tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18498935.post7790560177185658743..comments2023-11-02T04:27:49.394-07:00Comments on Diamondhacks: Petty HeartbreakUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18498935.post-60646951012042922512009-03-15T11:38:00.000-07:002009-03-15T11:38:00.000-07:00Most cities in this country don't take public tran...<I> Most cities in this country don't take public transportation seriously </I><BR/><BR/>I'd expand that to most <B>people</B> dont take PT very seriously either. I definitely hear what you're saying, but it's hard to justify funding a best in class system that saturates the grid ( one that runs busses and trains every eight minutes and <I>might</I> eventually recoup most of its costs), when hardly <I>anybody</I> rides your 15-30 minute version.<BR/><BR/>In PHX anyway, there's a lot more talking abour how we need this PT or that - and far fewer people who get out of their cars and actually ride the damn thing. <BR/><BR/>And our grid is well served, at least geographically. It's the hot weather, wait times, and middle class perception that taking the bus is what poor people do that dooms our system.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18498935.post-85489935516626607602009-03-12T05:44:00.000-07:002009-03-12T05:44:00.000-07:00Most cities in this country don't take public tran...Most cities in this country don't take public transportation seriously, which is one of the great tragedies of our time. There is a Catch-22: the service sucks because they don't have any money because no one rides, and no one rides because the service sucks.<BR/><BR/>Even if they run on time, the hub and spoke system used makes getting anywhere take twice as long. A fifteen minute drive from my house takes over an hour on the bus because I have to go ten miles out of my way. Think I'm not going to drive every day?Michael Nortonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10760283540522938226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18498935.post-28362531329148474742009-03-10T09:29:00.000-07:002009-03-10T09:29:00.000-07:00With all the technology and the interwebs today......With all the technology and the interwebs today... amazing that things still don't run on time. At least you had 70 degrees. Here in the Chi, we just have bitter cold rain.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com