express bus service between L.A. and S.F.
>>
>> Merritt
> 
> You could ride local transit south from Salinas to either Soledad or
> King City. Then Greyhound to Paso Robles. Local transit to Pismo Beach
> then Greyhound again to UCSB/Goleta and then local service to San
> Diego.
> 
> I thik there is a summer service from Monterey to Big Sur that
> connects with a bus to San Luis Obispo. 
> 
> 
> Mega Bus which runs cheap service is/will be moving all its equipment
> to concentrate runs in the northeast area from Boston to Washington,
> DC., in a month oor so.

   I thought there was public transit gap somewhere between southern 
Orange County and northern San Diego County.

"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?

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 $20

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

Merritt

"George Grapman" <sfgeorge@paccbell.net> wrote in message 
news:marVj.3251$nW2.860@nlpi064.nbdc.sbc.com...
> dave bu the beach wrote:
>> On Thu, 08 May 2008 19:33:42 GMT, Merritt Mullen
>> <mmullen8014@mchsi.com> wrote:
>>
>>> In article 
>>> <ebfeaded-e5cf-4920-8a35-97f06b1b379e@f24g2000prh.googlegroups.com>,
>>> Zakhary <zmallett@stanford.edu> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Your only options are Greyhound, Amtrak, and flight (perhaps there
>>>> another long-distane travel carrier I'm missing).
>>> Not only Greyhound.  There is at least one other bus operator (whose 
>>> name escapes me) offering express bus service between L.A. and S.F.
>>>
>>> Merritt
>>
>> You could ride local transit south from Salinas to either Soledad or
>> King City. Then Greyhound to Paso Robles. Local transit to Pismo Beach
>> then Greyhound again to UCSB/Goleta and then local service to San
>> Diego.
>>
>> I thik there is a summer service from Monterey to Big Sur that
>> connects with a bus to San Luis Obispo. Mega Bus which runs cheap service 
>> is/will be moving all its equipment
>> to concentrate runs in the northeast area from Boston to Washington,
>> DC., in a month oor so.
>
>   I thought there was public transit gap somewhere between southern Orange 
> County and northern San Diego County.

Metrolink will get you to Oceanside and Coaster will get you to SD...no gap. 

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

Peter Lawrence wrote:
> 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

 From Merced, Stanislaus Regional Transit line 70 goes from Merced to 
Modesto http://www.srt.org/Route_70.htm

 From Modest, Modesto Area Express line 42 goes from downtown to Vintage 
Faire Mall. From Vintage Faire Mall, MAX to BART bus goes to 
Dublin/Pleasanton BART: http://www.modestoareaexpress.com/

Another MAX lines goes from Vintage Faire Mall to ACE at Lathrop/Manteca.