[PRCo] Re: Bus Service

[Ken & Tracie]

Grew up where off-peak crosstown headways were twenty minutes, rush hours, 
ten.

Main routes were twelve minute headways, rush hour meant "trippers", often 
in sight of each other.

Owned cars since I was seventeen...but kept using mass transit for all my 
needs, i.e., school, shopping, errands, work. Used the car for dating, 
"cruising" with friends, trips out of town.

Then I moved here, where bus service is minimal.

Tracie and I flew into San Francisco during November, 1991. Took a shuttle 
to our hotel, used Muni and BART exclusively for three and a half days. 
Neither of us missed driving.

Been living in the real world for quite a while, Fred. Even so, I can't deny 
that walking three or four blocks to a car line, hopping a PCC and riding to 
work would be my preferred way to get around.

K.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Fred Schneider" <fwschneider at comcast.net>
To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
Sent: Monday, February 05, 2007 3:13 PM
Subject: [PRCo] Re: Bus Service


> Welcome to the real world, Ken!
>
> On Feb 5, 2007, at 4:33 PM, Ken & Tracie wrote:
>
>> To clarify something...I am a vintage car hobbyist. I "love" my
>> vintage
>> automobiles.
>>
>> I HATE urban driving and would use the local transit system to
>> commute to
>> work IF:
>>
>> 1.) There were routes which passed close enough to work so I
>> wouldn't have
>> to walk the last mile in 105 degree heat during the summer.
>>
>> 2.) Headways away from the tourist corridors were less than the 30-60
>> minutes, meaning a two hour bus ride to travel nine miles ( Half
>> mile to the
>> closest bus stop, 7.5 miles of riding, then a mile walk to work
>> from the
>> closest bus stop, with a 45 minute wait for a transfer almost halfway
>> through the ride.)
>>
>>
>> K.
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Fred Schneider" <fwschneider at comcast.net>
>> To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
>> Sent: Monday, February 05, 2007 9:03 AM
>> Subject: [PRCo] Re: pat__service__cuts__2007.01.23-changed to 2/1/07
>>
>>
>>> John and all:
>>>
>>> I love my car.   And I think Ken Josephson loves his car too ...
>>> maybe as much as his wife and daughter.
>>
>>
>>
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