Comments on: City Bus Lessons http://greencouple.com/2008/08/12/city-bus-lessons/ Learning to live green and live together Tue, 06 Jan 2009 01:54:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Maggie http://greencouple.com/2008/08/12/city-bus-lessons/#comment-1961 Maggie Fri, 15 Aug 2008 13:03:02 +0000 http://greencouple.com/?p=325#comment-1961 Indianapolis recently (a few years ago?) put in a monorail system downtown to help move doctors (and maybe some patients?) quickly between the various hospitals. They determined that doctors were spending ridiculous amounts of time moving their cars and finding parking spaces. So you tell those folks in Texas they ought to look into it! :) Indianapolis recently (a few years ago?) put in a monorail system downtown to help move doctors (and maybe some patients?) quickly between the various hospitals. They determined that doctors were spending ridiculous amounts of time moving their cars and finding parking spaces. So you tell those folks in Texas they ought to look into it! :)

]]> By: Student Doctor Green http://greencouple.com/2008/08/12/city-bus-lessons/#comment-1957 Student Doctor Green Fri, 15 Aug 2008 03:27:32 +0000 http://greencouple.com/?p=325#comment-1957 Part of me is freaked out by riding the bus and part of me LOVES it and got addicted to it when my car was in the shop for a week or so. It's the time thing that makes it not work for me. I have to be able to get between hospitals quickly. Part of me is freaked out by riding the bus and part of me LOVES it and got addicted to it when my car was in the shop for a week or so. It’s the time thing that makes it not work for me. I have to be able to get between hospitals quickly.

]]> By: Maggie http://greencouple.com/2008/08/12/city-bus-lessons/#comment-1954 Maggie Fri, 15 Aug 2008 01:59:13 +0000 http://greencouple.com/?p=325#comment-1954 My bike ride to work involves riding the bus for ten minutes, then walking about one block. No transfers. There are bike racks on the buses, which I'd like to try out soon. I'm probably exaggerating a bit on the drug-abuse front but a lot of folks on the bus really look worn out and haggard and like they have been living extremely hard. Makes me feel like I have no room for complaint, which is probably good. I just sold my car but Will kept his so I'm not really car-free (I'm shooting for "car-lite"). I haven't quite psyched myself up for being a crazy cyclist yet but hopefully I can work up to that state. For now, I'm enjoying the bus and the short strolls on either side of my bus ride. I did learn the hard way that if I am taking the bus back from work and I want to stop at the grocery store, I have to pay another $1 to get back on even though I'm headed in the same direction. So in the future I plan to walk from downtown to the grocery store (it's only about a mile) and then catch the bus home (which is probably only a mile and a half but lugging groceries is not as much fun). Andy, what is your carshare like? I need to find some good resources on how to start a carshare since I think it would be popular in Bloomington but there isn't one yet. My bike ride to work involves riding the bus for ten minutes, then walking about one block. No transfers. There are bike racks on the buses, which I’d like to try out soon. I’m probably exaggerating a bit on the drug-abuse front but a lot of folks on the bus really look worn out and haggard and like they have been living extremely hard. Makes me feel like I have no room for complaint, which is probably good.

I just sold my car but Will kept his so I’m not really car-free (I’m shooting for “car-lite”). I haven’t quite psyched myself up for being a crazy cyclist yet but hopefully I can work up to that state. For now, I’m enjoying the bus and the short strolls on either side of my bus ride. I did learn the hard way that if I am taking the bus back from work and I want to stop at the grocery store, I have to pay another $1 to get back on even though I’m headed in the same direction. So in the future I plan to walk from downtown to the grocery store (it’s only about a mile) and then catch the bus home (which is probably only a mile and a half but lugging groceries is not as much fun).

Andy, what is your carshare like? I need to find some good resources on how to start a carshare since I think it would be popular in Bloomington but there isn’t one yet.

]]> By: Andy http://greencouple.com/2008/08/12/city-bus-lessons/#comment-1949 Andy Wed, 13 Aug 2008 22:27:10 +0000 http://greencouple.com/?p=325#comment-1949 Amazing isn't how we all wanted a car (we being Americans) and then we become "enlightened" when we realize that cars are a major part of the problem. I wanted a nice new car for a few years, and then it struck me that I would rather be a crazy cyclist instead. Once I sold my car, I felt much better and new I had made a good choice since I would need to bike, walk, take the bus, and carshare when I need to. Since selling the car, I've acquired some crazy leg muscles on my commute to work, I feel much happier from all the exercise, and I spend much less money. Now that I live 4 miles from work (and it is uphill both ways!) I take the bus occasionally, but usually just when I need to make trips during the day. I biked 95 miles on Sunday with a group of amazing cyclists, and although I only kept up with them for the first half, it was great just to be outside for most of a day of exercise. When I moved to my new apartment and when I bought a bed, I just rented the carshare truck and it cost about $20 each time. It would have cost $50 to have the bed delivered! Yay for transportation alternatives :) Amazing isn’t how we all wanted a car (we being Americans) and then we become “enlightened” when we realize that cars are a major part of the problem. I wanted a nice new car for a few years, and then it struck me that I would rather be a crazy cyclist instead. Once I sold my car, I felt much better and new I had made a good choice since I would need to bike, walk, take the bus, and carshare when I need to. Since selling the car, I’ve acquired some crazy leg muscles on my commute to work, I feel much happier from all the exercise, and I spend much less money. Now that I live 4 miles from work (and it is uphill both ways!) I take the bus occasionally, but usually just when I need to make trips during the day. I biked 95 miles on Sunday with a group of amazing cyclists, and although I only kept up with them for the first half, it was great just to be outside for most of a day of exercise. When I moved to my new apartment and when I bought a bed, I just rented the carshare truck and it cost about $20 each time. It would have cost $50 to have the bed delivered! Yay for transportation alternatives :)

]]> By: cinco http://greencouple.com/2008/08/12/city-bus-lessons/#comment-1948 cinco Wed, 13 Aug 2008 14:35:08 +0000 http://greencouple.com/?p=325#comment-1948 Huzzah, good for you! Where did you go? Did you have to transfer? Do B-ton busses have a bike rack on the front so that you can use both? I can't say I've seen many obvious drug addicts on the bus lately, but as a frequent rider I have learned to mostly ignore my fellow riders. I was annoyed this morning by a man who kept staring at me, but that's usually the worst behavior I see. Huzzah, good for you! Where did you go? Did you have to transfer? Do B-ton busses have a bike rack on the front so that you can use both?

I can’t say I’ve seen many obvious drug addicts on the bus lately, but as a frequent rider I have learned to mostly ignore my fellow riders. I was annoyed this morning by a man who kept staring at me, but that’s usually the worst behavior I see.

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