It Sucks to Miss the Bus
Being carless isn’t all healthy walks and eco-savings . The truth is sometimes it can just plain suck. Two recent bad experiences I’ve had have underscored this, though I’m still trying to remain positive. But I want this blog to be an exercise in a loose form of radical honesty , so it’s only right to post about the negative experiences as well. So, without further ado I present the cluster of what should’ve been a no-transfer, 15-minute ride turning into a two-hour ordeal. The jarring reality check of an unplanned stop A couple of weeks ago I was riding down Thomas Road from 40 th Street (i.e., the gym) to home, which means my destination was Thomas and 52 nd Street. It’s a short ride, with relatively few stops and the walk home from the stop in front of the slightly sketchy Shell station on 52 nd Street and Thomas is mere tenths of a mile. My short, nomally direct route. Today, however, the bus driver abruptly turned right off of Thomas Road and pulled...