The last mile is still a thing.

Post #432,146 by malraux 1/4/20 1:18:40 PM 1/4/20 1:19:35 PM Reply	The last mile is still a thing. Or are you suggesting high speed rail on every street? I don't think so. :-) Buses? Similar issues although not as bad. Schedules are an issue. Or are we going to run the buses all night long? Walking? Last year I couldn't walk 100 yards without getting a debilitating migraine, let alone a half mile or mile. Even without the migraines I'm definitely not interested in walking that mile in a Michigan winter either. I should add, I am 100% a proponent of mass transit. It's not a panacea though. Regards, -scott Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson. Edited by malraux Jan. 4, 2020, 01:19:35 PM EST Expand All History
Post #432,163 by mmoffitt 1/6/20 8:40:28 AM 1/6/20 8:40:28 AM Reply	(Slightly OT) Bus schedules in Long Beach in the late 1970's were great. As a starving youngster on his own in So Cal in 1978 working full time at a Medical lab in San Pedro, I used to spend well over two hours a day commuting to work in my 1971 Dodge Charger (8 mpg iirc). Then my car broke down and I didn't have the money to fix it. A couple of blocks away I found I could catch a bus every 20 minutes or so that would take me to Terminal Island. From there, I'd switch to LA's bus system to ride to San Pedro and get off the bus a block from where I worked. My wait for the transfer was never more than twenty minutes and most often, much less than that. All told, the bus added about half an hour to my journey which I put to good use buying a Sunday Only LA Times subscription. I read that paper cover to cover on my bus commute (back then it would take that amount of time to read the entire paper). In addition, I was saving a ton of money. I had been spending roughly $6.00/day on gas (a lot of that was burning gas in bumper-to-bumper traffic) and the bus cost me 25 cents in the morning (transfer tickets were free both directions) and 35 cents for the return. Saving $5.40 per day was a big deal in 1978 for me. I enjoyed that bus commute so much that I didn't get my car fixed until right before I left California - a year later. bcnu, Mikem It's mourning in America again.
Post #432,173 by Ashton 1/6/20 3:50:04 PM 1/6/20 3:52:58 PM Reply	Bad moi. Empty Edited by Ashton Jan. 6, 2020, 03:52:58 PM EST Expand All History
Post #432,174 by Ashton 1/6/20 3:52:08 PM 1/6/20 3:52:08 PM Reply	Heh.. whilst starving I rode the Vincent. (Prolly got only ~50 mpg though) F=MA ;^>
Post #432,184 by malraux 1/6/20 6:33:29 PM 1/6/20 6:33:29 PM Reply	I did a similar thing in DC 1.5 hours via bus to the subway to the financial district. One of the best commutes I ever had, apart from my 8-minutes-with-a-headwind-or-20-minutes-via-bike commute when I worked very close to home. The 1.5 hours compared to 3 hours by car on 66. Regards, -scott Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson.

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