Man travels from San Francisco to Los Angeles exclusively on public transportation

[BCL]

Apparently his self-imposed rules were no Amtrak, Greyhound, FlixBus, cars, or any other similar services. But it did include commuter rail and bike share. It also included a one night hotel stay, which probably cost him more than the total fares.

https://sfist.com/2025/02/26/transi...t-costs-him-just-61-but-takes-two-whole-days/
https://www.jalopnik.com/1799538/man-travels-la-san-francisco-public-transit-only/

 

[The Journalist]

Might want to double check that title...

 

[BCL]

Might want to double check that title...

Why? I read several articles. He actually started in Oakland, if the issue is that articles have titles that say he started in San Francisco.

 

[blueman271]

Why? I read several articles. He actually started in Oakland, if the issue is that articles have titles that say he started in San Francisco.

Going from Oakland to San Francisco takes one train and isn’t noteworthy. Yay he rode BART! This gentleman went from Oakland or San Francisco to Los Angeles using only public transportation which is noteworthy.

 

[BCL]

Going from Oakland to San Francisco takes one train and isn’t noteworthy. Yay he rode BART! This gentleman went from Oakland or San Francisco to Los Angeles using only public transportation which is noteworthy.

I'm just saying that he started his trip in Oakland and ended up in Los Angeles.

 

[AmtrakBlue]

I'm just saying that he started his trip in Oakland and ended up in Los Angeles.

Didn’t your original title say Oakland to San Francisco? I wondered why that would take 2 days.

 

[BCL]

Didn’t your original title say Oakland to San Francisco? I wondered why that would take 2 days.

Yeah. He started off in Oakland taking a Bay Wheels bike to the 19th Street BART station in Oakland in order to get to San Francisco. I didn't change the title. It was 100% correct that he started off in Oakland. It's right in the video, which starts off at a hotel and looks like Lake Merritt in Oakland. I see the Cathedral of Christ the Light in Oakland, the road construction in Uptown Oakland, and the blue tile of the 19th Street BART station.

It took 2 days because he only took standard public transportation including local bus systems and commuter rail. I'd think they mention San Francisco in titles (including his own vids) because that's likely to result in more clicks than Oakland in the title.

Here's a quote from one of the articles:

https://sfist.com/2025/02/26/transi...t-costs-him-just-61-but-takes-two-whole-days/​

Adam technically starts in Oakland, not San Francisco, and he uses a Baywheels bike to get to the Oakland 19th Street station. After BART, the journey is then all buses between Caltrain and LA’s Metrolink. Some of these buses had free WiFi or available USB chargers. But these buses would often stop every couple blocks, making for some interminably long bus rides.​