tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36699193.post-48091790945495871472008-04-25T06:56:00.000-07:002008-04-25T07:13:35.835-07:00Who's planning mass transit routes?<br /><br />Here's the thing: On most days I can walk as fast as the bus will take me to work. Let me repeat that: I can <span style="font-style:italic;">WALK</span> as fast as the standard city bus route in Denver. <br /><br />Granted I ride a neighborhood route, and a lot of the other routes are slightly faster, but not much.<br /><br />It takes me about 35 minutes to walk home from work (thats uphill most of the way), and the bus...depending on the stops takes about 25-30 minutes. I would be willing to bet you that the RTD route 28B spends as much time sitting at the curb with its engine idling as it does actually moving. <br /><br />There are at least 12 stops that my bus will make to get from my house to where I get off the bus. 12 stops in 2.3 miles. 12 FUCKING STOPS IN 2.3 MILES!!! That means on average, there is a fucking stop ever 1,000 feet or so. There are 3 stops between lowell blvd and federal, very close to where I live, I can literally walk from one to the next in probably less than a minute. There is no fucking need to have that many stops. <br /><br />I get on the bus in the morning because I'm a lazy bastard, and by the time I need to get off, I'm LIVID trying to figure out who in their right mind would waste their life on a fucking bus like this. I don't even BOTHER trying to get on a bus in the afternoon, I can walk 2.3 miles. <br /><br />its INSANITY. <br /><br /><br />Will someone please PLEASE redo the mass transit system in denver? <br /><br />Oh and this morning on the bus, I saw 4 fucking <a href="http://www.backcountry.com/store/gear/the-north-face-windbreaker.html">North Face windbreakers</a>. If you own one of these, you are an idiot. plain and simple. You are slightly stupider than the person sitting next to you.Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17864893522002560908noreply@blogger.com