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Post by danhtao on Jan 22, 2008 12:25:15 GMT -5
has anybody taken the ACE train? i'm thinking of taking it tomorrow since i'm only in oakland half day.
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Post by kreativekvs209 on Jan 22, 2008 22:21:32 GMT -5
i did some research for my mother inlaw about that.. it's pretty cool save some money.. from gas and parking. but imo i would pay that extra 10-20 bucks a day for the ability to have a car. and dont have to wait for nobody and not have to live by the bus's schedule. you dig.. well that my 2 cents.
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Post by Road&Ster on Jan 23, 2008 0:39:40 GMT -5
what's an ACE train?
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Post by Panda AE86 on Jan 23, 2008 1:07:46 GMT -5
Its the "Altamont Commuter Express" Kinda like bart for the Altamont...
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Post by L Rock on Jan 23, 2008 1:53:19 GMT -5
oh....eh, i think having ur own transportation is always better...
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Post by danhtao on Jan 23, 2008 16:28:58 GMT -5
the only problem for me is that the train leaves stockton only 3 times a day, and comes back 3 times a day. -.- the timing throws it off. first train leaves at 4:20 and goes to pleasanton where they got a bus to go to the dublin bart, which i then take the bart to oakland. my school is 1 block away from the oakland city center bart station. the problem is that i get out of class on wednesdays at 1, and the ACE train leaves pleasanton at one. next one doesn't leave until 4. kinda a dead zone.
that, and i'm starting to get used to taking naps in my car when i get to school
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Post by L Rock on Jan 23, 2008 18:20:07 GMT -5
arnt' there after school activities??
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Post by danhtao on Jan 23, 2008 19:58:25 GMT -5
arnt' there after school activities?? not quite for grad school. what sucks is that my wednesday class is only 9 to 1.
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Post by kreativekvs209 on Jan 23, 2008 21:54:12 GMT -5
take your car on weds. foe and ace for the rest of the week.
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Post by danhtao on Jan 23, 2008 22:22:34 GMT -5
can't do ace the rest of the week... tuesday classes are 9 to 9, and the LAST train on ACE leaves pleasanton at 5:30. can't do that. thursday, i need to be back in stockton by 2 to go to delta. and my class ends at 12:30. the ACE comes back to stockton at 2. Friday, internship in town saturday, 9 to 5, but no ACE, tho i guess that i could bart.
so wednesday is the only day available for alternatives to driving.
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Post by L Rock on Jan 24, 2008 1:23:02 GMT -5
lol...if that's the case..
just drive..
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Post by naptime on Jan 25, 2008 0:16:21 GMT -5
get another car that'll save you money on gas. done. or do the "project" already
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Post by danhtao on Jan 25, 2008 0:19:48 GMT -5
i found another seminar that i wanna go to another 750.. its not the cost that's getting to me. its the time invested. i'm kinda thinking that the time needed to take teh train(s) might just give me an opportunity to nap more often.
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Post by L Rock on Jan 25, 2008 1:33:59 GMT -5
nap on a train?? that's dangerous!
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Post by Road&Ster on Jan 25, 2008 2:10:01 GMT -5
yea, you only nap in public transportation if you have a buddy to watch/take turns.
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