MTA rant

[ducatiz]

I have one about the way to San Jose.

It's apparently South.

I like the Frankie Goes to Horrywood version

[cyrus buelton]

Welcome to the current economy.


Chicago (CTA) has raised their fares over the past several years.

Nobody there pregnant doges about it.



If you think it is too expensive..........buy a car, drive it work, pay for a parking spot, and then find a spot wherever you live.

I know nothing about you........but I am guessing you spend less on train transit then my solution above.


We have a good friend that lives in CT and is a main HR executive for XXX XXX (won't release his company info), but hs is the VP of HR for a huge company directing right to thE CEO.

He never pregnant doges about his train fair and this guy is a tight ass on money.

However, he says the train is cheaper than driving, parking, etc.

deal with it and stop complaining.

[muskrat]

Do you have another non political tune?

Nope I'm done 

[RAT900]

I wanna see what a Kingston Trio groupie looks like.

Then or now?

[He Man]

hey cyrus, how many people own a car, let alone drive to work, pay for a parking spot here?

[MendoDave]

I have one about the way to San Jose.

It's apparently South.

I never understood that song. I thought you just got on the freeway and followed the signs. Maybe the lady was trying to take BART to San Jose and couldn't believe the train ended at Freemont. Then she had to take the train all the way back to Market street and walk several bloks down to 4th and king to take Cal train to San Jose. In the meantime she wrote a little song about it and probably wrote another song about how it cost her upwards of $10 dollars in train fares to do it that way and oh...if she were only back in NYC she coulda just paid 2 bucks.

[ducatiz]

hey cyrus, how many people own a car, let alone drive to work, pay for a parking spot here?

When I was still living in Manhattan, my employer reimbursed me for garage parking so I could drive to work.

I worked on Wall St in the good old days. 

[ducpainter]

Nope I'm done 

Good...

because the next political one will get you a time out.

[dolci]

Sorry I don't have alot of sympathy for this one - I'm paying $15/day for WMATA here in DC.  That's for 2 rides (1 in, 1 out) and parking. 

They have now added additional "peak of the peak" charges and raised rates in the last  month.  But if I drive into town it costs me $11/day in parking PLUS wear and tear on the bike/car. 

Yup - commuting sux.

[Statler]

Welcome to the current economy.


Chicago (CTA) has raised their fares over the past several years.

Nobody there pregnant doges about it.



If you think it is too expensive..........buy a car, drive it work, pay for a parking spot, and then find a spot wherever you live.

I know nothing about you........but I am guessing you spend less on train transit then my solution above.


We have a good friend that lives in CT and is a main HR executive for XXX XXX (won't release his company info), but hs is the VP of HR for a huge company directing right to thE CEO.

He never pregnant doges about his train fair and this guy is a tight ass on money.

However, he says the train is cheaper than driving, parking, etc.

deal with it and stop complaining.

Think you can sound like the person you keep saying you are for..I don't know...a month.. versus the person you've proved yourself to be online?   Think of it as a challenge... not sounding like an insecure little prick for a month online...not belittling people, not name dropping all the DMFers you've bought drinks for like they're your best buddies in threads you have nothing to do with, no  puffing about how important your friends are and what they do... just actually being the cool guy you are in person and hanging out with other people who ride MOTORCYCLES.  I dare you.   I bet you can't do it.



on topic:  it's difficult for people who budget for public transport when that changes.  Only way to stay above the curve is to have small slop savings like the repair savings for a car...just like something breaking at an inopportune time for the car, a small slop savings account with just a hundred bucks in it can cover the change in fees for public transport long enough for you to adjust the rest of your budget to account for it longer term.

All of our local tolls just doubled, while the construction has doubled the time for commuting at the same time.  frustrating but oh well...

[He Man]

statler, good way to look at it. though i dont know how many people actually have a savings anymore. most people i know are better than the bare minimum and just say "damn another 20 bucks a month.. make the beast with two backskk" but they can do it.Others are going "damn rice and beans again!".

It hits home personally casue i know people in that situation. $20 can be the difference between another week of food sometimes. Some people may not realize that because they've never been poor a day in their life. In the end its just the internet and no one really gives a shit about stuff not in their area.