We sent four ABC7 staff members from San Francisco to the Downtown Berkeley BART Station, which is about a 12 mile journey. One person took AC Transit, another BART, a third hopped in a Casual Carpool and ABC7 News reporter Lyanne Melendez drove.
Follow all the different ways here to see which was the fastest.
And follow our journey below and on Twitter to see how long it took us to get from San Francisco to the Downtown Berkeley Station via AC Transit.
4:57PM: Leonard here, I’m about to start the journey from SF to Berkeley to see if AC Transit is the fastest way to get from one side of the bay to the other. Follow my journey here: https://t.co/WJvs3MpLmx #BetterBayArea
— ABC7 News (@abc7newsbayarea) October 24, 2018
5:05 pm: Leonard here!! We are off and headed to our separate forms of transportation! Follow along here:https://t.co/WJvs3MpLmx #BetterBayArea pic.twitter.com/Ud7aFD8EcA
— ABC7 News (@abc7newsbayarea) October 25, 2018
5:15pm: Leonard here at Market street!! Still a ways to go until the I get to my bus. #BetterBayArea The links are live!https://t.co/WJvs3MpLmx pic.twitter.com/McWmpF1kKX
— ABC7 News (@abc7newsbayarea) October 25, 2018
5:26 pm Leonard here! Made it to the AC Transit on time! pic.twitter.com/6jYiXd6JBr
— ABC7 News (@abc7newsbayarea) October 25, 2018
5:34: on the movie!! Headed to Berkeley— as long as I’m on the right bus. #BetterBayArea https://t.co/WJvs3MpLmx pic.twitter.com/cvUGDtB4LY
— ABC7 News (@abc7newsbayarea) October 25, 2018
5:40: Starting to get into traffic now. On on the bridge. #BetterBayArea https://t.co/WJvs3MpLmx pic.twitter.com/LaCIJSHOU6
— ABC7 News (@abc7newsbayarea) October 25, 2018
5:50: Leonard again- over the bridge and heading to Berkeley! Follow along here: https://t.co/WJvs3MpLmx #BetterBayArea pic.twitter.com/qVUDzldXCR
— ABC7 News (@abc7newsbayarea) October 25, 2018
5:52: Traffic slowing us down very little! The schedule says we will arrive at 6:14. #BetterBayArea pic.twitter.com/UenhYC5JPw
— ABC7 News (@abc7newsbayarea) October 25, 2018
5:54: We are moving slow but still moving. Other commuters are not so lucky. #BetterBayArea https://t.co/WJvs3MpLmx pic.twitter.com/qu4vruXn54
— ABC7 News (@abc7newsbayarea) October 25, 2018
6:01: We are still moving along in traffic. Haven’t stopped yet. @rideact #BetterBayArea https://t.co/WJvs3MpLmx pic.twitter.com/jvWTe1Nwy0
— ABC7 News (@abc7newsbayarea) October 25, 2018
6:05: on @rideact and we have just gotten off the freeway! #BetterBayArea https://t.co/WJvs3MpLmx pic.twitter.com/hYse6hf1kI
— ABC7 News (@abc7newsbayarea) October 25, 2018
6:09: Making our first stops in Berkeley! #BetterBayArea https://t.co/WJvs3MpLmx pic.twitter.com/fxviVBegEP
— ABC7 News (@abc7newsbayarea) October 25, 2018
6:23: off the Bus! That’s @rideact for a pretty good ride! Now to the BART station! #BetterBayArea https://t.co/WJvs3MpLmx pic.twitter.com/JUT2tGjVfe
— ABC7 News (@abc7newsbayarea) October 25, 2018
6:27: Made it!! #BetterBayArea pic.twitter.com/JOXgyua03N
— ABC7 News (@abc7newsbayarea) October 25, 2018
