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Re: Mass transit still sucks. Gas prices not that bad!
I'll use one if it makes sense to get me where I am going in a timely manner.
I don't use them often.
I used to use toll bridges in CA, no choice out there. Sad part is the tolls were established to pay for the bridges, but now the government has them paid for a few times over but now they are used to getting the revenue so they keep charging tolls. In one way, they are upgrading and replacing the bridges but....
Of course they doubled most of the tolls in just the last few years.
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Re: Mass transit still sucks. Gas prices not that bad!
Some genius here finally decided to pull the tolls off the Parkways here once they discovered they were generating (guess from memory) $13 million annually but cost $16 million to operate.
Duh.
They were definatly used here because they were much shorter cutoffs between Interstates and the only alternative was a state highway in the best case. I hate roads with stop signs and traffic signals.
Re: Mass transit still sucks. Gas prices not that bad!
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Originally Posted by gary88
The El is great, but all the weirdos come out at night.
True but its not that bad at 4:30AM when I have to take the red line (brown line doesn't start operating until 5AM) to Roosevelt so I can get on the orange line to Midway. There's at least 3 CTA people in each car which is interesting. Makes me feel safe.
But at like midnight you got the drunkards on the red line pissing on the doors, I hate the smell of piss. Hence why I normally avoid the red line (plus no cell phone signal!) The only thing I like about the redline is that it gets you to the depaul campuses in 15 minutes or less unlike the brown where there's construction mayhem...
Re: Mass transit still sucks. Gas prices not that bad!
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Originally Posted by I~LUV~Caddys8792
Oh Gary! Good to see you back again. What was the cause of your vacation from CF and AIM?
Yep. Didn't have a cellular modem to access the Internet on the train, and had some trouble connecting at my sister's house.
In the week I was gone, gas prices shot up more than .20. Mass transit is not an option for me (I will say I've had good experiences using the light rail line in Portland), but since a neighbor also works at OSU, I may try to car pool with him a couple of days a week.
unlike the brown where there's construction mayhem...
