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Originally Posted by Randle2I
What exactly was the point of the rant? He derides people for not choosing public transportation when and if it's a viable option and claims that it makes him sad, but can't seem to understand that most people simply don't like riding buses.
I used to live and work downtown Columbus. The bus stop was two blocks away from my house, my job was about 5 miles away from the bustop. It took me over an hour to get to my job, with what was literally a straight shot down one street. When I moved to the NE side of the city I lived ~25 miles away from work. To get to work using PT would take 4 buses, walking ~2.5-3 miles, and over 2.5 hours.
I get really pissed when people that take PT rag on people that don't just because they think it's the greatest thing since sliced bread. Even when it's convenient it's not always the best choice for some.
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<i>She</i> derides, actually.
And yes, I think I acknowledged my own self-righteousness in the original post, as well as the fact that there are plenty of people out there for whom public transit isn't a viable option, at least as it currently exists where they live. Local bus routes are notorious for stretching out simple A to B trips with stops every half a block, and believe me, that drives me insane, too. I don't think people need to go out of their way to inconvenience themselves by sitting on a bus for three times as long as it would take them to drive themselves to work. In my mind it would be nicer if better transportation options existed for everyone and that three-hour bus trip were a distant memory; the fact is that they don't.
Suppose your situation were reversed, as is the case with my colleague, and it took you 2.5 hours to travel 25 miles by car, while hopping on the subway/bus/trolley/whatever took half or even two thirds as much time. Would that knowledge possibly prompt you to reconsider your options?
For the record, the colleague in question actually admitted to me that her trip in to work on the train, a ride totaling no more than fifteen minutes, "really isn't bad at all." It remains to be seen whether her positive impression this morning will stick.
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Originally Posted by roachboy
it's better if you can ride without having to wonder if the guy in the car behind you is a sociopath, i find.
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