Public Transportation.

[I thought I would do something different for this post and talk about city transportation instead of focusing on one city in particular.]

There is the so called top 10 list for cities with the best transit system or the one that is used the most but from all the sources I found none can seem to agree, why is that?

Well we’ll explore just some of those transit systems from the many sources I found. On quite a few of the sites I found Denver, Colo. was listed as one of the best transit systems in the nation. Also according to the Atlantic the percent of people using the Denver-Aurora-Bloomfiled, Colo. system is 4.6%.

On the chart in the Atlantic it says that 30.4% of people in New York, Northern New Jersey, and Long Island use public transit. I was a little surprised when Las Vegas, Nev. showed up at number 8 with 3.4% using public transit.

Anyway where is this going? It seems to me there are a lot of transits in the world that aren’t being used very much. I mean 4.6% for Denver that’s not a very big number. But lets face it sometimes the public transit systems aren’t the most clean, or carry the most friendly passangers.

With the world, at times, in a uproar about global warming I don’t understand why people are still driving their car to work with just them in the car when they could take public transportation.

What about college students and their cars? I live in a college town and live 2 blocks from campus which isn’t very bad. In the snow I walk and when the weather is nice I ride my bike. But there are people living near me and some who live even closer to campus who end up driving a car everyday. It’s nice outside so who cares if you have a class at the top of the hill, walk and get some exercise. Also it would save you some money so you don’t have to buy a parking permit, you’re already complaining you’re a poor college student any.

In other words, help save the earth and take the transit system.

[I know this is a rant but I thought it would be a little interesting and entertaining.]
Site I used for the Atlantic information:
http://www.theatlantic.com/life/archive/2011/05/the-10-best-cities-for-public-transportation/239376/