Getting Around, San Jose Travel, Transport and Car Rental
(San Jose, California - CA, USA)
Located southeast of
San Francisco within the Silicon Valley, San Jose is getting more and more popular with visitors and offers a good public travel and transportation networks. San Jose has become a very tourist friendly city, with some excellent attractions and cultural nicety, as well as many good visitor centers.
Travel to and from San Jose couldn't be simpler, with an international airport just 3 miles / 5 km from downtown San Jose, a swathe of interstates, freeways and highways feeding the city from all directions, frequent trains and buses from San Francisco and farther afield, and an efficient public transport network.
Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International Airport (SJC) / Arriving by Air
Address: 1732 North First Street / 1701 Airport Boulevard, San Jose, California CA, 95112, USA
Tel: +1 408 501 7600
San Jose is served by Mineta San Jose International Airport, which is only a few minutes to the northwest of the city. The airport receives much domestic and minimal international air traffic, with most visitors from overseas arriving at San Francisco International Airport, the region's main air hub. Some well-know carriers serving San Jose include American Airlines, Southwest, United, Alaska, Continental, Delta, Hawaiian and Northwest Airlines. Highway 87 connects the airport with downtown - a 3-mile / 5- km journey - while shuttle buses and taxis run to and from the airport throughout the day. Visit the
San Jose Airport Information travel page for more airport information.
Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International Airport Guide
Car Rental
San Jose's airport has offices representing all of the popular international car rental chains and is located at an easy driving distance from downtown San Jose and the city's major hotels. The city of San Jose is well fed by interstate, federal and state highways, with several expressways within Santa Clara County. Interstate highways I-280, I-680 and I-880 converge here, while highways CA-85, CA-87, CA-17, CA-237 and 101 also provide easy travel to the city and beyond.
Buses and Coaches
Greyhound buses travel to San Jose from all directions regularly throughout the day, including from San Francisco and
Los Angeles. Additionally, BART government operated buses run from San Francisco to Fremont, from where other buses connect to San Jose. VTA also runs services to San Jose and the surrounding communities, while Highway 17 Express bus line provides travel between San Jose and Santa Cruz.
Trains
Amtrak provides a popular train service to San Jose from Sacramento aboard the San Jose Capitol Corridor, as well as from Seattle and Los Angeles on the Coast Starlight. Services to San Jose from the east coast travel via Sacramento. Additionally, the Caltrain commuter rail service travels between San Francisco and Gilroy via San Jose, with a journey time of about 80 minutes. San Jose boasts a 21-mile / 34- km light-rail system and travel by light-rail is very reasonably priced. Concessions are available for seniors and children, and San Jose's light-rail travel network operates as far as Paramount's Great America in the north, stopping at various attractions and interesting suburbs on the way.
Trams
The city has historic trolleys that operate on a loop around downtown in the summer months.
Taxis
The light-rail system covers many of San Jose's star attractions but is not entirely comprehensive, so if you do not have a car, taking the taxi may be your best option for short hops. There are plentiful taxi companies in San Jose that travel to and from the airport and around the city.
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