Originally Posted by hans
I need to go from SFO to Berkeley; my flight arrive at 7:40 am. I'm assuming BART is a better choice to get the Berkeley as soon as possible (9:00 am) given morning rush hour traffic. I don't mind paying for a cab if necessary but I'm assuming the cab will take longer during that time of day.
Are my assumptions correct? It looks like the best route is to transfer to the Richmond line at Balboa Park.
Any local advice would certainly be appreciated.
Where in berkeley are you going to need to be?
The 7:52 train from SFO gets to downtown berkeley station at 8:49 and the 8:07 rolls in at 9:04. Depending on where you need to get in berkeley you may have to add on some time. A cab would be slow getting to downtown SF but once you hit the bay bridge you would have no traffic to the destination. I don't drive up 101 anymore since I moved but it would be pretty close to a wash. Getting a cab at berkeley bart is pretty dicey usually.