Public transport to Airports

[BCL]

Living in the San Francisco Bay Area, we’ve got public transit to the major airports. SFO has direct service via BART although there’s a pretty stiff surcharge.

https://www.bart.gov/stations/sfia

OAK sort of has BART service now through a cable driven shuttle from a main line BART station. The fare is integrated into BART’s structure.

https://www.bart.gov/stations/oakl

If I’m not in a hurry I’ll take the AC Transit 73 bus, which is less than the $6 to use that BART connector.

https://www.actransit.org/bus-lines-schedules/73

SJC has a free VTA shuttle that makes a loop that connects to VTA light rail as well as the Santa Clara Caltrain/Amtrak/ACE station. OK, had. Found it was absorbed into a regular route.

https://www.vta.org/go/routes/60

Strangely enough, Las Vegas has halfway decent bus connections to the airport. I was on a business trip and had plenty of time. My hotel was also close to RTC 108. There is some criticism that the Las Vegas Monorail didn’t reach the airport.

https://www.rtcsnv.com/ways-to-travel/transit-services/airport-transit-routes/

I took the subway to JFK when visiting New York City. As much grief as it gets, JFK has excellent public transit connections.

 

[joelkfla]

Back to the airport, the Airtrain endpoints are the Amtrak/NJT station and Terminal A. Someone on Google Maps reviews complained they wanted to use it as a train station, but couldn't. No street level access. They'd pay an extra $8.50 for the privilege anyway, unless they paid cash on board NJT, and then might pay the $5 cash surcharge.

There's a project approved to add local access, by extending the pedestrian bridge to a new public access area west of the tracks. They're targeting 2026 for completion.
https://www.panynj.gov/port-authori...plans-to-improve-access-to-newark-libert.html