Bay Bus Bonanza 2024
Do you like riding public transit? Are trains too smooth, efficient, and fast at moving people for your taste?
Join us for a bus-only loop around the Bay across 4 transit agencies and 10 routes! Meet new friends, experience the changing scenery, and eat delicious food along the way!
We'll start at 24th & Mission in SF and go clockwise toward the East Bay, stopping to eat lunch and stroll around the farmer's market in Hayward. As we approach the South Bay, we'll catch the South Bay Historical Railroad museum before they close. Finally, we'll head back up the peninsula, have dinner in San Mateo, and walk around the pedestrianized street & park before finishing back in SF for a full loop!
Notes
Feel free to join and leave whenever is convenient for you
Check the detailed schedule below for a list of stops! Join us at one of the checkpoints or hop on the bus anytime in between.
We will frequently be connecting with BART, Caltrain, and other transit.
Make sure those Clipper cards are topped up! Fares may total up to $22.60 for the whole loop
Restrooms available at most stops – feel free to ask us for more details
Bring water, snacks, etc.
This is an event to celebrate Transit Month 2024, NOT a tech/AI/crypto/grifter networking event.
Detailed Schedule:
8am: meet at 24th & Mission NE corner
There are always vendors selling tamales etc. if you want to come earlier for breakfast!
8:10-8:40: MUNI 14R, Mission & 24th to Mission & Fremont
9:00-9:46: AC O, S********* Transit Center Bay 28 to Fruitvale BART
10:01-10:38: AC 1T, International & 34th to Downtown San Leandro SB
optional quick bathroom break at the library/nearby businesses
10:58-11:29am: AC 10, E 14th & W Estudillo to B St & Mission Blvd
Hayward lunch & farmer's market stroll!
Consider ordering ahead if you'd like more time at the farmer's market
Feel free to sit down for lunch as well – just make sure you meet us back at the next stop ~5 min before departure
Some nearby options: The Gurkha Kitchen, Erik's DeliCafé, Falafel Flare
12:45-1:48pm: AC 99, Mission Blvd & C St to Fremont BART
2:00-2:57pm: AC 217, Fremont BART to Milpitas BART
3:09-3:48pm: VTA 60, Milpitas BART to Santa Clara TC
South Bay Historical Railroad train museum will be open till 4!
4:03-5:03pm: VTA 522, Santa Clara TC to Palo Alto TC
5:15-6:07pm: SamTrans ECR, Palo Alto TC to ECR & 5th
Dinner in DT San Mateo (lots of options)
Walk around pedestrianized portion of Main St, Central Park
8:10-9:11pm: SamTrans ECR, ECR & 5th to Daly City BART
9:20-9:40pm: 14R to 24th & Mission
(art credit: Andy Stattmiller)