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From: William Hyde <wthyde1953@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: The insane progress nobody is talking about
Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2024 20:29:30 -0400
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The Horny Goat wrote:
> On 27 Jun 2024 22:06:45 -0000, kludge@panix.com (Scott Dorsey) wrote:
> 
>>> My case is a clear no go - there's a commuter rail station about a
>>> mile away, but the Boston commuter system as designed with the
>>> assumption that everyone wanted to go to the city center - my last work
>>> place was about 8 miles out, but NW of town, while I live W of town.
>>
>> Boston and DC both have systems built that way, with no rings at all, and
>> it is increasingly limiting their usefulness as fewer and fewer people are
>> working in the city center.   In the case of Boston the commuter rail is
>> actually a lot better than the subway, but the subway is a major problem.
>> In the case of DC there is talk about adding some rings in the future
>> and there is a good chance of the purple line happening but it's really
>> too little and too late.
>> --scott
> 
> So does Vancouver - I had to go to the pharmacy yesterday (I'm
> temporarily unable to drive due to recent eye surgery) and had to bus
> it and had to take 2 buses - both of which eventually went or had come
> from downtown simply to go what is generally a 10-15 minute drive for
> me. Given the outside temperature (high 80s / low 90s) I was not
> amused at having a 15-20 minute wait at my transfer point (which was
> far away from the straight line path from home to pharmacy)
> 
> It was unnecessarily getting up from the bus stop and walking around
> constantly simply to get some air flow....

I was preemptively getting  ready to vent some ire at the Toronto 
Transit commission today, but the scheming rascals preempted my 
preemption by giving me a smooth and timely trip. Some people!

But yes, bus-to-bus transfers are always a heart attack waiting to happen.

Still, by law I have to complain about something, so I will.  All bus 
stops need benches.  If we stopped renaming things to appease the 
ill-informed we could use the money for that.

William Hyde