Day 4- Public Transportation

A lot of people complain about Bart. It doesnt run 24 hours and you cant bring your bike on during commute hours. I guess because I live so close to 3 Bart stations, and B lives close to one, I find it hard to fault it. I can see that for certain people these would be real issues. I've been meaning to explore other methods of transportation. Bus, ferry and casual carpool?! I know that the bus runs from SF to Oakland 24 hours a day, maybe even stopping at Rockridge?
Tommorow morning will be my first use of a Zipcar. I know its just a car, and maybe im having withdrawls, but im excited. I really want to wave, or swipe or whatever you do to get in the car. I want to experience how it all works, or maybe i just want to get to my destination without dodging flying bits of gravel that have sprung up while they repave Shattuck...
I notice that a majority of people who wrote comments and who dont have cars also live in SF. It seems much easier to do this in SF, than other places. Oakland isnt far behind, but imagine if I was still in Concord, or Pennsylvania, where my family is from.
Im heading to New Orleans next week, and I called ahead to see if they could oil the bikes and have them working...
Lets see how it goes when im away from home!