Public Transportation: in favor? disapprove?

[EricH]

Originally Posted by Protronie

Unfortunately... here in Greensboro was have GTA. Buses only run every 30 mins and totally shut down at 10:30pm and don't start back up till 5:30am on weekdays. They also employ the hub system where all buses come back to the depot and you can only transfer from one to another bus at the hub.
To top that off they very seldom are on time and usually you have a 30min wait to catch your next bus.

Sounds like Rapid City, where I go to college. 30 minutes between buses on the same loop, 1 hour between buses going the same way on the same loop, plus an extra wait for late buses. Not convenient.

Then again, I like to walk/ride my bike between home and where I need to go. Easier than public transportation, and possibly FASTER. (I could start at my dorm at 2:00 and be at a place I volunteered at 35 minutes later afoot. The bus? Another 5 minutes, 2:20-2:40 or 2:45.)

Public transportation should run on time (If you can't run on time, extend the time to reality on the schedules), be convenient to home and other places, and be cheap. Also time convenience is good, but you can't get everyone's schedule simultaneously. At least 4x an hour would be nice, every 5 minutes better. If it can do all of those, I approve. But if it can't, I'll take whatever I need to to get the job done--carpool, ride, or walk.