[nabs-l] transportation in your area

[Rania]

Whare I live the buses goes around the town. 1 goes clock wise and the other 
goes counter clock wise. It doesn't run on weekends and stops running at 
5:30 in the evening. The drivers don't call out the stops the people tell 
the driver whare they want to get off.
Rania,
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "alena roberts" <alena.roberts2282 at gmail.com>
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> Ashley,
>
> Thanks for coming up with the new topic. In my city, public transit is
> decent. the buses go pretty much everywhere in town and the drivers
> are very nice. One of the great things about our buses is that they
> have an automated system that actually tells you every stop, not just
> the major ones. This makes my riding experience so much better because
> I know when to pull the cord for my stop. My one complaint is that
> because Corvallis is small, and my ruite is so large, my bus only
> comes once an hour. Other than that I am pretty happy with the bus
> system here. I look forward to hearing more people's experiences.
>
> Alena
>
> On 5/22/09, Ashley  Bramlett <bookwormahb at earthlink.net> wrote:
>> Hi all,
>> Let's have a more productive topic than rehashing ACB/NFB frictions. 
>> I've
>> got one.
>>
>> How is the transportation in your area?  Say where you go to school as 
>> that
>> makes a difference.  If you're in a metropolitian area its probably 
>> decent.
>> How about near your home?  If you have transportation, is it adaquate? 
>> Are
>> bus drivers accomodating by calling out bus stops upon request?  Are they
>> helpful in giving directions to find seats if you want it?
>>
>> For me, its pretty decent at school.  I'm near DC, in northern va.  When 
>> I
>> attended the large state school George Mason University, GMU was great. 
>> The
>> CUE bus came to GMU and went around the city and to the Vienna metro. 
>> Metro
>> Buses were just across the street from the college.
>> At Marymount in Arlington, the school shuttle bus went to Ballston metro.
>> That's our subway.  From there you could take the metro, get 
>> Art(arlington)
>> buses, many metro buses, or walk to many shops and restaurants.  Ruby
>> Tuesday, IHOP, a pizza place, and Chevy's were just a few accessible.
>> At home there are not sidewalks and metro buses are not accessible to us.
>> So I have not done much public transit travel.  I did some on mobility 
>> and
>> when I lived at MU since I had access to them.
>>
>> In my limited experience, metro is good.  Other customers are friendly 
>> and
>> happily answer my questions as to what line to go on as there is no
>> accessible way to know you're in front of an orange or blue train; they
>> share the same track.  Drivers announce stops on buses although many now
>> have talking systems announcing major stops automatically.
>> On a crowded bus or subway as I'm departing its helpful that most of the
>> riders move out of the way so I can have a clear path and exit before the
>> door closes.  Especially on metro rail, subway, you have a limited time 
>> to
>> exit until the door shuts and you miss your stop.
>> On metro rail drivers announce stops, but if I can't hear them due to low
>> voice or something, I count stops or ask fellow passengers.
>>
>> Metro service is better during the day time as with all public transit
>> services.  On weekends its infrequent.  Some lines do not run and others
>> only run a bus once an hour.
>>
>> So those are my thoughts.
>> Ashley
>>
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