Re:How Seattle Got More People to Ride the Bus
by stephengillie on Sunday October 22, 2017 @08:41AM
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Buses require a circuit to operate, unlike cars which can operate in single-vector mode. Thus, they can be impacted by seemly-non-systematic events such as distant traffic in the other direction.
Re:How Seattle Got More People to Ride the Bus
by jschwartzi on Sunday October 22, 2017 @03:41PM
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It's got nothing to do with traffic delays. There are plenty of buses at each leg in my route. My specific problem is that I have to ride for 20 minutes in the opposite direction to get to a transit station where I then transfer to an express bus out to UW Bothell. But the bus from UW to my office isn't synchronized with the express bus so I either wait 15 minutes or walk a mile and a half across I-405.
On the other hand it's very efficient for getting in to the city, as I can hop on a single bus and be in Green Lake or the U district in about 15 minutes, and it's another 10 to cross the canal.
It's because it's a reverse commute, and so while everyone is trying to get into the city I'm trying to get out. The bus would be pretty good if I lived south of Northgate and worked in the city.