Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2002 17:46:32 -0500
From: Steve Smith <sgs at aginc.net>
To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: Fwd: RE: [CONJOSE-info]: transportation question
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net>

Cathy Green wrote:
>
> I'm forwarding the info below because I thought it
> might be of interest to list members who will be
> attending ConJose.
>
> > I would estimate taxi fare from SFO to downtown San
> > Jose to be on the order
> > of $50 to $100; possibly more.  SFO is about 40
> > miles from downtown San
> > Jose.

The San Francisco Bay area has three airports -- SF International (SFO),
San Jose (SJC), and Oakland (OAK).  Generally, SFO has the most
expensive flights and OAK has the cheapest.  SJC is closest to the con
(duh!).  All are international airports, but SFO has the most
international and transcontinental nonstop flights by far.  Nonstop
flights are *far* more expensive than flights with one stop somewhere in
the middle of the country.

By analogy with the DC area, think of SFO as Dulles (huge), SJC as
National (convienent), and OAK as Baltimore (hungry & willing to make
deals).

I would guess that a cab from SJC airport to the con would be reasonable
(ie, not $100).  I have no clue about public transportation from OAK to
the con.

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Steve Smith                                           sgs at aginc.net
Agincourt Computing                            http://www.aginc.net
"Truth is stranger than fiction because fiction has to make sense."