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Oakland has a really well-equipped airport with convenient connections to the Bay Area. Often it is a cheaper alternative to fly to Oakland than to San Francisco and is equally convenient. Southwest and United have relatively frequent stops up here and you should check out flights to both spots to get a cheap fare. It is roughly the same time/distance from Oakland Airport or SF Airport to Downtown San Francisco. Theme: Airplane
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Oakland airport is an international airport, much less crowded than SFO, parking is cheaper. Check your flights to see if you can go to Oakland instead of SFO.
BART is one of the best ways to get around. Traffic is extremely heavy on I-80 and I-880, I-580 north of the Bay Bridge.
Auto is usually the best way between districts. Walking is a great way to get around inside each district (e.g., Montclair, Piedmont Ave., Fruitvale, Rockridge, downtown) Theme: Airplane
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2002 Clean Air Champion Award Goes to Oakland International Airport's Renee Dowlin Leave a Comment Theme: AirplanePhone: (510) 563-3300Website: www.flyoakland.com Other Contact: 1 Airport Drive. Oakland, CA 946
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We took Southwest Airlines from Ontario/CA to Oakland.
Flight time: ca. 1:10h
Roundtrip fare: $ 184 Leave a Comment
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The BART system is wonderful. Has its down sides of course. It doesnt run 24hours. It is limited in routes But it is easy to use. They do expand it. Now goes to SFO. And a much better way to get into the city than driving. Leave a Comment Theme: Subway/Metro
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With the AC Transit System and BART, you don't need a car to get around in Oakland. You can get transfers from inside BART stations for discounts on AC Bus lines. Coming from LA, I was suprised how well utilized bay area public transportation is. The down side is that every year BART just kept getting more and more expensive. Leave a Comment Theme: Bus
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Amtrak comes to Oakland at Jack London Square or Emeryville.
Car or Motorcycle is needed to reach it locally. Leave a Comment Theme: Train
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Part of the bay area network, BART hauls up North on the east side past Concord, and all the way across the Bay to SFO.
Since you're dead in LA and most other places without a car, I think it is amazing that I can fly into the Bay area, have meetings anywhere from the San Francisco financial district to Oakland to Dublin (places I have to go all the time for business),
and NEVER have to rent a car.
We have nothing like this in Colorado.
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Flying into Oakland International Airport is a great alternative to San Francisco Int'l cause it's much smaller which equates to less people! Great transportation system: buses and BART (subway). Leave a Comment Theme: Train
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Air: The Oakland Airport is probably the most convenient airport in the Bay Area, both in terms of location and ease of use. Just don't eat the food.
Rail: There are two almost-new Amtrak stations, one at the east end of Jack London Square, and one in the tiny ''city'' of Emeryville, at the northwest corner of Oakland. The Jack London Square one is closer to BART and downtown, other than that there's not much of a difference. California Zephyr trains from Chicago no longer stop at the Jack London Square station.
Bus: The greyhound station is in a pretty ***ty corner of downtown.
Ferry: Ferries from San Francisco and Alameda arrive at the foot of Clay Street in Jack London Square.
BART, the regional subway/metro/whatever system is fast, comfortable, and aside from the occasional complete meltdown, extremely reliable. Unfortunately, it bypasses most of Oakland. If you're lucky enough to be going somewhere that actually has a station though (ie:Downtown, Rockridge, Fruitvale), it's great!
Oakland has probably one of the worst bus systems of any large urban city in the US (AC Transit). Sure, it's better than say, Phoenix or Las Vegas, but these cities weren't built around a large rail system (torn up in the 1950s) like Oakland. The 51 is the only line that seems to come frequently enough to be reliable. If you're not going somewhere along one of the 'trunk lines' (51, 40/43, 72/73, 57/58, 82) you're probably better off driving or (for shorter distances) walking. The buses are a good way to see some of the areas that you wouldn't dream of walking in, though.
Go to transitinfo.org for transit schedules, maps, etc...
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