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[cyrano]

My commuting friends, I come to glean the wealth of your experience!
Tomorrow, after work, I must make my way from Evelyn and Bernardo in Mountain View up to University and Shattuck in Berkeley.
Where should I avoid? Where should I try to get to?
Would I be best served to simply get to BART in Fremont? (Augh. Then I have to think about how and when to get back.)

Comments

[cyranocyrano.livejournal.com]

Actually, Yahoo maps appears to be updated on the collapse. They're telling me to take 24 into Berkeley. Yeah, right now I'm thinking 237-->880-->980-->24-->MLK exit or something.
And if I were leaving from the point of arrival, BART would be easier. But I'm leaving from somewhere down closer to Alameda in Oakland.
(Looks like *no* sporting events on the calendar between last Sunday and next Monday.)

[jakejr.livejournal.com]

That's not the collapse, actually, that's the normal route through the maze. The collapse is coming from the other direction. :) And that'll work.

[cyranocyrano.livejournal.com]

Really? Last week when I was trying to get up to Berkeley for a movie, they kept trying to send me up to 580, which was why I got lost and ended up on the wrong side of the tunnel because there is no Shattuck exit on 24. I'd thought maybe hwy 13 turned into Shattuck, but that was wrong too. Luckily, the townies were helpful and friendly.

[jakejr.livejournal.com]

The collapse is only relevant if coming from SF or from the north. And yes, the maze is confusing. There's no Shattuck exit anywhere, by the way, that I know of.

[cyranocyrano.livejournal.com]

I eventually figured that out. (:
I don't remember where I got off, or how I finally found University, but it was an experience I do not plan to duplicate tonight.

[jakejr.livejournal.com]

There is, however, a University exit from 580. :)

[cyranocyrano.livejournal.com]

So maybe I should just take 880 to 580 to University?

[jakejr.livejournal.com]

Well, it's an option. Although the 880-980-24-580 route that you probably got online is shorter than plain old 880-580, believe it or not. The MLK exit frmo 24 dumps you out a couple miles south of University and Shattuck, the University exit from 580 dumps you out a couple miles west of University and Shattuck. Six of one.

[cyranocyrano.livejournal.com]

Cool. Thank you for your advice.

[jakejr.livejournal.com]

No problem.