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- From: pln@egret0.Stanford.EDU (Patrick L. Nolan)
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- Subject: Re: S.U.G. Conference --> what to do & see in California?
- Date: 18 Nov 1992 17:23:12 GMT
- Organization: Stanford University
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- Barry Shein (bzs@world.std.com) wrote:
- :
- : 1. Berkeley is in Berkeley, CA. That is about 50 miles (80km) from San
- : Jose. There is a train system (CalTrain) but you might want to arrange
- : to have an automobile, particularly if you might be travelling odd
- : hours. San Francisco is roughly the same distance from San Jose
- : (probably 40 mi / 65 km). San Jose is south of SF and Berkeley, in the
- : Silicon Valley area. The obvious road between them is Rte 101 (get a
- : map), to get to Berkeley follow the signs as you get to SF to the
- : Oakland Bay-Bridge, cross the bridge and follow the main road to
- : Berkeley, get off at University Ave I guess, the Berkeley Campus exit
- : is marked on the highway (pardon me, easterner here, FREEWAY not
- : highway.)
- :
- You need to be pretty brave to go from San Jose to Berkeley by
- public transportation. You can ride CalTrain to San Francisco,
- but then you have to walk or take a bus several long blocks to
- a BART station. CalTrain is pretty slow, too. (~1.5 hours from
- SJ to SF).
-
- The directions given above for driving are good. The "main road
- to Berkeley" is Interstate 80.
-
- Stanford is about 10-15 miles NW of San Jose. Take highway 101
- N (toward San Francisco) to the Embarcadero Road off-ramp in
- Palo Alto. Proceed west for about 2 miles and you'll come to
- the stadium at the corner of El Camino Real.
-