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

 

[railiner]

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.

Or…use this…

https://www.samtrans.com/media/21651

 

[saxman]

Q-10 no longer goes to JFK?

The Q-10 goes as far as Lefferts Blvd Station on the Air Train. They’ve pretty much had all the buses serving JFK to go there instead and make everyone transfer to the Air Train. It’s still a free station though, and a good way to save the Air Train fee and still get to JFK. I still take the Q10 when I’m feeling cheap and have a little extra time.