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81

Poeple get plenty of emails done now in cars :x

I for one would prefer to sleep in my bed vs on a train....

Mas transit just doesn't work unless you are in a big city and even then...it's still funded with tax dollars. You can thank me for your low cost ride next time you are in chicagoland

I'm not giving up my car for a day unless i'm on vacation someplace that doesn't ned a car. Btw, san fran for a week last year, we went carless.

Phantom Pain

81 wrote:

[Greyhound

Dont get me wrong Im all for not using a car everyday but somethings are not possible

With Kids and family out of state

PJ_Soul

81 wrote:

Phantom Pain wrote:

What are the "ways" to get out of state without a car ?

Greyhound

Um, yeah, Greyhound is one good way. Not sure what the laughing is about. :?
Bjt I didn't mean ways to get out of state without a car. I meant without owning one. When I want to go out of town on a road trip or whatever, I either go with someone with a car and share the cost, borrow someone else's car, or rent a car. It's not very expensive. I do take the Greyhound too though. I take it to Whistler all the time. A nice relaxing ride where I can sit back and enjoy the beautiful views and talk to some cool people. Doesn't take any longer than driving.

PJ_Soul

81 wrote:

Poeple get plenty of emails done now in cars :x

I for one would prefer to sleep in my bed vs on a train....

Mas transit just doesn't work unless you are in a big city and even then...it's still funded with tax dollars. You can thank me for your low cost ride next time you are in chicagoland

I'm not giving up my car for a day unless i'm on vacation someplace that doesn't ned a car. Btw, san fran for a week last year, we went carless.

Yes I can see it's not in the cards for you!
PS - next time you send your kids to public school thank me for paying taxes for that, since I don't have kids. .... theoretically, that is... we don't even live in the same country, lol.

81

PJ_Soul wrote:

81 wrote:

Poeple get plenty of emails done now in cars :x

I for one would prefer to sleep in my bed vs on a train....

Mas transit just doesn't work unless you are in a big city and even then...it's still funded with tax dollars. You can thank me for your low cost ride next time you are in chicagoland

I'm not giving up my car for a day unless i'm on vacation someplace that doesn't ned a car. Btw, san fran for a week last year, we went carless.

Yes I can see it's not in the cards for you!
PS - next time you send your kids to public school thank me for paying taxes for that, since I don't have kids. .... theoretically, that is... we don't even live in the same country, lol.

i don't have kids either.

Indifference71

PJ_Soul wrote:

When I was in university and before I moved from my parents and closer to campus, I spent nearly 4 hours on transit. And that was 4 hours of solid study time or sleeping time. You can o a lot of things on transit that you can't do driving. Read, email, snooze, study, write, draw... I don't think of transit time necessarily wasted time. Again, I get that doesn't work for someone who has to get to daycare on time for pick up or whatever. I just think people need to put in more of an effort! Maybe itch the car a couple days a week for a start? Try the bike? Look into a carpool some days... a little effort is better than none!

4 hours a day? I get that you can be productive, but 4 hours a day commuting just seems like time wasted to me. I could take the train to where I work now, but I choose to drive. I would have to take a bus to the train stop, take the train out to the burbs, then take another bus to my building. I would be looking at 3-4 hours everyday if I did that and to me that's just not worth it.

81

i get it, public transist is good...it just doesn't work unless it's in the big city and subsidized by tax dollars if it's so great it should be able to stand on it's own two feet.

here is the chicago cta financials...some interesting stuff in their

http://www.transitchicago.com/assets/1/ ... 0-2009.pdf



if it make you feel better, the woman works in they city and takes the train 95% of the way.

SPEEDY MCCREADY

I drive 3 miles to work...
I drive 3 miles home, from work.......

I put $20 a week in my car.....

Gas prices dont really concern me these days......

DS1119

To the people who bitch and moan here about how we should use public transportation and make an effort blah blah blah...there are those that would argue wasting time on internet forums is just wasting electricity. Electricity that is mostly produced by burning coal. Just saying...

81

i generate my own electricity thru a gas power plant attached to my rectum

mikalina

$3.79 today.... :(

big mick

Try coming to the UK to buy Petrol (Gas) or Diesel - £1.45 a litre! What a total rip off!!!

DS1119

81 wrote:

i generate my own electricity thru a gas power plant attached to my rectum

How much a day?

rick1zoo2

DS1119 wrote:

81 wrote:

i generate my own electricity thru a gas power plant attached to my rectum

How much a day?

3 lbs of cheese

81

rick1zoo2 wrote:

DS1119 wrote:

81 wrote:

i generate my own electricity thru a gas power plant attached to my rectum

How much a day?

3 lbs of cheese

steak works the best.

RKCNDY

81 wrote:

steak works the best.

i would've guessed bacon wrapped pigeon...

big mick

RKCNDY wrote:

81 wrote:

steak works the best.

i would've guessed bacon wrapped pigeon...

You're right steak does work best!

g under p

Palm Beach Florida $3.84 and steadly going up.

Peace

PJ_Soul

DS1119 wrote:

To the people who bitch and moan here about how we should use public transportation and make an effort blah blah blah...there are those that would argue wasting time on internet forums is just wasting electricity. Electricity that is mostly produced by burning coal. Just saying...

:? That's an... interesting concept... So we should not do one good thing if we're doing one other thing no so good. :roll: I live in Vancouver. Hydro electricity, no coal - hurray. Anyway, kind of a weird argument. Every little bit of effort counts!

DS1119

PJ_Soul wrote:

DS1119 wrote:

To the people who bitch and moan here about how we should use public transportation and make an effort blah blah blah...there are those that would argue wasting time on internet forums is just wasting electricity. Electricity that is mostly produced by burning coal. Just saying...

:? That's an... interesting concept... So we should not do one good thing if we're doing one other thing no so good. :roll: I live in Vancouver. Hydro electricity, no coal - hurray. Anyway, kind of a weird argument. Every little bit of effort counts!

Like you said...I guess we should all shut off our computers and save electricity...every little bit helps. We could all have one big communal cell phone that we share, ban air conditioning, do away with wrapping paper, etc. Better yet could all live in caves and walk everywhere we go. Imagine the resources that would be saved.