Return to then Bus
My days as a mass transit commuter in Portland’s and why I never want to return.
My miss adventure started last Saturday when my Truck alternator died. Not having the money at that time, I know I was going to ride he bus for the foreseeable time.
While some thing changed from 2001 when I decided to forsake New Urbanism political and Environmental correct statistism for the freedom of transporting myself. Some good occurred online tracking still mass transit is not an efficient use of time and resources. For example, my old job was a 12-mile round trip commute. It cost me $2.47 (2.89 per gallon) and 40 minutes round trip. Now let look at Trimet. It cost anywhere from $4.00 (single daily ticket) to $3.75 (monthly pass) and takes 1Hr 30Min round trip. Now let look at a Sunday trip to church. Using my tuck, it is a 40Mi trip at $8.46 in gas; Trimet wins on price. On the other hand, Trimet looses big time on transportation time. It takes a whopping 5 hours per round. I leave at 7:00am and will not be at home until 2:30pm. I can drive to Tacoma WA and mot of the way back in five hours.