I think I now understand how to work with the transit system here in Menlo Park, Palo Alto and Mountain View. Because the buses don't run that frequently on weeknights especially the bus that takes me home from PARC (the Dumbarton Express), I really can't do much in the city at night. However, I've begun to play tennis at night and sometimes I may want to go out like watch a movie and hang out with my friends from PARC. So, I've found out that I can use my bike (well actually I'm borrowing it from the roommate who I've taken his room until he comes back). They allow bikes on the bus (actually, there's a rack in the front of the bus, and you put your bike there). It took me a while to figure out how that worked, but now I know. So, I can take the bus if I need to, and if there isn't a bus, or I can ride my bike. Having the bike is so convenient I've found out in here!
For example, yesterday, I took my bike on the bus to go to Mountain View to get my social security number (so I can work in the US). There was a bus that goes near to where I work at PARC, but that bus didn't arrive until an hour later. However, there was a local bus that runs every 15 minutes or so, so I took that one, got off a stop and then rode my bike to PARC. And today, I went to Mountain View again and I rode my bike to Stanford Shopping Center, boarded the bus to Mountain View, took my bike off, and then rode along Castro to get my hair cut, and then took the bike back to the bus stop, rode the bus to Menlo Park Caltrain Station, got off and rode my bike back home.
This way, I get my exercise from biking which I haven't done in like 5 years, but then I can make use of my monthly VTA bus pass as well. If the bus doesn't come or the bus stop is far away, I have my bike. It all works out.
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