Re: The insane progress nobody is talking about

The Horny Goat wrote:

On 27 Jun 2024 22:06:45 -0000, kludge@panix.com (Scott Dorsey) wrote:
 

My case is a clear no go - there's a commuter rail station about a
mile away, but the Boston commuter system as designed with the
assumption that everyone wanted to go to the city center - my last work
place was about 8 miles out, but NW of town, while I live W of town.

>
Boston and DC both have systems built that way, with no rings at all, and
it is increasingly limiting their usefulness as fewer and fewer people are
working in the city center.   In the case of Boston the commuter rail is
actually a lot better than the subway, but the subway is a major problem.
In the case of DC there is talk about adding some rings in the future
and there is a good chance of the purple line happening but it's really
too little and too late.
--scott

 So does Vancouver - I had to go to the pharmacy yesterday (I'm
temporarily unable to drive due to recent eye surgery) and had to bus
it and had to take 2 buses - both of which eventually went or had come
from downtown simply to go what is generally a 10-15 minute drive for
me. Given the outside temperature (high 80s / low 90s) I was not
amused at having a 15-20 minute wait at my transfer point (which was
far away from the straight line path from home to pharmacy)
 It was unnecessarily getting up from the bus stop and walking around
constantly simply to get some air flow....

I was preemptively getting  ready to vent some ire at the Toronto Transit commission today, but the scheming rascals preempted my preemption by giving me a smooth and timely trip. Some people!
But yes, bus-to-bus transfers are always a heart attack waiting to happen.
Still, by law I have to complain about something, so I will.  All bus stops need benches.  If we stopped renaming things to appease the ill-informed we could use the money for that.
William Hyde