Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
BUS
AC Transit
has a comprehensive bus network within Oakland. Fares are $2.10 and exact
change is required.
to 1am Fri, 6pm-1am Sat)
runs down Broadway between Jack London Sq and Lake Merritt,
stopping at Old Oakland/Chinatown, the downtown BART stations and the Uptown dis-
trict. The lime-green buses arrive every 10 to 15 minutes.
Berkeley
As the birthplace of the free speech and disability rights movements, and the home of the
hallowed halls of the University of California, Berkeley is no bashful wallflower. A na-
tional hotspot of (mostly left-of-center) intellectual discourse and one of the most vocal
activist populations in the country, this infamous college town has an interesting mix of
graying progressives and idealistic undergrads. It's easy to stereotype 'Beserkeley' for
some of its recycle-or-else PC crankiness, but the city is often on the forefront of environ-
mental and political issues that eventually go mainstream.
Berkeley is also home to a large South Asian community, as evidenced by an abundance
of sari shops on University Ave and a large number of excellent Indian restaurants.
