Commuting as one person from Mountain View to SF was cheaper with a car including the total ownership cost of the car, nevermind the reasonable discount for "stuff I wand to do with my car other than commute".

And riding caltrain during peak hours for an hour twice a day would violate the Geneva Convention on the treatment of prisoners of war.

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bkettle 3 days ago | parent [-]

Riding Caltrain during peak hours is totally fine and not unpleasant at all, particularly with the new trains (I do it most days and am writing this comment while doing so)

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colechristensen 3 days ago | parent [-]

I left California before the new trains were a thing, but peak hours going north starting in Mountain View meant standing room only tightly packed on the world's more unstable train cars.

	▲	kccqzy 2 days ago \| parent [-]
		I took Caltrain regularly pre-pandemic when I had a job in Palo Alto and going to SF. It was not bad at all. Other cities like NYC had way more packed trains.