About smells and gadgets in buses

[TibetanMonkey, the Beach Cruiser Philosopher]

If we ever were to argue which one is better, public transportation or
bikes, these are surely arguments that would make the buses look bad
and the bikes look good. Not only they are cleaner for the environment
and give you a nice workout, we don't bother people with our smells.
And as we all know, we are free from bureaucracies and unreliable
schedules. In other words, we are free.

On Jul 10, 12:32 am, "Tom $herman (-_-)" <""twshermanREMOVE\"@THI
$southslope.net"> wrote:
> On 7/9/2012 4:57 PM, A. Muzi wrote:
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> > On 7/9/2012 7:12 AM, John B. wrote:
> >> On Sun, 08 Jul 2012 22:43:39 -0400, Wes Groleau
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> >>> On 07-08-2012 08:39, John B. wrote:
> >>>> Locally means what? A city environment? And what happens if you aren't
> >>>> in the city? My "local" is roughly 40 Km of open road to get to town.
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> >>>> As for Vans - how many people do your vans carry? Around here a bus
> >>>> would be carrying more the 50 passengers.
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> >>> Your buses go forty kilometers from town?
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> >> Forty Km. from town - you mean the local buses I'm sure as the
> >> inter-city buses run several thousand Km. But yes, it is 40 Km N - S
> >> on this island and local buses run the entire length of the island.
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> > Indeed, there's a bus 3 blocks from here to Ohare airport (200km) every
> > two hours, similar prompt service to other regional cities. Big comfy
> > clean buses of various carriers too, not expensive and they are profitable.
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> > OTOH I would not step onto a city bus for love or money. Beside lousy
> > service, they lose about 3x the fare per rider consistently every year
> > out of my tax dollar.
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> Madison Metro also has a tradition of rude drivers that run people over
> on occasion.
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> When I lived in the Dudgeon-Monroe neighborhood, I could walk to Rayovac
> (née Ray-O-Vac) in less time than the bus trip (about 1:20 for 5 miles).

And they smell, let's not forget that. Maybe a smell detector can be
placed on top of all the gadgets already present in the buses. I mean
the buses got more gadgets than James Bond could ever use.


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