On my way to KC... a little help?

[Brian Densmore]

<rant>
Let's see you take ride the Metro to Liberty or better yet Excelsior
Springs. I've ridden mass transit in San Diego, Hudson Valley [NY] (BTW
that about a 70 mile radius), Baltimore, and Daytona Beach area. Heck,
they even got better schedules in Florida for God's sake. No way is the
KC metro comparable to Oakland! Not by a long shot. Try grabbing a bus
really late in the day in KC and Oakland and then come back. Austin, TX
I can see. Never been to the great state of Washington so I'm without
reference there. Oakland's bus system covers much more area than KCs and
more frequently. That is what is pathetic about the MT in KC. Try going
back and forth to Gladstone. Better be going from Gladstone in the
morning and expect to spend the whole day downtown. Or going to
Gladstone in the afternoon and spending the night. Early morning and
late afternoon is the only service. Forget about Saturday or Sunday. I
do give them credit for at least having regular service to and from KCI.
Once an hour. Blue Springs, unhunh, canceling service this month.

I guess I'm just spoiled. For crying out loud, Poughkeepsie, NY has a
better bus system. 
</rant>

and that's all I have to say about that.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jared Smith [mailto:jared at trios.org]
> Sent: Friday, January 17, 2003 11:08 AM
> To: kclug at kclug.org
> Subject: Re: On my way to KC... a little help?
> 
> 
> On Fri, 17 Jan 2003 00:02:56 -0600, Steven Elling wrote:
> >>Ideally, I'd love to live close enough to the
> >>office in Lenexa to ride public transit or bike in.
> >
> >[Laughter is heard throughout KC as KCLUG users read the 
> statement and
> >reflect on how pathetic public transit is.]
> 
> Okay, since two people have made this comment without giving
> evidence, I'm responding. I've used public transit for 
> fifteen years. I've 
> always found KCATA routes convenient and when I need to call 
> 221-0660, they are helpful and friendly. I've ridden buses plenty in 
> Austin TX, Oakland, CA, and Seattle, WA. Kansas City is comparable,
> though Austin was cheaper than all at $.50 per ride. I quite
> enjoy riding the Metro. What's pathetic about it, except the absence
> of light-rail?
> 
> By the way, if you're from Salt Lake City, you might find the diverse
> population of religions in Independence nice company. There is
> a church every three blocks in all directions, and few of the churches
> get along with each other, although all have prophecies that they will
> someday.... I love Independence best of all because it's 
> unpretentious. 
> 
> It is what it is, warts and all. Harry S. Truman's hometown, 
> so it's got 
> some historical character, especially now they're finally 
> rebuilding it 
> with a solid 'old west' flavor. A local attorney, John 
> McClain, won a giant 
> lawsuit and is buying and restoring old buildings very 
> nicely, basically
> cutting through all the city corruption by doing it himself. He's 
> singlehandedly turning Independence into a tourist destination. He
> buys up cruddy old delapidated homes, pours $200,000 into 'em and
> sells 'em at a profit. He's doing the same with the downtown. Another
> ten years, and Independence will be purty.
> 
> -Jared
> 
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