I didn't pick up this note earlier from Andrew Hine from his post on Monday:
"On a side note, I took the bus home from work last week, since I just found
out a newish route goes through downtown without the need for a transfer.
When I drive, it is 8 miles, takes 16 minutes door-to-desk, and costs about
$1 in gasoline. To take the bus, I had to walk a mile, pay $1.75, ride the
wrong direction for a while, then got home one hour after I left the lab.
As much as I'd like to be a bus-rider, it simply is not nearly attractive
enough right now, I'm embarrassed to say. I'm also embarrassed that Metro
Transit has not made much of an effort to tap into the 8,000 or so of us
who work here."
I don't understand this last part, because large employers like 3M should be
involved with route planning and marketing passes, routes, and other transit
solutions. Is it MetroTransit not making the effort, or 3M not making it a priority
to benefit their employees? Both?
Right after my last post, one of my employees asked me about neighborhoods to
move to in Saint Paul, because he's looking for a house, and is tired of the commute
from Minneapolis, and likes the idea of biking to work. As an employer, I suddenly
find that I've become a real estate promoter.
Mike Wassenaar
Stretch Armstrong Avenue
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