Subj : Re: Things I miss
To   : Arelor
From : MRO
Date : Tue Feb 22 2022 23:27:44

  Re: Re: Things I miss
  By: Arelor to MRO on Tue Feb 22 2022 05:22 pm

 >  > and it can b dangerous due to the types of people that use it.
 >
 >  > i took public transportation for a while when i had to share a car and it
 >  > cost me m money and took more time. i was often late to work and i got
 >  > home an hour later whe lived 15 mins away by car.  i took my bike in the
 >  > summer months and beat the bus ev time.
 >
 >  > the only good thing is i was the only guy on the bus in the morning. so
 >  > that was a waste of city money to drive one dude to 1 place with 2 buses.
 >
 > It really depends on the area.
 >
 > In my city, public transport funded by the administration (ie. taxes) is
 > usually cheap but also close to useless. It is the sort of public transport
 > which does scheduled trips which are programmed to arrive to factory X half
 > an hour after the
 > corresponding turn begins :-S
 >


in my city they had federal and state grant money, taxes AND the people had to pay and they still lost money.  i'm sure my city was skimming that money, though.

here is some of the stuff regarding them.
https://journaltimes.com/news/local/city-of-racine-moving-forward-with-bus-deal/article_389b7a22-74a5-5028-b75a-570b208d6dc8.html
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