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Is Noe Valley a realistic location to buy if one commutes to South SF?

Mon Jun 25 2007, 01:40 - Noe Valley - Traffic & Public Transportation - 6 answers
 
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It is an easy commute to South San Francisco by car. I know several people who live in Noe and drive to Genetech in South San Francisco. You just get on Dolores and it merges with San Jose and then turns into the 280. It's only about a 15-20 minute drive.

Fri Jul 6 2007, 11:08
 
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I live in Lower Pacific Heights and commute to South San Francisco. It is difficult and time-consuming to go to SSF on public transportation, but easy by car. The commute back home can be slow depending on Bay Bridge traffic, which backs up all SF-incoming traffic on 101.
If you are a bicyclist, you can ride down to BART on Mission Street or Glen Park to take it outbound to SSF. This will take you twice the time of driving -- and if your office is near the Bay, the winds are very difficult in the evening.

Mon Jul 2 2007, 07:52
 
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It's not a bad auto commute since the distance is short and you would be going the opposite direction of most other traffic.

Wed Jun 27 2007, 07:36
 
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The city actually has great public transport - nothing like Europe’s trains but still pretty good. Below is a link to a trip planner for the bus route. If you have a start and end address it should give you the time estimates you need. I can't imagine it would take more then 15 minutes, maybe 20 in traffic.

There is also the Bart but I'm thinking that is prob. not the best route coming from Noe Valley. The URL for that is http://www.bart.gov/ . It's most useful going from the financial district out to the South Bay.

Mon Jun 25 2007, 16:03
Web Reference: http://transit.511.org/tripplanner/index.asp
 
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I will be traveling by car if that makes sense. I live in Europe now and don't own a car.. i'm a 'Train' kinda guy but realize that this is not common in the U.S.

Mon Jun 25 2007, 14:03
 
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The commute in the city generally takes 15-30 minutes by car in traffic. I don't think that should be too much of a problem. what is your means of transportation?

Mon Jun 25 2007, 08:42
 
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