Step 1 of taking a bicycle 120 miles out of San Francisco without a car: ride to BART station (the subway in the Bay Area ).

Adrianna Tan

@artemesia I don’t think so. I haven’t seen bike racks

Adrianna Tan

Bus 20 to Monterey from Salinas Transit center is running every hour today (holiday schedule). I see a bunch of bikes, unsure if I’ll get on with mine. At least 2 bikes are Bike Fridays so if they fold it up I might be able to get on.

Pretty decent taqueira next door: Tacos Don Beto

Backup plan is to do a XL ride share to Monterey. It’s too cold / steep / long / dark, soon to ride there

Adrianna Tan

lol folding bike people very unwilling to help. But they’re also 75 years old so I’m waiting in the cold for the next bus or a rideshare. There also aren’t that many rideshares out here. This journey is not the fun bike commute many of my bike friends think it is. I don’t even think I can do this once a week. Every part of it is unreliable. Fun—on a vacation. Not if I’m heading to work

kf

@skinnylatte folding a bike friday takes 10 seconds though?

Adrianna Tan

@kf they were being weird about it so I was like wtv

Adrianna Tan

The only reliable way to get from San Francisco to Monterey without driving is the $62pp airport shuttle from SFO. Kind of nuts given how a major global tourist attraction is in Monterey (my employer). It all assumes everyone drives and everyone drives because there aren’t good transit options.

Hagfish fancier v4.02.01

@[email protected] I am loking at the monterey/salinas transit and there's a JAZZ bus but google maps just draws a straight line from san jose to prunedale, and I know that's not right. I have never ridden it but am curious

Adrianna Tan

@pagrus that’s the airport shuttle. San Jose then Prunedale. Google maps is extremely unreliable for these parts. It told me the next bus 20 is 7:15 but that’s not right. It didn’t even show the bus here at all in the transit center in Salinas

Hagfish fancier v4.02.01

@[email protected] like, something's not right here

Adrianna Tan

@pagrus haha yeah that bus is very local

Phil Wolff

@skinnylatte Would MBA-operated shuttles pay for themselves in increased attendance?

Adrianna Tan

@evanwolf probably but attendance is also already incredibly.. large

Hagfish fancier v4.02.01

@[email protected] is it any easier to get there from santa cruz? I feel like that leg at least is more frequently traveled from sf, I had a friend who taught at uc and would make the trip twice a week

Hagfish fancier v4.02.01

@[email protected] oof I guess not, looks like 3 hours from santa cruz to monterey

Adrianna Tan

@pagrus yeah and you get into even more local traffic there as Santa Cruz to Monterey and vice versa is a common commute but everyone doesn’t by car also coz the options are so poor

Adrianna Tan

I got rained on this morning so it’s getting extremely cold. My bike is on the bike rack and I’m getting hangry

SpookJ 👻

@skinnylatte was this trip a test-run, then?

Adrianna Tan

@SnoopJ I’m going to use the shuttle. Just did this for fun and to transport my bike

SpookJ 👻

@skinnylatte ahh, you're stashing it there for work use?

Edit: I've just scrolled back on your feed and found the post where you say so. Nice!

Adrianna Tan

52 min later, we arrive in Monterey. It’s the last stop. The transit center is pretty well located and you can walk or bike to many hotels from here (unless you’ve opted for a fancy hotel closer to the water / aquarium). There’s a grocery store and some decent restaurants. I’m going to check out a very traditional and cheap Japanese restaurant that’s been here forever.