Coventina
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Tue Aug-16-05 10:26 AM
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Riding the bus....."No good deed"..... |
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Edited on Tue Aug-16-05 10:29 AM by Coventina
For the last several weeks I've been riding the bus a lot. Trying to save gas, do my part for the environment, etc.
Now I know why people hate the bus so much!
In three short weeks I've had:
A bus break down, on a 100+ degree day (and guess what? The "breakdown" was that it ran out of gas!)
A bus driver who fell asleep at the wheel!
Random, unannounced detours that caused me to walk over a mile in 100+ degree heat.
Random, unannounced detours that had me waiting for a bus that was never going to come in 100+ degree heat.
So I'm leaving for school shortly, I wonder what fresh hell they have in store for me?
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on edit: spelling
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kick-ass-bob
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Tue Aug-16-05 10:34 AM
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I haven't had any of that happen to me in my almost 5 years of riding the bus to work.
(One breakdown - a real breakdown, and one traffic jam that made me walk 5 miles in the snow - but no bus would get me home - roads closed, etc.)
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Coventina
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Tue Aug-16-05 10:36 AM
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2. That's what I was wondering. Is this normal? |
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Or is Phoenix just inept at running a bus system?
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Tue Aug-16-05 10:40 AM
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3. maybe Raleigh is just really good? |
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Buses that I ride generally aren't late by more than a few minutes, so not many missed connections.
And they never change the routes around without warning.
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Coventina
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Tue Aug-16-05 10:43 AM
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4. I think I have "Public Transit" envy! |
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Tue Aug-16-05 10:45 AM
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5. wow, I've had exactly the opposite experience... |
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...with bus service in my little rural town.
It runs hourly from the town where I live to the town where I work (and where people can make connections to other local systems). Monday-Saturday.
It stops ALL over town-- I usually get on the bus right outside my front door.
It stops for people who flag it between scheduled stops.
It drops me off about 100 m from my office door.
On the return trip, the driver usually asks people where they want to go and takes them there directly.
A ten ride pass costs $10.00. At $2.00 per round trip, I not only save gas in the collective sense (one bus trip verses multiple individual drivers), I probably save money individually-- I'd spend more on gas personally if I drove my car.
It's clean, comfortable, and the drivers are friendly.
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Coventina
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Tue Aug-16-05 10:48 AM
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6. And the bus drivers don't fall asleep and weave all over the road? |
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LUCKY! *Napolean Dynamite voice*
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