QUOTE(dee @ Aug 21 2008, 04:10 PM)
If you really believe that, I feel sorry for you. The Lancaster County Masses don't use the bus because of one word - selfishishness. Many cannot use it for one reason or another but many more don't use it because it is more convenient to jump into their huge SUV with their 2.5 kids, a bag of groceries and one soccer ball. It's too inconvenient to stand in the cold waiting for a bus. It's too inconvenient to not have a car to go out for lunch during their work day. I only SOMETIMES use the bus, so I too am to blame. However, at least I don't say nobody rides the bus because the routes don't fit their schedule. Or call a hardworking bus driver a Communist because he wants to keep his job.
thank you for that response dee, i would hate to see the bus system reduced or done away with. we rely on it in our house because we have one car and rather than making two trips when my husband and my schedule don't mesh we rely on the buses. my husband is also very good about car pooling with co-workers (i have noone to carpool with). both of us are currently looking at bikes for city use so that we don't have to use the car for minor errands either.
QUOTE(Right of Smart @ Aug 21 2008, 05:08 PM)
Dee
As far as the comrade comment I already said I was sorry to Mansfield.
But if the driver believes we should keep his bus driver job while he drives one passenger on his bus then we should call him a chauffer.
Ok, I live in Millersville and work in Lititz.
0545 am I walk 10 minutes to the bus stop.
I take the 0600am bus to RRTA palace in Lancaster and
Arrive at 0655am.
Make my connection at 0705am and arrive downtown Lititz at 0740am
I walk the last 5 minutes to my office.
2 hour commute! Call me selfish I'll ride and so will 99.99% of the county
Now for the bus home……
I'm just looking for accountability.
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and what you have just described is the average commute for a new yorker or someone who lives outside of d.c. and uses mass transit. we are spoiled here because we are not used to a commute of any kind.... my g-d people won't shop the outlets because
it's on the OTHER side of town!!! oh my!!. but for anyone in any city mass transit is a fact of life and you factor it in as part of your daily routine.
QUOTE(littledutchboy @ Aug 22 2008, 09:25 AM)
How is the SUV driver selfish? I pay my own way and pay for the bus riders and the bus drivers.
You're darn right it's too inconvenient to stand and wait for a bus, why would I want to do that?
I don't go to food banks or use shelters they are for the needy and unfortunate …so are buses.
you have a rotten attitude about anyone you deem "lower" than yourself dutchy. busses are not for the "needy" and i think this post of yours just sums up your whole attitude towards the rest of the world. why don't you just go whole hog and get that hummer and leave nothing but an environmental mess for your kids.