Things I Love About Public Transit

jeeff: 16th Mar 2006 - 19:14 GMT

11. mariachi bands

EvilGentleman: 16th Mar 2006 - 21:23 GMT

LOL, I just knew someone would do this post sooner or later. Might I add:

12 - By using a daily or monthly pass, you have one of the best ways to explore a new city there could ever be.
13 - No worries about finding a parking spot
14 - Built-in monkey bars!
15 - hot babes in miniskirts... ooops, never mind...
15 (for real this time) - Subways are a great way to escape the summer heat, if the A/C is working.

btw, I should mention that I never said I did not like public transit, there a just a lot of things associated with it that I hate. And I am really good at complaining, and it appears so is everyone else. ;-)

GGP: 16th Mar 2006 - 22:40 GMT

16-riding the subway over the Manhattan Bridge and sailing past all the people in their cars, sitting in traffic.
17-strange and interesting (campy) ads

procyon: 17th Mar 2006 - 02:43 GMT

I was going to say the same thing as GGP's #17...

Elicar: 17th Mar 2006 - 03:47 GMT

18: Buskers (stationary mariarchi band in subway stations.

Micah: 31st Mar 2006 - 03:13 GMT

I thought of another one while riding along (on bike not bus) the other day: sitting in an articulated bus, in the articulated part, and staring at the floor as the bus turns a corner. Then determining whether or not the sight of the floor turning without you makes you feel queasy.

Halfa: 4th Aug 2006 - 02:39 GMT

I live in a rural area of tasmania (southern most island of australia, we are a state of oz for those who don't know) and we don't have public transport in my area except for the school busses which are about to fall apart and are seen broken down on the side of the road at least once a week, and there's no such thing as passenger trains, so i think i'm sticking with my hilux ute

EvilGentleman: 4th Aug 2006 - 22:32 GMT

Near as I can determine from Google, a Hilux Ute is a slang term for the Toyota 4x4 pickup truck sold in Australia and NZ known as the the Toyota HiLux. I believe "Ute" is an abbreviated slang for "utility vehicle". HiLux trucks used to be sold in North America until 1976, when the line was renamed "Truck", and the line was again renamed in 1995 to Toyota Tacoma. More info at Hilux

Ute is also the name of the Native American Nation from which the name of the state of Utah is derived. Their primary reservation is located in the Utah and Colorado portions of the Four Corners area.

Peter: 4th Aug 2006 - 22:44 GMT

i saw hilux utes in ecuador; most had 4 doors and a short pickup-truck bed...