Eastridge Transit Center

Gah. Ghastly. I was just so lucky to live a 15-​minute walk from this transit center in San Jose, with buses all around the South Bay at my finger tips. Not!
I tried hard to take public transit in San Jose because I had a free bus pass through Americorps and got paid next-​to nothing, making it less than gas in my car. But hanging out here waiting for my connection was always a little on the scary side. Getting on bus 22 was an even more special ordeal, considering the characters I met. Most people were just normal folks trying to get to work or the mall or whatever, but the few people who ranted and raved to all of us that the bus looked like Mexico City, or something along those lines, made our trips truly memorable.
The area where this center is is not the greatest, the platforms are narrow and lack sufficient protection from the rain, and seating is very limited. The maps and locations of which bus goes there was always very confusing to me, too. I also can’t forget the constant delays of buses, which made me late to work many times.
If you have the choice, use lightrail or take a different transit center. I grade this one a big fat D.