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> Within the city of Denver, only about 34 percent of people live within walking distance from stops where a bus arrives every 15 minutes or less, far behind ci
by smelendez 9y ago
> Within the city of Denver, only about 34 percent of people live within walking distance from stops where a bus arrives every 15 minutes or less, far behind cities like Seattle or San Francisco.
That seems critical, especially in a city that gets cold during the winter. Nobody wants to wait half an hour for the bus, when it's cold and dark out and you have things to do.
- hockeybias 9y agoGood point
- denverresident 9y agoCan confirm that this is a problem. I live in cap hill, which is about two miles from work. If I miss the bus, I might as well walk. In practice I just call a lyft, you know, contributing to the problem.
- chadgeidel 9y agoNo offense, but have you considered a bicycle? Two miles wouldn't get you sweaty and temperatures are generally mild throughout the winter and summer. Obviously July/August aren't good times to ride in the afternoons. You can buy a lot of bicycle for the cost of a year of daily Lyft rides.
- denverresident 9y agoI got doored recently; I'm taking a break.
- sandworm101 9y agoI agree. There are so many people here promoting autodrive cars as a safer alternative to the dangers of driving. But riding a bike to work every day looks more dangerous than skydiving. I haven't met any cyclist who, after a few years commuting to work, hasn't had some sort of serious accident or injury. And not just with cars. A good friend of mine needed stitches after hitting a pedestrian.
- erobbins 9y agoHow was the pedestrian?
- sandworm101 9y agoFine. Not a scratch.
- knz 9y agoWouldn't you time your arrival at the bus stop to coincide with the arrival of the bus? If you're waiting 30 minutes for an uninterrupted service you're doing it wrong....
- bairrd 9y agoBuses, given they lack a prioritized corridor, are still up to the whims of traffic, so it's not like they show up at exactly 30 minute intervals...
- evo_9 9y agoYou seem to think Denver is Tokyo where the actual people driving the buses and trains have pride in their work. That's not the case in Denver; when I came back from Tokyo in 2002 I was disgusted watching two or three buses nearly bumper to bumper pull up to my stop. If they had pride in their work this wouldn't happen; instead people just run their routes because it's there job, they don't care at all. Not sure why this is, maybe just a US thing? I hate to say it's a blood type thing by my ex-wife swore it was because Japan is largely A-positive blood type.
- freeone3000 9y agoThe entire concept of a "blood type thing" has no basis in fact, and isn't commonly accepted in the West.
- evo_9 9y agoYeah it was surprising how often it came up. We'd just gotten married and every single relative I met asked my blood type within the first minute. And everyone was shocked that I had no idea what mine was, or that my my ex married me without knowing it. I just chalked it up to a sort of horoscope for Japan, or fan will kill you if left on while sleeping Korean myth type of thing.
- bproven 9y agoIts mainly b/c mass transit is considered an afterthought and is not a first class citizen in America. That is why we are stuck...