Subj : Re: Things I miss
To   : Nightfox
From : Dream Master
Date : Tue Feb 22 2022 13:45:11

  Re: Re: Things I miss
  By: Nightfox to Denn on Tue Feb 22 2022 09:01 am

 >  De> Do you realize how much time you waste taking public transportation? do
 >  De> you realize it's inconvenient and costly?
 >
 > For some people (those who can't drive for various reasons), public
 > transportation is their only option.  I think it's nice to at least have the
 > option available.  I don't take public transportation much, but we have a
 > light rail system where I am, and if I'm going to a concert or to an event
 > at our convention center, those are a couple of its stops - I'll often take
 > the light rail to those places so that I don't have to worry about finding a
 > parking space there (which can sometimes be difficult).  Those rides are
 > also a particular case where it doesn't take much more time than driving to
 > those places.

It's wonderful to see a logical response to this argument.  Public transportation is a necessary evil for some while a pleasant alternative for others.  When I worked in downtown Los Angeles and Denver, I would take public transportation in as I loathed sitting in traffic for upwards of an hour each direction.  When going to concerts, sporting events, or simply doing something in the "city", I'd also take public transportation.  Finding parking in downtown can be hell, paying for it ridiculous, and not having to worry about being too tired to drive, all wins.

 > As far as the time taken, sometimes I feel like I waste a lot of time in my
 > car stuck in traffic.  There are times on the highways here where traffic
 > slows down for no particular reason, or sometimes there's an accident
 > somewhere that backs up traffic for quite a ways.  In those cases, I feel
 > like going 10 miles per hour in stop & go traffic on the highway isn't a
 > good use of my time.

I'm up between 5:30 and 6:30am daily.  When working in downtown, and if I'd drive, I'd need to be on the road by 6am to be in the office by 7-7:15am.  That's an hour of work down the drain, and for what?  Again, the drive home being equally long, another hour.  From an efficiency perspective, those two additional hours I'm sitting in traffic each day aren't spent working.  I prefer working from home, but if I have to take public transportation into downtown, I'm on my computer working.

 > Also, costly for whom?  If you don't own a car at all, taking public
 > transportation can be less expensive than owning a car and paying for gas,
 > maintenance, car insurance, etc..

Exactly.  People don't seem to understand the savings by taking public transportation.  You're not paying for auto insurance, fuel, upkeep, potentially parking, and if you lease or are making car payments, car payments. A $200 public transportation pass is a hell of a lot cheaper than all those other expenses.  Plus, you can write-off the pass.

Brian Klauss <-> Dream Master
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