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“What other form of public transportation allows you to grab a ham-and-cheese croissant if you miss breakfast, or unwind with a beer on your way home? None,” says Michael Callahan-Dudley about commuting on the Larkspur ferry. A customer-service manager at Central Payment Corporation in Larkspur, Callahan-Dudley takes the L Taraval from his Sunset neighborhood down to the Embarcadero, hops on the 7:45 a.m. ferry and spends 35 minutes riding across the waves to get to work each day, often catching the last of the sunrise—and sometimes the sunset over the Pacific on his way home. “After taking [the ferry] a few times, I realized I’d never want to use another mode of transportation to get to work,” he says. “It lets me gather myself and appreciate the day before it gets started. The days I’ve driven across the Golden Gate Bridge have had the opposite effect. I end up arriving at work already a ball of stress.” By far the priciest form of public transportation, the ferry costs $7.10 each way—but a TransLink card brings the cost down to $4.45, lower than the $5 bridge toll. For that, Dudley gets comfortable seating, power outlets for his laptop and clean restrooms in addition to those killer views. As a bonus, he notes, the ferry typically leaves within five minutes of its scheduled departure time. “You can even shave if you need to on your way to a post-work date. How many buses can do that for you?”
“What other form of public transportation allows you to grab a ham-and-cheese croissant if you miss breakfast, or unwind with a beer on your way home? None,” says Michael Callahan-Dudley about commuting on the Larkspur ferry. A customer-service manager at Central Payment Corporation in Larkspur, Callahan-Dudley takes the L Taraval from his Sunset neighborhood down to the Embarcadero, hops on the 7:45 a.m. ferry and spends 35 minutes riding across the waves to get to work each day, often catching the last of the sunrise—and sometimes the sunset over the Pacific on his way home. “After taking [the ferry] a few times, I realized I’d never want to use another mode of transportation to get to work,” he says. “It lets me gather myself and appreciate the day before it gets started. The days I’ve driven across the Golden Gate Bridge have had the opposite effect. I end up arriving at work already a ball of stress.” By far the priciest form of public transportation, the ferry costs $7.10 each way—but a TransLink card brings the cost down to $4.45, lower than the $5 bridge toll. For that, Dudley gets comfortable seating, power outlets for his laptop and clean restrooms in addition to those killer views. As a bonus, he notes, the ferry typically leaves within five minutes of its scheduled departure time. “You can even shave if you need to on your way to a post-work date. How many buses can do that for you?”
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