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« on: June 30, 2008, 01:55:42 PM » |
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Its weird posting my own name in the third person.
Starting tomorrow, (actually I got started Thursday last week) I will be going 30 days without a car, relying totally on JTA transit in order to move around the city. I will also be exploring the routes and seeing where they go and what they do.
Already the start has been rocky, and its clear that no one has ever had a discussion with many of the busdrivers as to what constitutes a customer friendly approach.
Anyways, get ready for a month of reports, whining, bitching complaining and insight on how to get around JTA.
First. Must make sense of this cobweb of wildly named bus routes.
They have an almost 0 correlation to any part of town that they go through.
Will begin with explanation tomorrow.
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« Reply #1 on: June 30, 2008, 01:59:09 PM » |
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Holy crap! Good luck with that. Are you bringing a video camera with you and doing a documentary a la Morgan Spurlock?
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« Reply #2 on: June 30, 2008, 02:10:59 PM » |
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Holy crap! Good luck with that. Are you bringing a video camera with you and doing a documentary a la Morgan Spurlock?
lol. it might be more like the Blair Witch Project with a video camera |
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« Reply #3 on: June 30, 2008, 02:13:20 PM » |
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I'm interested to know how the bus to the beach pulls over and collects additional fare from riders before crossing the Intracoastal. I heard this is how they operate but I have trouble picturing it.
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« Reply #4 on: June 30, 2008, 02:14:24 PM » |
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I'm interested to know how the bus to the beach pulls over and collects additional fare from riders before crossing the Intracoastal. I heard this is how they operate but I have trouble picturing it.
Its brutal and often involves threats of bodily assault, staredowns and lots of cop action. I will not be dealing with it, as I am using one of the 40 dollar month long passes, which gives you unlimited rides on all jta transit including the town to beach shakedown. By the way. The 40 MONTHLY PASS is an awesome deal for transportation. |
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« Reply #5 on: June 30, 2008, 02:34:35 PM » |
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What an awesome idea. Make sure you get some photos to go with this. The local "media" is so going to wish they would have thought of the idea. Good luck. :
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« Reply #6 on: June 30, 2008, 03:05:12 PM » |
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Sounds like this is going to be an interesting experience. Btw, the $40 a month does sound great. I'm currently spending around $160 a week on gas for two vehicles.
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« Reply #7 on: June 30, 2008, 03:12:19 PM » |
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kids passes are even cheaper. $30. And they have been doing a buy one get one month free promotion this summer, basically for the months of june and july. But yeah, for an average family of two kids and two adults it would come out to $140 for the entire month. or $20 less than you are spending on a week of gas.
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« Reply #8 on: June 30, 2008, 03:14:10 PM » |
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or $20 less than you are spending on a week of gas. Yeah. That does not even include the money spent for routine auto maintainance and insurance. |
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« Reply #9 on: June 30, 2008, 04:22:07 PM » |
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May God be with you Stephen. You'll be in my prayers.
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« Reply #10 on: June 30, 2008, 04:23:43 PM » |
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May God be with you Stephen. You'll be in my prayers.
If God be for you, who can be against you? Thanks Jason. Ive already reached for the holy water twice in the past couple of days. |
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« Reply #11 on: June 30, 2008, 04:28:43 PM » |
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Was it Shlitz or Schnapps?
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« Reply #12 on: June 30, 2008, 04:34:34 PM » |
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Was it Shlitz or Schnapps?
Tanqueray actually. alternately Laphroaig. |
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« Reply #13 on: June 30, 2008, 04:52:02 PM » |
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This should be good... any chance of getting your experiences published in the TU or something?
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« Reply #14 on: June 30, 2008, 04:53:39 PM » |
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This should be good... any chance of getting your experiences published in the TU or something?
Interesting you should ask. More on that later. |
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