By bus
Greyhound
offers bus service to nearby Oakland and San Francisco.Local bus service is provided by AC Transit. For specific itineraries, visit the 511.org (http://www.511.org/) website.
During the school year, the university has buses Bear Transit that run every 15 minutes between downtown, the BART station, and most parts of campus. If boarding downtown, the stop is on the uphill side of Shattuck Avenue in front of the Arinell Pizza. Fare is $1 during the day, and free at night after 7:30PM.
By ship
There are ferries from Marin County and San Francisco to nearby Oakland, but are probably most useful as a scenic method of travel.
If you are traveling by private boat or charter yacht, Berkeley has a 1,000 berth marina (http://www.BerkeleyWaterf...), the largest municipal marina in the Bay Area. Both the Berkeley Marina and the Berkeley Yacht Club offer guest berthing.
By car
From San Francisco, Berkeley is a simple 15-minute drive 45 minutes with congestion east on Interstate 80 across the Bay Bridge and up to University Avenue.
From Sacramento, Berkeley is an hour and a half drive west on Interstate 80.
From Los Angeles and Southern California, Berkeley is a 6 hour drive up Interstate 5, then west on Interstate 580.