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Your hotel will have a shuttle...call them...(n/t)
Authored by: Anonymous on Monday, July 30 2012 @ 10:25 PM EDT
And google the conference, get it to show you what's nearby.

May cost a few bucks extra, but airport shuttles are great!

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The Santa Clara conference on patents
Authored by: betajet on Tuesday, July 31 2012 @ 12:26 AM EDT
In California, people look at you funny if you don't drive everywhere. At least they look at me funny. Of course, they may look at me funny for other reasons. You can make your own assessment when you see me at the conference :-)

Anyway, here are some potentially useful pointers from a few minutes of searching. I'm fairly local, having lived near SFO airport and currently in Berkeley.

If you have a hotel near San Jose airport, there's a free shuttle that gets you to the transit center at Santa Clara University: VTA 10 Free Airport Flyer.

Getting from SFO to San Jose airport by ground is surprisingly difficult. My favorite is CalTrain, which goes from the Millbrae station near SFO to the Santa Clara University stop. It's a commuter train with lots of crowded trains at commute times and slow, infrequent trains at non-commute times. But they're comfortable trains and CalTrain generally has reliable service. Caltrain link

But first you have to get to the Millbrae station. It's a quick convenient trip by BART, but annoyingly expensive per mile because they charge SFO users a lot because they can. BART link

I don't know of a direct bus from SFO to San Jose airport. There are private shuttle services listed at the SFO web site. SFO transportation

Your hotel may offer a free shuttle, but it's most likely to the nearest airport so it won't help you get from SFO to a hotel near San Jose. OTOH, if you're visiting SF AKA "everybody's favorite city" during your stay, having a hotel near SFO may be preferable, and some are near a Caltrain station.

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The Santa Clara conference on patents
Authored by: EdM on Tuesday, July 31 2012 @ 02:36 AM EDT

I live 2 miles north of the conference location, and grew up here.

1. There are lodgings next to the train station and a short walk to the conference location Candlewood Suites. The prices are pretty reasonable for Silicon Valley, but the location between the railroad tracks and a major thoroughfare, not far from the airport may be a little noisy.

2.The conference is walking distance from the Santa Clara Cal-Train station. Getting from the San Francisco airport to the Cal-Train station involves a short trip on another rail service (BART) (according to the airport.

Silicon Valley is not one of the best places in the USA to try to do without a car. However, message me because I also plan to go to the conference, and I will have vehicles. My life has recently been unwantedly simplified (very bad word cancer!), and I will have some free time.

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Just another old-time programmer.

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