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February 04, 2004
TTA
dave and i have been trying to carpool lately. me, because i want to reduce the number of miles i put on my car in a year; dave because he hates driving.
out of curiosity, today i decided to see what it would take for us to ride TTA buses from our neighborhood to work.
we would have to take two buses, and catch the first one at 6:45 in the morning. we'd have 5 minutes of leeway to catch the second bus, and if we missed it, we'd be stuck because the next one wouldn't be until 3:15pm.
we'd be riding the bus pretty much straight from 6:45 until 8:35, at which point we'd have to walk to our building from weston pkwy (right across from cary academy, i think)-- something like a 30 minute walk.
incidentally, the TTA site kind of sucks. the bus maps and schedules are extremely poorly presented. of course, it doesn't help that i'm all about Tufte these days-- he'd have a field day with the site. but then, so would just about anyone with an interest in web site usability.
Posted by lisa at February 04, 2004 05:57 PM | TrackBack
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Holy crap! Which TTA line only runs once a morning??
My experience with TTA tells me that if the second bus you need to catch is at the RTP Terminal, you won't have any problem missing it... the bus drivers constantly call each other, and TTA connections go pretty smoothly.
Whether you want to add an extra hour to your commute time is none of my business!
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Posted by: rick! on February 5, 2004 04:26 PM
ok, so a) your comment won't post right away because i have to approve it first and b) you might get a server error but your comment probably posted anyway and c) previewing doesn't work so i've removed the preview button.