Hey all, I'm glad that this issue has come up. I'm really lucky that there literally is less than two miles between where I live and work--I'm actually about three blocks from the downtown zone, on E. 7th. So, I'm able to bus to work really easily, for $1 a day total, and E 7th has relatively good bus service.
However, I lived in North End for awhile (near Arlington/Rice), and I had the same problem Chuck and an number of others have spoken to. While it took me 10 minutes to drive to work, it would take me about 20 to get there via bus, and even then, buses come, at most (rush hours), every 30 minutes, and I'd have to walk about three decent-sized blocks to get to a stop. Sure took some planning, and this is far more convenient that options other folks face! And even then, paying rush hour fare twice a day, the bus sure ain't cheap---what I usually ended up doing was driving into downtown, and parking somewhere where the street parking was free near the downtown zone, and then catching the bus (usually around the Cathedral). Rice Street and even E 7th are pretty daunting for bicycle commuting (though I know people do it--props to those brave folks!). Rice is really tight and there's a lot of traffic--both on the road and the sidewalks, and folks book down E 7th like no tomorrow. I used to bike commute regularly on Snelling, and on University in St. Paul, and on Lyndale and on Franklin in Minneapolis, so I don't really consider myself a squeamish biker. St. Paul streets seem more formidable for bikers. I really like bicycle commuting--I think it's better for one's health, the environment, and it connects folks more with their community and the communities that they regularly ride through to get to work and back--but it's still really intimidating in St. Paul. Seems like there's definately more that could be done. Oh, by the way... did folks know that MSP has one of the highest rates of bike commuters in the country, competing with the likes of Seattle and New York? Thought that was interesting. Erin Stojan Dayton's Bluff, Ward 7 --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > If I am not mistaken Andrew now works in the > Northeastern portion of Saint > Paul. With that as a location one is attempting to > get to in the morning the > simple answer from Metro Transit is ... you can't > get there from here. > > I tried and failed to be a bus user to the East side > of Saint Paul. A ten or > fifteen minute drive is an hour to an hour and a > half bus ride. > > You can't get there from here. > > Chuck Repke > Work on the East Side > _____________________________________________ > NEW ADDRESS FOR LIST: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To subscribe, modify subscription, or get your > password - visit: > http://www.mnforum.org/mailman/listinfo/stpaul > > Archive Address: > http://www.mnforum.org/mailman/private/stpaul/ ===== ----------------------------------------- There is a time when the operation of the machine becomes so odious, makes you so sick at heart, that you can't take part; you can't even passively take part, and you've got to put your bodies upon the gears and upon the wheels, upon the levers, upon all the apparatus, and you've got to make it stop. And you've got to indicate to the people who run it, to the people who own it, that unless you're free, the machine will be prevented from working at all!--- Mario Savio ------------------------------------------ Erin Stojan Dayton's Bluff, Ward 7 __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? SBC Yahoo! - Internet access at a great low price. http://promo.yahoo.com/sbc/ _____________________________________________ NEW ADDRESS FOR LIST: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe, modify subscription, or get your password - visit: http://www.mnforum.org/mailman/listinfo/stpaul Archive Address: http://www.mnforum.org/mailman/private/stpaul/
