Every single (working) day. To and from work on the London Underground. For the most part, surprisingly, it's actually fine. Over crowded, but fine.
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Do you take public transportation regularly?
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Pretty often, depending on my work schedule.
I go across the bay to Berkeley for work at least once a week. I usually drive, as taking the bus downtown, BART across the bay, and walking the 3/4 mile from the BART station to the client site really adds up to a lot of extra time.
Getting to my clients in downtown SF by bus is pretty easy, for the most part. The MUNI can get you pretty much anywhere in the city with a minimum of connections, but the system is generally a big mess: bloated and overpaid management, surly drivers with no accountability, rude passengers, filthy and crowded busses, not nearly enough light rail and underground lines to bypass all the traffic.
On the bright side, I can use a web browser (or my iPhone) to figure out when the next bus is due to arrive so I don't have to stand stupidly outside at the bus stop for 20 minutes.
I almost never take the bus on weekends. Maybe only if I'm just going downtown to do a little shopping.
I go across the bay to Berkeley for work at least once a week. I usually drive, as taking the bus downtown, BART across the bay, and walking the 3/4 mile from the BART station to the client site really adds up to a lot of extra time.
Getting to my clients in downtown SF by bus is pretty easy, for the most part. The MUNI can get you pretty much anywhere in the city with a minimum of connections, but the system is generally a big mess: bloated and overpaid management, surly drivers with no accountability, rude passengers, filthy and crowded busses, not nearly enough light rail and underground lines to bypass all the traffic.
On the bright side, I can use a web browser (or my iPhone) to figure out when the next bus is due to arrive so I don't have to stand stupidly outside at the bus stop for 20 minutes.
I almost never take the bus on weekends. Maybe only if I'm just going downtown to do a little shopping.
Well since the Japanese trains have an average lateness of 6 seconds (INCLUDING natural disasters) I'm not surprised.
Compared to our trains I'm sure they are fine though.
I live in downtown Boston, work one subway stop over in Cambridge, so I take the subway every day. I don't own a car, and haven't since I moved here a decade ago.
When I first moved here, I lived in the Brookline neighboorhood (technically a separate town), which is on the absolutely wretched trolly-car 'Green Line'. During the summer months, the Green Line often becomes unrideable due to the fact that it services all the traffic going to Fenway park for Red Sox games. But for chickens and other livestock on the roof, it could easily pass for a trolley train in Bombay or Calcutta. Of course, during the weekdays Red Sox traffic coincides with evening rush hour traffic. I often found myself staying late at work to avoid it, or just walking the 4 miles home.
Needless to say, I'm in a much better mood when I get home these days.
When I first moved here, I lived in the Brookline neighboorhood (technically a separate town), which is on the absolutely wretched trolly-car 'Green Line'. During the summer months, the Green Line often becomes unrideable due to the fact that it services all the traffic going to Fenway park for Red Sox games. But for chickens and other livestock on the roof, it could easily pass for a trolley train in Bombay or Calcutta. Of course, during the weekdays Red Sox traffic coincides with evening rush hour traffic. I often found myself staying late at work to avoid it, or just walking the 4 miles home.
Needless to say, I'm in a much better mood when I get home these days.
It's all I take. I live Chicago and it's really the only practical thing. Owning a car here is ridiculously difficult (no parking, taxes, etc.). Plus, not owning a car is actually liberating- no gas, insurance, car payments. If I need to go out of town, I just rent one.
I usually take the train to work, that's what most people do living in the suburbs working downtown. If I drive to work, it'll take me 1.5 hours and as much as 3 hours when snowing. I haven't been on a bus or the subway in years though, I dont like those. 
^^^ What he said.
When I used to live in a city, I used mass transit regularly. Live rural now, only MT is trying to catch a herd of cows headed in the right direction.
When I used to live in a city, I used mass transit regularly. Live rural now, only MT is trying to catch a herd of cows headed in the right direction.
i don't currently. shame on me though, but the plan is to not use the car much at all this summer and continue that trend once summer is over. so yes i'll be using public transportation a lot, along with my bike.
Yeah, I've heard that UK trains aren't known for their promptness(worst in western Europe according to some people). During my unfortunately brief visit to the UK, I never left London so I never rode on anything approaching long distance, but I did find out the hard way that trains to the airport don't operate early Sunday morning. Ended up missing my flight, though BA was merciful and only charged me 50 euros to be put on the next flight to Munich, which I then missed because there was no way I could get all the way across Heathrow in time for the flight they bumped me to, but then they finally put me on the 3pm flight for no additional charge and did manage to make it out of London!
Not Regularly. I live next door to my work, and only drive to church and longer trips. I live in the DC MEtro area so I take the metro to the airport since it drops me off right there on the rare occasions I fly. I NEVER drive in DC itself so metro is my friend there too.
In my hometown I never use public transport, my town is too small and there is no good service to nearby towns. At school I use the bus system somewhat regularly since I dont have a car. I also use Amtrak when I need to get home from school which is fairly convenient, but it could be faster. In London I use public transport all the time, the Tube and the Bus network here are top notch. I love London's network.
An Apple Store is the biggest tourist attraction in Denver? I'm really sorry about that.
I drive everywhere I go, even though Chicago has a great public transportaiton system. I work in the nothern suburbs and don't wan't to drive out of my way just to get to a Metra station to get to work. Driving, it takes me 20 minutes...car to the train to a shuttle to work, about and hour and 20 minutes.
Even when I'm doing stuff in the city, I prefer to drive wherever I go...or park and cab it. Public transportation is a hassle. I would rather spend a half hour driving around to get a parking space than deal with a subway/el and bus. Heck, it's not unusual for me to spend 45 minutes driving around a neighborhood, downtown, just to find a parking space (and avoid having to pay the ridiculous $25/$35 parking garage prices). With public transportation, I feel like I'm in chains. When I drive, I'm free to go wherever I want, whenever I want. Give me a greener car and I'll feel even better....
At school, never. Almost everything is in walking distance and I have a car.
At home, rarely. First I have to drive to a bus station, then figure out what bus I need to take. Finally ride the bus to the city. I live too far away to make it convenient. The only time I take the bus is when going to a baseball game.
I really wish Seattle, and the surrounding major areas had a good public transportation system.
At home, rarely. First I have to drive to a bus station, then figure out what bus I need to take. Finally ride the bus to the city. I live too far away to make it convenient. The only time I take the bus is when going to a baseball game.
I really wish Seattle, and the surrounding major areas had a good public transportation system.
I use mass transit while when I'm in Europe, which is about six months out of a year. But here in Indianapolis, their idea of public transportation is an inefficent monorail that connects a college and a hospital for a few hours each day. It's always breaking down or crashing into one the parking garages where it stops. Needless to say, I don't use it.
An Apple Store is the biggest tourist attraction in Denver? I'm really sorry about that.
Oh, no.
The mall it's in once was, though I'm doubtful that Cherry Creek Shopping Centre is still the "biggest" tourist attraction in Denver.
Hmm....they're still actively expanding it, but like you pointed out, there are a lot of missing links. It's useful to many people, though others, such as you and me, don't really have a use for it. It's also not like the traffic in Denver is that bad, either.