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.

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.

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.

I too would have to be up and out the door way before dawn to make the connections. I checked this out a few weeks ago after another LNP article.
Since I live near Reinholds and work in Lititz, I'd still have to drive several miles to catch the bus and parking in Ephrata isn't easy or cheap.
If my first bus was late, and I missed the second bus (according to the schedule there was only a 5 minute gap in Lancaster), I'd be late for work. Then I'd have to walk about a mile to my job (weather factors to consider here - plus a purse, briefcase, high heels, and carrying my lunch). If I work late, then I'd have the same trouble on the way home or if I needed my car for my job, I'd be out of luck.
Why spend more hours commuting, more money on a bus fare, and then end up needing my car while at work? I take back roads to work and am there in 20 minutes!!!
Don't even make me think about the winter and learning that the bus service is suspended!
It might work for sum, but not all!

i think people will start to be more choosey when deciding where to live. is it close to work, to family, to the gym, to the places i frequent, etc. i have read that there is a national trend towards moving back into cities and away from the suburban sprawl for this very reason. it will be interesting to see how it pans out over the next generation.

Very true, many are moving back. I'm from near Chicago (great transportation system) and loved it there, but married a man from PA. We do live near many things - family, church, etc. He works near Lebanon, and I in Lititz! Therefore why we chose Reinholds.

that makes sense, unlike major cities we don't have centralized business districts here either and that makes it more difficult for a two income family to live close to where both work.