Cities/towns in California with the best public transportation (Los Angeles: crime, transfer)

[saina]

Which cities/towns in cali have the best public transportation (bus, commuter rail, subway, ferry, lightrail. Etc..)


The criteria would be:
Hours of operation
Neighborhoods that have service
Reliability and efficiency
Cleanliness
Price

[rockridge]

Overall, its the city of San Francisco(By Far). After that, parts of Oakland and Berkeley and I think some areas Los Angeles have good coverage.

[uptown_urbanist]

San Francisco, although for me the public transportation was actually better for us when we lived in LA than we lived in the (city of) San Francisco. The Bay Area is really good for commuter and longer-distance coverage, but options like BART have major coverage gaps, while SF's Muni has some major problems. It's still better than LA, but LA is definitely catching up.

[Majin]

Fresno, California

[capoeira]

Originally Posted by rockridge

Overall, its the city of San Francisco(By Far)

Definitely NOT San Francisco. It may have been good 25 years ago however not in 2010. Bart is good but the Muni system is a disaster. Crime plus frequent breakdowns. A trip that is a 10 minute drive takes an hour on the bus here,especially if you have to transfer. I've taken public transit in every city I have lived in but in SF I 100% avoid it.

Muni leaving riders in the dark (http://www.sfexaminer.com/local/Muni-leaving-riders-in-the-dark-101856518.html - broken link)

Muni stabbings persist while overall crime drops (http://www.sfexaminer.com/local/Muni-stabbings-persist-while-overall-crime-drops-100957279.html - broken link)

Muni Manic Monday (http://www.sfexaminer.com/local/Munis-manic-Monday-hinders-travel-105233838.html - broken link)

Muni stabbing trial to proceed, competency challenge dropped (http://www.sfexaminer.com/local/Muni-stabbing-trial-moves-forward-lawyer-drops-competency-challenge-83842357.html - broken link)

Muni crimes raising an alarm (http://www.sfexaminer.com/local/Muni-crimes-raising-an-alarm-62788257.html - broken link)

Survey shows lowest satisfaction with Muni since 2001 (http://www.sfexaminer.com/local/Survey-shows-lowest-satisfaction-with-Muni-since-2001-103505649.html - broken link)

Muni causes a Giant pain (http://www.sfexaminer.com/local/Muni-causes-a-Giant-pain-104550419.html - broken link)

[wburg]

I don't drive to San Francisco anymore--it is unnecessary and expensive. The public transit is just fine. In Los Angeles, I spent three days there and only got into a car once--they are rapidly regaining the excellent public transit system they once had.

Sacramento's could be better...due to state budget cuts, our transit system stops operating at 9 PM. It's adequate if you live in the central city and don't need it at night, I guess.

[capoeira]

Originally Posted by Majin

Fresno, California

Maybe in the future if they get the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project going.

http://www.kimley-horn.com/Projects/...ersion%205.pdf

[Stephen1110]

Oakland California of course