Not until buses go the places I want to go. Some places do planning well, many do not.
In case it was not clear, the physical bus is not my issue. The routes are my issue.
Edit: ignoring the strange troll, but clarifying. I think some level of customer driven dynamic routes will be helpful. Central planners have limited knowledge about where I work or the times I need to be there.
I find routes, frequency and timetable of buses to be the issue, I get worried I’ll be out stranded because I missed the last bus.
But it’s odd that you say customer-driven routes are a good thing when I assume that is the very system that is not providing the routes you need. Though obviously these systems should be determined by demand to some degree.
Interesting. I have presumed the current routes are pruned due to a lack of ridership, and extra busses added due to high ridership. Not that entirely new routes are added by any means other than a top-down decision.
I would like something more like the ride sharing apps. I enter my location, destination, and time requirements. Then at some future point when a useful route exists, I will get a message.
Even better would be an ephemeral route the is created when a minimum number of riders have interest along some shared part.
I don’t imagine the ephemeral routes being a thing until self-driving busses are cheap and reliable.
I share your timing fear. In the twin cities many routes only run up to 3 times a day in a certain direction. An unexpected issue at work, and I am jammed.
I don’t but they’re not wrong about the transit. I live in a row home within 6 miles of the Minnesota state capital building, the state the user you’re replying to is from.
No, the Twin Cities has highly ranked mass transit in the United States. That doesn’t mean it’s great, it instead speaks to how poor mass transit is in the US.
The Met Council and partners are working to improve and make it better but they’ve got a long way to go.
I’d love to get rid of my car and use the mass transit, I hate driving. As it currently is though I’ll be better served when I buy an e-bike this coming spring and use that to get around instead.
Not until buses go the places I want to go. Some places do planning well, many do not.
In case it was not clear, the physical bus is not my issue. The routes are my issue.
Edit: ignoring the strange troll, but clarifying. I think some level of customer driven dynamic routes will be helpful. Central planners have limited knowledge about where I work or the times I need to be there.
I find routes, frequency and timetable of buses to be the issue, I get worried I’ll be out stranded because I missed the last bus.
But it’s odd that you say customer-driven routes are a good thing when I assume that is the very system that is not providing the routes you need. Though obviously these systems should be determined by demand to some degree.
Interesting. I have presumed the current routes are pruned due to a lack of ridership, and extra busses added due to high ridership. Not that entirely new routes are added by any means other than a top-down decision.
I would like something more like the ride sharing apps. I enter my location, destination, and time requirements. Then at some future point when a useful route exists, I will get a message.
Even better would be an ephemeral route the is created when a minimum number of riders have interest along some shared part.
I don’t imagine the ephemeral routes being a thing until self-driving busses are cheap and reliable.
I share your timing fear. In the twin cities many routes only run up to 3 times a day in a certain direction. An unexpected issue at work, and I am jammed.
Do you live in a detached single-family home in a neighborhood of detached single-family homes?
I don’t but they’re not wrong about the transit. I live in a row home within 6 miles of the Minnesota state capital building, the state the user you’re replying to is from.
Sorry to ruin your gotcha moment.
Twin Cities has great transit. Is it just that wherever you’re going requires a transfer?
No, the Twin Cities has highly ranked mass transit in the United States. That doesn’t mean it’s great, it instead speaks to how poor mass transit is in the US.
The Met Council and partners are working to improve and make it better but they’ve got a long way to go.
I’d love to get rid of my car and use the mass transit, I hate driving. As it currently is though I’ll be better served when I buy an e-bike this coming spring and use that to get around instead.
Mass transit in the Twin Cities is ass by any metric except comparison to other US cities