Comments on: Can’t get there from here

By: Tanner Lovelace

Tanner Lovelace — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 16:30:31 +0000

I think I heard that the airport was the one opposing putting the transit center there, but that was a few years ago.

The most amusing thing I’ve seen with that was when I tried to get their online route scheduler to give me a route from home to work and it told me to get off the bus at the shopping center where Wade Ave goes from being freeway to not (don’t remember the name right now) and then WALK back to the Harrison Ave exit on I-40. Yes, I kid you not. It told me to walk on the freeway. Pathetic…

By: Mark Turner

Mark Turner — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 14:17:12 +0000

105 would be fine if it always ran every 15 minutes, but the hourly schedule in the middle of the day makes it unusable for airport travelers.

As for Amtrak, it does well with what it has. My trip to Chicago on the Hiawatha train was great. In light of the sorry condition of our nation’s bridges and roads, one could make the argument that the government shouldn’t be in the road-building business!

I think America should build a world-class passenger rail system. It will go a long way towards energy independence.

By: scootdawg

scootdawg — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 14:09:45 +0000

well, the 105 has departures every 15 minutes during the morning and afternoon schedule. Around lunchtime it runs every hour.

the 747 runs every half hour and since most buses wait a few minutes at the major stops your trip you should be able to catch the 105 as you arive and the whole trip should take less than an hour and half. Not great but not bad if you need a ride.

While I agree with you about an express bus, I felt like the facts needed some ironing out.

Also, with regards to Amtrak being hobbled and underfunded, that’s why it shouldn’t be handled by the government in the first place! Its someones pet project and another hates it so they battle over money. Thus, the project gets underfunded, over-administered and suffers.