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Old Mar 16, 2010 | 5:18 pm
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Flyingeagle
 
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Originally Posted by Lightman7
Customs if fairly quick, but I second taking BART if you are going to be doing this anywhere near rush hour, which I assume you will be if she is on 901.
Yes, it's flight 901. If she is less than an hour through customs it'll work. I take BART often from SFO but sometimes if you just miss a departing train it takes longer. I can get from SFO into the City pretty quick even at rush hour. I take 101 to 280 and get off on 6th. Before 7 PM the two lane off ramp dumps into 3 lanes and it becomes a sport, a bit like skiing. Very important to know which lanes to be in and which ones not to be in at specific intersections. 6th turns into Taylor with nicely timed lights and then turn onto Pine which is also mostly timed and voila it's dinner time at the corner of Sacramento and Presidio. I have also found that when it is rush hour on the freeways downtown San Francisco along the 6th/Taylor route is pretty much free of heavy traffic.

Thank you for the information.
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