[HN Gopher] A Rural Public Transit Odyssey
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       A Rural Public Transit Odyssey
        
       Author : herbertl
       Score  : 13 points
       Date   : 2025-06-14 14:35 UTC (3 days ago)
        
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       | CaliforniaKarl wrote:
       | For folks in the Bay Area, a challenge: Do a loop around the bay
       | by non-commuter bus only. That means you can use skip-stop routes
       | like Muni's 9R, but you cannot use routes like AC Transit's OX
       | line. You also cannot use the Dumbarton Express, since it cuts
       | off the South Bay.
       | 
       | It's an interesting experience, and it (or some portion of it) is
       | one that many folks do every workday.
        
         | vitesse_oblige wrote:
         | For less of an interesting experience, try taking a connecting
         | trip on the VTA Light Rail in the South Bay. I remember taking
         | a few 7 mile trips and it often took 3 hours each way. If
         | you're not lugging anything it's seriously faster to walk.
        
       | arthurdenture wrote:
       | There's also a Youtuber who did this type of journey from San
       | Francisco to Seattle
       | (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7OQwA95sMbg) and to Los Angeles
       | (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-Jdfkuy9Ik).
        
       | kibwen wrote:
       | Wonderful and evocative article.
       | 
       |  _> We lounged at a nearby gas station to wait, sipping tea and
       | reading the local newspaper. There was something very "old world"
       | about this -- here we were, in the largest town in our county,
       | dressed well, idling with a purpose. Leafing through that
       | newspaper, dipping the teabag up and down in my hot paper cup,
       | watching the traffic, nodding at passers-by; we were in town on
       | official business, and yet we were doing exactly nothing. I
       | realized as we sat that this way of doing things used to be a
       | great deal more common -- that train stations, courts, libraries,
       | street benches, barber shops, and so on simply used to have a lot
       | more people waiting publicly._
        
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