you can't get there from here

[calimac]

I've been thinking about going up to the City on Saturday morning for the first iteration of Lisa Bielawa's Crissy Broadcast, a mass outdoor musical event on Crissy Field, the former airstrip that most of the iconic photos of people standing with the Golden Gate Bridge behind them are taken from. The rareness of such a musical event intrigues me. It sounds like it'll be something like Stockhausen without the toxic politics. It would be something to be able to say, I was there.

The problem is, getting there. I'm dubious about driving. I don't know much about parking in the area, I'm doubtful about the feasibility of what I do know, and I might not be the only person trying it. Not to mention that I have no idea how the hundreds of performers are getting there, or how much parking they might take up.

It's when I checked the project's own "directions and parking" web page that I got nervous, and wonder if anyone organizing this has any idea what they're doing. I'd be taking CalTrain, and they recommend, as they do from several other directions, transferring to the PresidiGo shuttle.

A little checking established a few problems with this idea:
1) The PresidiGo shuttle doesn't run on weekends;
2) Even if it did, it requires a pass for morning runs;
3) You can't transfer to it directly from CalTrain, as it doesn't go anywhere near the station.

Also, for further transit planning information, you need to go, not to www.511.com as they instruct, but www.511.org.

So if I take the first CalTrain run of the day, which leaves here at 7:14 AM, that will get me up in time to catch a 37-minute bus ride through some of the City's more colorful and congested neighborhoods which will dump me out in the Marina, at what it says here is a 20-minute walk away, with 34 minutes to walk there before the starting time. So assuming that's not packed, and I just have to hope it isn't, it's doable, and the sole remaining question is, will I get up early enough?

Because if not, I'm going two miles from home to see the Met broadcast of The Nose instead.

(Why not go to one of the other performances of Crissy Broadcast? Time conflicts, and the probability that, being at more reasonable hours, they'll be more crowded.)

Comments

[kevin-standlee.livejournal.com]

Unfortunately, those sort of transit instruction errors are typical of people who never take the systems they're telling people to use.Unfortunately, I can't think of anything better that doesn't involve taking a taxi at some point. OTOH, a taxi from Caltrain over to Crissy Field might be a lot easier to manage than slogging along on the bus.

[cmcmck.livejournal.com]

London has its issues, but the public transport is, as you'll be aware, excellent! :o)

[voidampersand.livejournal.com]

The 30 is my favorite bus line, and the walk through the Marina to the yacht club and Crissy Field is very pleasant.

[k6rfm.livejournal.com]

I would at least consider changing to BART at Millbrae, getting off at Daly City and then taking the 28 (along 19th avenue to the GG Bridge.) Driving to Millbrae or even Colma BART is a possibility, too; there are huge parking structures and 280 traffic isn't too bad, more flexibility in departure time.