How's YOUR transit system right now?
Jan. 13th, 2009 02:54 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
Another nosy question, prompted by our current tsuris here in Bytown on the Outaouaias. Assuming you have such in your city or town, and that you use it, of course.
(Before I forget, if your system has a website, could you add a link to it?)
(Before I forget, if your system has a website, could you add a link to it?)
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Date: 2009-01-13 08:09 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-01-19 01:20 am (UTC)Do they have a website?
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Date: 2009-01-19 01:22 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-01-13 08:26 pm (UTC)For me to take it to work, I'd have to walk about a Mile to a stop where the bus comes once an hour*, make a switch at Eastern (every 20 minutes) make a transfer at Trop (every 20 minutes) and depending on if it happened to be there, make a transfer at Maryland (every 20 minutes) or just walk that extra half mile to into work.
It would turn a 20 minute drive into a 1.5 hour process.
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*if I missed that bus, I'd have to walk 3 miles to Eastern avenue.
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OTOH, with one exception, I've never needed a car to get where I wanted in the SF Bay area. Ralph and I use the "Bay Area BMW" (BART, Muni, Walk) to get where we want.
And the Walk is seldom more than a Football Field.
If I lived in the Bay Area, I don't think I'd have a car, or if I did, I'd drive it only to the Bart Station.
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Date: 2009-01-13 08:33 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-01-13 09:06 pm (UTC)Speaking of which, I should get out to the bus stop before the snow begins. That can slow things down, big time!
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Date: 2009-01-19 01:24 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-01-13 11:08 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-01-19 01:30 am (UTC)I could understand the fare hikes in the context of an expanding system, whether or not the fuel price situation was involved. It has certainly been a factor in recent years hereabouts.
As to the train lines, I remember maybe one or two from Transit Maps of the World, a cool collection of subway/light rail transit maps published last year. Looks like yours has been expanding somewhat on that front since publication!
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Date: 2009-01-13 11:54 pm (UTC)Ours is overcrowded, under serviced, decaying rapidly. and yet mind-bogglingly over budget.
Seems the state government commissioned a new fare-levying system and it's been massively botched. At this stage it would, literally, be cheaper to let everyone travel for free for a decade that it will be to finish the project.
The city is growing fast. More people are using the transport network than ever, but there isn't any PT from the old outer suburbs, let alone the new outer-outer suburbs.
Our state government has sought to rectify these problems by building toll roads.
In other words... ours is fucked.
-- JF
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Date: 2009-01-19 01:25 am (UTC)Any links?
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Date: 2009-01-19 01:44 am (UTC)It's permanent in that the government needs to take action to fix it, and action is not their strong point. For example, it's taken ten years to respond to the drought we're having.
Links? Here's the first one I found:
http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,24914157-2862,00.html
Explore the linked articles for a bigger picture.
-- JF
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Date: 2009-01-19 03:50 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-01-19 04:41 am (UTC)Some years ago, yeah. It's been one disaster after another.
-- JF
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Date: 2009-01-19 04:45 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-01-14 04:00 pm (UTC)I never use it because it runs so infrequently that a 15 minute drive can take 2 hours. However, the free bus that runs up State St is pretty nice.
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Date: 2009-01-19 01:32 am (UTC)