Local transit looking for bailout
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i drive into the city as long as its a weekend, I know alot of street parking.
we have friends in the village, and even when I go to the javits you park 5 streets up and not only is there street parking but you can
put it in a lot for 1/4 the price of the lots across from the javits
when we used to go out on the weekend there was a time I would drive into the city every single weekend for like 3 years.
we have friends in the village, and even when I go to the javits you park 5 streets up and not only is there street parking but you can
put it in a lot for 1/4 the price of the lots across from the javits
when we used to go out on the weekend there was a time I would drive into the city every single weekend for like 3 years.
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believe it or not the vert made a few trips into the city !
One saturday night we went from the city and ended up in the hamptons- dont remember much of what happened in the middle but the start and end I know
One saturday night we went from the city and ended up in the hamptons- dont remember much of what happened in the middle but the start and end I know
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Originally Posted by Rob x-7' post='919357' date='Mar 27 2009, 04:43 PM
believe it or not the vert made a few trips into the city !
One saturday night we went from the city and ended up in the hamptons- dont remember much of what happened in the middle but the start and end I know
One saturday night we went from the city and ended up in the hamptons- dont remember much of what happened in the middle but the start and end I know
That's a pretty good ways isn't it? I was on Long Island once--Stony Brook, I think--and one thing's for sure, that island is well-named.
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I want to tell you a story about public transportation. I dont know about your area but I live in the Seattle area. I took a bus the other day to Seattle from my city of Everett, its a 15 minute drive normally. I took the bus because I was going with some friends and they convinced me, good idea, just kidding. 
Keep in mind, 15 minutes (15 miles away). It took 1 hour and 15 minutes to get to Seattle. I stood the whole way because the bus was too crowded. I had to go 5 miles PAST my area to get on another bus to go 5 miles through slow, city streets where I finally got to my destination. When I tried to go home, it took me 3 hours. 3 ******* hours to go 15 miles. And Im not exaggerating. I did not miss any buses, I did not get off at any wrong stops, etc... it just took THAT long.
Also, the only way to figure out which buses I needed to take, was to ask the not so helpful bus drivers or the pissed of scum bags who regularly roll the loser cruiser.
I've used the community transit in many third world countries and ALL of them were more efficient than our public transportation in my area. **** these guys, I dont want to pay a cent to them. They suck at life. Plus everythings dirty and smells like ****.
Keep in mind, 15 minutes (15 miles away). It took 1 hour and 15 minutes to get to Seattle. I stood the whole way because the bus was too crowded. I had to go 5 miles PAST my area to get on another bus to go 5 miles through slow, city streets where I finally got to my destination. When I tried to go home, it took me 3 hours. 3 ******* hours to go 15 miles. And Im not exaggerating. I did not miss any buses, I did not get off at any wrong stops, etc... it just took THAT long.
Also, the only way to figure out which buses I needed to take, was to ask the not so helpful bus drivers or the pissed of scum bags who regularly roll the loser cruiser.
I've used the community transit in many third world countries and ALL of them were more efficient than our public transportation in my area. **** these guys, I dont want to pay a cent to them. They suck at life. Plus everythings dirty and smells like ****.
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Originally Posted by sidewinderx7' post='920732' date='Apr 20 2009, 12:40 AM
I've used the community transit in many third world countries and ALL of them were more efficient than our public transportation in my area. **** these guys, I dont want to pay a cent to them. They suck at life. Plus everythings dirty and smells like ****.
yep! one of the reasons europe is so nice is because they have good public transportation.
its also one of those things where you can SEE your tax dollars working FOR YOU
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Originally Posted by sidewinderx7' post='920732' date='Apr 20 2009, 03:40 AM
I want to tell you a story about public transportation. I dont know about your area but I live in the Seattle area. I took a bus the other day to Seattle from my city of Everett, its a 15 minute drive normally. I took the bus because I was going with some friends and they convinced me, good idea, just kidding.
Keep in mind, 15 minutes (15 miles away). It took 1 hour and 15 minutes to get to Seattle. I stood the whole way because the bus was too crowded. I had to go 5 miles PAST my area to get on another bus to go 5 miles through slow, city streets where I finally got to my destination. When I tried to go home, it took me 3 hours. 3 ******* hours to go 15 miles. And Im not exaggerating. I did not miss any buses, I did not get off at any wrong stops, etc... it just took THAT long.
Also, the only way to figure out which buses I needed to take, was to ask the not so helpful bus drivers or the pissed of scum bags who regularly roll the loser cruiser.
I've used the community transit in many third world countries and ALL of them were more efficient than our public transportation in my area. **** these guys, I dont want to pay a cent to them. They suck at life. Plus everythings dirty and smells like ****.
Keep in mind, 15 minutes (15 miles away). It took 1 hour and 15 minutes to get to Seattle. I stood the whole way because the bus was too crowded. I had to go 5 miles PAST my area to get on another bus to go 5 miles through slow, city streets where I finally got to my destination. When I tried to go home, it took me 3 hours. 3 ******* hours to go 15 miles. And Im not exaggerating. I did not miss any buses, I did not get off at any wrong stops, etc... it just took THAT long.
Also, the only way to figure out which buses I needed to take, was to ask the not so helpful bus drivers or the pissed of scum bags who regularly roll the loser cruiser.
I've used the community transit in many third world countries and ALL of them were more efficient than our public transportation in my area. **** these guys, I dont want to pay a cent to them. They suck at life. Plus everythings dirty and smells like ****.
This is not so much an indictment of public transit as it is an indictment of state and local government in your area. Granted, I don't have a lot of experience on public transit, but both the Blacksburg Transit bus system and the D.C. Metro subway are reasonably clean and well-run.
Please copy the local transit commission and tell them what you told us!
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Originally Posted by j9fd3s' post='920754' date='Apr 20 2009, 08:21 AM
yep! one of the reasons europe is so nice is because they have good public transportation.
its also one of those things where you can SEE your tax dollars working FOR YOU
its also one of those things where you can SEE your tax dollars working FOR YOU
He's not even saying top-rate euro busses!! He's talking those guys in the three-wheeled taxis in thailand...way more efficient!
In Japan the average lateness of some of the high-speed trains is 6 seconds!!!
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