Comments on: A great idea from Philly Beer Week: A daily mass transit pass

By: William Brand

William Brand — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 06:22:19 +0000

We have something that Philly doesn’t have: Beerbybart.
It’s the work of Gail Williams and Steve Shapiro who are really into beer and really into mass transit. Check it out.
There are two ways to use it. On the left there’s a list of BART stations followed by pubs/brewpubs within reach. On the right hand column, there’s a list of good beer places…
Choose a pub or brewpub that you want to go to and Beerbybart gives you the mass transit and walking directions. Contributions via comments are welcome. That’s http://www.beerbybart.com

By: BahHumBrew

BahHumBrew — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 18:36:59 +0000

The Philly day pass is pretty amazing. The Full Pint just published some details of the program. It might be harder for SF Bay area because of all the various agencies that provide transit around the bay and the broad area covered by Beer Week events. However, the SFBeerWeek.org should at least provide a better transit guide for visitors; just listing the various agencies doesn’t cut it. Maybe they could work with 511.org to include the venues in some sort of Beer Week drop down or at least provide a bay area map showing the relative locations.

By: Mario (Brewed For Thought)

Mario (Brewed For Thought) — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 06:09:53 +0000

http://www.bart.gov/tickets/plus.aspx

I’m not sure about 100% coverage, but it does cover a big majority of the bay.

By: William Brand

William Brand — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 00:13:17 +0000

Don’t think it works everywhere yet, Mario.

By: Ashton

Ashton — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 20:48:25 +0000

Muni has passports, $11/day $18/3 days.
http://www.sfmta.com/cms/mfares/passports.htm
Certainly covers the cost of one Cable Car excursion!

TransLink is supposed to be good on Muni/Bart/CalTrain some year, but, that’s hardly a tourist option.

Remember to buy your Bart tix roundtrip. A cranky ticket machine can be quite a test after a few pints!

By: Mario (Brewed For Thought)

Mario (Brewed For Thought) — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 16:36:36 +0000

We have a pass like that already. BART Plus. You still pay for your BART rides, but all local bus systems are free.

By: William Brand

William Brand — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 05:52:31 +0000

It’s early days for Philly Beer Week and I only found one dinner with a price and that was $50. The $100 dinner, by the way, is a benefit for the San Francisco Food Project. I’m sure there will be some beer dinners in Philadelphia over $50.

Most of the efvents posted so far aren’t dinners, they’re “meet the brewer” and “new beer” launches. SF Beer Week will have many of those as well.

By: Chris

Chris — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 04:11:19 +0000

Muni’s got an $11 day pass

http://www.sfmta.com/cms/mfares/passports.htm

but you’d have to ride Muni EIGHT times in a day to make it worthwhile (normal trip is $1.50). Better to just pay normal fare and keep your transfer.

By: craig

craig — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 03:54:13 +0000

they know how to do things in the city of brotherly love..they are not money grabbers..how many 100$ events do they have…we may copy their name (sfbeerweek)…but we will never copy their spirit!…