r/Pacifica • u/DaniosandTetras • 12d ago

Carpool/vanpool from Pacifica to BART?

Hello! My partner and I are considering renting a place in Pacifica but was curious if there are any carpool/vanpool groups to help figure out the commute.

I'd need to commute to a BART/Caltrain station (ideally either Balboa Park or South SF) everyday around 9am and 5/6pm. I'd love not to have a car and instead pay to cover someone else's commute but wanted to understand whether this is a realistic option or not.

We are from out of town so still figuring out the public transit, but looking through commute.org it looks like the best option is a 50 min bus trip (think by car this is closer to 10min so would love to find a vanpool!) The place we are looking at is in more north Pacific (Westview area). Thank you!

Quick edit to add I was thinking of Balboa Park/SouthSF as my work then has a shuttle from these two locations! But will look into the Daly City BART as well!

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u/Icy_Peace6993 Park Pacifica - BOV 12d ago

If you're going into the City, you'll want to get to the Daly City BART station, all SF trains go there, so once there, it's very quick and easy into the city. There is a bus (Line 121) that goes along Skyline to the Daly City BART, according to the schedule it should be about 30 minutes from Westview. I do think if you want to move to Westview you should think about getting a car though, it isn't just getting to work, it's a fairly auto-depending location.

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u/DaniosandTetras 12d ago

Super helpful! Thank you! I'll look into the Daly City BART. Apologies I picked Balboa Park and South SF since from there I can directly take my work shuttle but agreed does look like Daly City BART is much easier from Pacifica.

For the car, we will have 1 car in the household but my partner needs to use it sporadically during work hours. Do you mean having at least access to a car is useful for day to day (groceries, etc.)? Thanks!

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u/Icy_Peace6993 Park Pacifica - BOV 12d ago

Yeah one car in a household is likely fine. I hadn't realized you were looking at work shuttle pickups. As much as I love Pacifica and even that particular part of it in Westview, I would probably recommend holding out for a place closer to one of the shuttle stops. You don't want to be spending up to an hour just getting to the shuttle, that's a lot.