Comments on: love on the #13 bus

By: eldan

eldan — Thu, 15 Sep 2005 14:36:07 +0000

Having recently moved here from Cleveland, I find it funny reading about how the citizens of Seattle are distant from each other because we all drive. It’s exactly what I thought in Cleveland, and one of the things that I’m loving about here is that I actually encounter people walking around, and it makes me feel much less isolated, even though so far I don’t know many people in this city. I can see how NYC would be more so, because it’s simply not practical to drive around Manhattan, but we’re still worlds away from LA, and I’m grateful for that.

By: C Ro

C Ro — Thu, 15 Sep 2005 13:28:43 +0000

I love the bus too. Not only for the reasons you mentioned, but also, have you seen how much it costs to park in this town? Holy Cow!

By: skye

skye — Thu, 15 Sep 2005 07:53:32 +0000

I never ride the bus anymore because of a few issues I won’t get into here. But I often let busses cut in front of me when they have to change lanes, and once when I did that, the bus driver flicked his hazard lights a few times, as if to say thank you. I was instantly charmed. 9.5 out of 10 people that I allow to cut in front of me, take it as their due.

I love you too, bus driver!

By: shauna

shauna — Thu, 15 Sep 2005 00:38:03 +0000

Oh my. I seem to have hit a nerve.

I’m glad you walk and take the bus. So do I. But it really is fair to say that most people on the West Coast, as opposed to the major urban areas on the East Coast, are pretty chained to their cars. If not, we wouldn’t have such traffic problems.

I only meant paltry in comparison to places with mass transit like New York, San Fransisco, and Chicago. Even LA has a subway system now. And I have heard more Seattlites than I would care to remember say that they don’t like taking the bus because they have to deal with homeless people. That’s just sad.

If you read my post again, I was actually promoting the bus system. I’m not sure why it made you so upset.

By: native

native — Thu, 15 Sep 2005 00:17:37 +0000

“we” are not from california and “we” don’t appreciate being lumped in with them (ala “left coast”); “we” especially do not like southern californians.

“we” are not in our cars “all the time” – “we” take the bus every day to and from work and “we” walk a LOT because “we” choose not to own a car. “we” also use flexcar.

metro transit has won awards. it is not “paltry”, it is robust.

if you are looking for “camraderie” or even to get a little “love” you should probably take off the iPod and read the LOCAL newspaper.