Thursday, September 18, 2008

Back... Kinda

Technically I'm waiting for the last leg of my homeward trip from Chicago. I think I tried every kind of alternative transportation I could except for buses, boats and bikes out there.

I caught a cable car to Fisherman's Wharf. Very fun.



I took an electric rail streetcar to get back from Fisherman's Wharf. It's like a bus except it's powered by the overhead electrical wires and it's on rails.


BART (light rail/subway) got me around quite a bit, and relatively inexpensive.


Some misc. Photos. I'll post lots more in the next few days.




Do Jetliners count as alternative transportation?
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5 comments:

  1. AnonymousSeptember 19, 2008 6:08 AM

    BART is heavy rail ;) Muni N, L, etc.. would be considered LRT (light rail transit).

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  2. NoahSeptember 19, 2008 6:50 AM

    Forgive me. I'm from Kansas. :P I always thought Amtrak was heavy rail, and BART is significantly lighter than Amtrak. I was also under the erroneous assumption that the "L" in Chicago's "The L" meant "Light rail" (oh yes, I was wrong. I wiki'd it)

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  3. ApertomeSeptember 19, 2008 8:49 AM

    Glad to hear you're back, or almost back. I hope you had a good trip. Cool photos so far!

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  4. AnonymousSeptember 19, 2008 4:04 PM

    Yeah, I had the same thought process until someone set me straight. I guess they just call commuter rails/Amtrak type trains...just plaid old rail?

    I believe they call it the El not L. And if I'm correct about El, I believe El short for elevated...?

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  5. AnonymousSeptember 19, 2008 4:05 PM

    Haha, plaid.

    PLAIN***

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