Matthew's Journal

I'm going to a conference in San Jose next month. I'm flying to and from SFO, which leaves me two options for getting to the conference hotel. I could get a shared shuttle service e.g. Super Shuttle for around $39 each way; I've used similar services before, and they were pretty reasonable. It's 37 miles, so I'd expect a journey time of around an hour.

Alternatively, I could use public transport. This is slightly complicated - I need to get the BART to Millbrae, thence the Caltrain to either Mountain View (say the conference organisers) or Tamien (says the journey planner software), and thence the VTA light rail to San Jose Convention Center (and a short walk). The cost will be around $9, and take a bit over 2 hours.

I'm unsure which way to go. At least one colleague is planning on doing the public transport thing (but arrives at a different time), and opines that it'll be easy. Others have suggested that it's obviously easier to get a shuttle, and pretty cheap too. I have a feeling the public transport route will either be Just Fine or Utter Doom. Any informed commentary would be good, but there's also a poll under the cut ;)

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