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.

 

[west point]

The Q-10 goes as far as Lefferts Blvd Station on the Air Train.

That might for workers when going to JFK for work depending on if it stops at some hangers. Trying to go from a terminal to hanger might be a problem/ When I had work there certainly a consideration.

 

[railiner]

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.

The local route, Q3, on its long route from Jamaica to JFK, after stopping at the Lefferts Blvd. Airtrain station, continues all the way to Terminal 8 (AA).

I used to sometimes take the Q17 from my former home, and connect to the Q3 to reach JFK. It was a long ride, but cheap…

 

[BCL]

Or…use this…

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

There used to be a free shuttle bus from Millbrae Caltrain to SFO. I took it maybe once. I've seen a few Caltrain riders saying they were going to SFO, but where they'd be paying the $6 or so to ride BART.

There's a fairly small airport in Santa Rosa, but it has scheduled passenger service. Sonoma County Transit 62 only has 7 buses per day.

https://sctransit.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Rt.62_Aug24.pdf

Strangely enough Mendocino Transit Authority has a bus from Ukiah. Only two buses per day to the airport though on route 65 and one per day on route 95. $23 fare from Fort Bragg to Sonoma County Airport.

https://mendocinotransit.org/routes/route-65/
https://mendocinotransit.org/routes/route-95/