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January 26, 2009

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to be fair, 40 minutes is a long walk in any type of shitty weather (whether it be cold or hot or precipitating).

but i agree with everything else you say. boo PPA.

I agree with Miss Bee, and it's not just about the weather.

A 40 minute walk to and from work turns into an hour and a half of walking. As relaxing and entertaining--often more entertaining than relaxing--as that may be, it's not something most folks, especially parents, can give up every working day.

When I lived in Narberth and worked in Center City (which I define as Spring Garden to South and river to river), I took the train. My little car would not move from Sunday to Saturday. It was great.

But, if I were to take the SEPTA train and the El from northern Delaware (that's state, not county) to, say, Letitia and Chestnut, it would take at least an hour and a half, assuming a short wait for the train at either end.

So I just save up my quarters.

47 bus runs up 7th about every 6 mins. change at walnut, where buses cruise by about ever 3 mins. 25 min. trip, max. $2 or $20/wk.

drive time is 8 mins. if you don't count the "looking for a parking spot" bit.

drive time is 8 mins. if you don't count the "looking for a parking spot" bit.

Right. I should have thrown in there that people perceive driving themselves as much faster than it really is.

ewwww.....huddle on a bus with the unwashed masses.

id rather get the ticket.

when i was 13 i started 4 years of commuting 5 days a week the 1 1/2 hours from my home in south philly to my school in roxborough. trolley, subway, bus. i cant believe my parents let me ride the freakin broad st subway at 6:30am every morning when i was 13 yrs old. and that was back when it really was a toilet. with giant rats. i would never ever let my kids do that. i was a suburban mom and drove them everywhere. and as a result they would never even think of taking public transportation. it just would never enter their head as a viable thought. i think i failed them in some way because of this.

by the way my ex husband is a transportation planner specializing in bike, pedestrian and public transport....he was fired last year (by a loon admin guy who was hired to fire people and save money...the parking lot people werent let go of course) and since there is a hiring freeze in philly there are very few people working on these issues in the city. ex is only seeing job listings in colorado, oregon, and brazil.

Frank writes:

A 40 minute walk to and from work turns into an hour and a half of walking. As relaxing and entertaining--often more entertaining than relaxing--as that may be, it's not something most folks, especially parents, can give up every working day.

And yet people, including parents, spend the same time commuting by car every day. Commute time is commute time, whether it's by car, foot, or transit.

I never knew about point #1. Interesting, M. Also, have you ever seen Parking Wars? Great show on A&E.

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