1. I ride the bus 2. Depending on the weather, I ride the bus from 2 - 4 times (trips NOT transfers) per day/6 day per week, to 2 -4 times per day (again, trips NOT transfers)/2-4 times per week.
This is the result of working two jobs/six days per week (my choice), so there are a lot of trips and even more transfers. I've been riding the bus since about 1984, when I had to take it from school every day because the yellow bus (big mobile Twinkie) wouldn't take me to St. Paul from Minneapolis (where I went to school). I consider myself an "expert" bus rider in the city, but would still like to add that public transit in Minneapolis needs major improvements. Not only is the service somewhat sketchy (just today my first bus was a little late, so I missed my connection for my second bus - it drove away as I was waving it down from 10 feet away and yes the bus driver saw me but chose not to stop - and therefore I was late to work), but I think that all public transit should me municipally owned, free, and upgraded. I'm not saying we should get rid of the bus, just improve transportation service to get up to speed with this upcoming century. One improvement is Personal Rapid Transit. No waiting, no missed connections, no more grumpy bus drivers. http://cprt.org Aaron Neumann Holland -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Scott McGerik Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2004 10:59 AM To: ken bradley Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Mpls] Eric Eskola Rides the bus: Do other journalist, and cityleaders ride the bus? On Tue, 3 Feb 2004, ken bradley wrote: > So I have decide to take a poll of Minneapolis Issue > list user. If you ride the bus, please respond to this > email by posting: > > 1) I RIDE THE BUS! > > 2) HOW OFTEN: (BLANK MANY DAYS A WEEK, A MONTH, OR > RARELY) 1. I ride the bus. 2. Approximately, twice per month I ride the 180 Express to the Mall of America from Downtown, then trudge across the parking lots, fields, and more parking lots to the 8100 Building. At one time, the 180 Express stopped at the 8100 Building, but now that the closest stop is the Mall of America, I prefer to drive. Maybe things will be better with LRT because there is a transit station being built at the 8100 Building. If LRT is too much of a hassle, I hope that 35W is expanded, because I am tired of sitting in traffic jams. Also, occasionally, my wife and I ride the number 22 in or out of Downtown from our north Minneapolis home. Scott McGerik http://mcgerik.com/scott/ REMINDERS: 1. Think a member has violated the rules? Email the list manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. For state and national discussions see: http://e-democracy.org/discuss.html For external forums, see: http://e-democracy.org/mninteract ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls REMINDERS: 1. Think a member has violated the rules? Email the list manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. For state and national discussions see: http://e-democracy.org/discuss.html For external forums, see: http://e-democracy.org/mninteract ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
