05-21-2004, 02:58 PM
Public transportation is inherently flawed... actually, I don't have a car and I live on one of the most biked college campuses in the world... truth be told that's pretty much every California campus. But we've got bikepaths everywhere, and they're treated like streets. You should see rush hour in the morning, like an ant trail of bikes.
Anyway, back to public transportation, since I don't have a car, I take a bus to anywhere further than I'd like to bike. Today, in fact, I'm taking a bus to the train station to get back home for the weekend. I luckily get free bussing as it's part of my fees to go to college here. The flaw is in the schedule. First off, you can never get anywhere late night, at least if you want to get back. You also need to know when certain buses leave and if they close enough to where you're going. It's not like you can go to a bus stop, a bus will be there, and you hop on and go wherever you wish. Especially in the larger cities... in LA, buses are not the most reliable things because of traffic, what if you need to be somewhere important? And the San Fernando Valley is way too hot during the summer to walk and bike everywhere... so I will be driving a car, and I will be filling my tank.
Anyway, back to public transportation, since I don't have a car, I take a bus to anywhere further than I'd like to bike. Today, in fact, I'm taking a bus to the train station to get back home for the weekend. I luckily get free bussing as it's part of my fees to go to college here. The flaw is in the schedule. First off, you can never get anywhere late night, at least if you want to get back. You also need to know when certain buses leave and if they close enough to where you're going. It's not like you can go to a bus stop, a bus will be there, and you hop on and go wherever you wish. Especially in the larger cities... in LA, buses are not the most reliable things because of traffic, what if you need to be somewhere important? And the San Fernando Valley is way too hot during the summer to walk and bike everywhere... so I will be driving a car, and I will be filling my tank.