I believe you can take BART from Oakland too.

http://www.oaklandairport.com/bart_airbart.shtml

Good luck on the trip.  As for finding the best airfare...  you can just go to sites like travelocity.com.  When you enter your destination, check the box to also search at nearby airports.  This will give you the best fare available at any of the area airports.

--sam

On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 7:39 PM, Ann Altstatt <annaltstatt@gmail.com> wrote:

Hey Chris!

San Francisco is your best choice in terms of proximity and public
transportation (the BART train goes into the airport and drops you off
near useful parts of the city).  It is possible to transit from San
Jose airport, but it is unpleasant and long-- I would avoid it. The
last time I flew from Oakland it was similar, but things might have
changed. Anyone know?

We are still putting together the workshop schedule, but it things go
anything like they did last year in Pittsburgh it is sure to be an
inspiring and informative event. I don't have a complete list from
last year, but you will be able to attend/participate in workshops
focusing on subjects such as:  different  coop/collective/non-profit
shop structures, legal and monetary matters, building educational
programs and curriculum, technical matters of mechanics, non-violent
communication and anti-oppression strategies, organizing your shop
effectively, bike projects and development/social change, bike
advocacy in your community and more, and more. . . AND fun
events/rides, AND great folks from all over AND . . .

Let me know if you'd like more specifics,
Ann

On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 4:15 PM, Cris Shirley <cgshirley@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hey!
> I'm really excited to go to bike!bike! this year but it's on the other side
> of the country for me, so i'd need to fly.  Anyone have any suggestions for
> cheap flight to get there (i'll be flying out of JFK should I definitely
> flight to the san francisco airport? or is there a better one?) please lemme
> know!
> I also thought about flying standby with airtran ($99 one way, but no
> guarantee how long i'll wait and they first fly me to atlanta, i believe
> anyone know any other standby flight options?) but don't know people that
> have done it, anyone tried this before?
> (http://www.airtranu.com/airtran_u.aspx#how)
>
> I assume I can get from the airport to the location by public
> transportation, but i haven't found anything on the website on how to do
> that, if anyone knows that'd be great to know how to do.
>
> Also, i'd really either like to see the work shops being offered this year,
> or at least see the workshops that were offered last year if anyone has that
> info, it'd be really helpful for me (especially if i'm going to ask another
> student organization to pay for me to go).
>
> I've been starting this bike collective in new haven, but we are in
> transition (new location) and should revise our operations significantly so
> i hear this would be a great thing to attend (right?)  and that it'd be
> worth the money I spend rather than buying more tools for the collective.
>
> xoxo
> cris
>
>

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