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Posted by Orange Blossom Special on Tue Mar 24 17:31:02 2020, in response to Re: Free buses in NYC?, posted by italianstallion on Tue Mar 24 14:56:40 2020. or there's no point. |
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Posted by randyo on Tue Mar 24 18:26:28 2020, in response to Re: Free buses in NYC?, posted by Spider-Pig on Tue Mar 24 15:22:05 2020. I would, but one of the local bartenders in my neighborhood, declined to renew his license the last time it expired since he doesn’t own a car anymore. |
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Posted by randyo on Tue Mar 24 18:27:55 2020, in response to Re: Free buses in NYC?, posted by Orange Blossom Special on Tue Mar 24 17:29:55 2020. Not all. My mother never had a license and after my father died, there was nobody around to teach me. Fortunately I was able to afford a driving school. |
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Posted by AlM on Tue Mar 24 18:36:39 2020, in response to Re: Free buses in NYC?, posted by randyo on Tue Mar 24 15:03:16 2020. Some of the people I know aren’t dirt poor but are in fact well to do. They just never saw any reason to drive when they live in a city like NY which in many areas has good 24/7 transit service.I am aware there are lots of people like that. I wasn't talking about them, though. |
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Posted by Spider-Pig on Tue Mar 24 19:08:24 2020, in response to Re: Free buses in NYC?, posted by randyo on Tue Mar 24 18:26:28 2020. Bad idea. |
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Posted by Spider-Pig on Tue Mar 24 19:08:50 2020, in response to Re: Free buses in NYC?, posted by randyo on Tue Mar 24 18:27:55 2020. PWN3D! |
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Posted by AlM on Tue Mar 24 19:24:40 2020, in response to Re: Free buses in NYC?, posted by randyo on Tue Mar 24 18:26:28 2020. Remarkable. He intends never to rent a car for the entire rest of his life? |
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Posted by Orange Blossom Special on Tue Mar 24 19:51:58 2020, in response to Re: Free buses in NYC?, posted by Spider-Pig on Tue Mar 24 19:08:50 2020. He pawned you? Wow. I thought I was the only one who could do that before you even posted.Like how I'm talking about people who have no drivers ed and no one taught them, while Randyo said he did take a drivers ed course. Then again, what would I expect from soemone who made racist comments about sexuality flags. |
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Posted by TransitChuckG on Tue Mar 24 20:24:12 2020, in response to Re: Free buses in NYC?, posted by randyo on Tue Mar 24 18:27:55 2020. Fortunately I was able to afford a driving school. . I used driving school, also,even after my father taught me how to drive, in his 1953 Chrysler Windsor Deluxe. |
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Posted by randyo on Tue Mar 24 22:09:05 2020, in response to Re: Free buses in NYC?, posted by Spider-Pig on Tue Mar 24 19:08:24 2020. I agree. Even if I gave up my car, I would still maintain my license. I got my license at 19 years of age and for the next 9 years the only thing I “drove” was a subway train. |
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Posted by davidy on Wed Mar 25 07:18:41 2020, in response to Re: Free buses in NYC?, posted by AlM on Tue Mar 24 19:24:40 2020. Bad English you can't intend to not do something |
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Posted by AlM on Wed Mar 25 10:02:29 2020, in response to Re: Free buses in NYC?, posted by davidy on Wed Mar 25 07:18:41 2020. Sure you can. You say: "My plan is never again to rent a car, as long as I live." |
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Posted by Edwards! on Wed Mar 25 18:43:20 2020, in response to Re: Free buses in NYC?, posted by randyo on Tue Mar 24 18:27:55 2020. Wow. |
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Posted by Edwards! on Wed Mar 25 18:48:50 2020, in response to Re: Free buses in NYC?, posted by Orange Blossom Special on Tue Mar 24 17:29:55 2020. And I won, with just one move. |
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Posted by Dyre Dan on Thu Mar 26 03:10:39 2020, in response to Re: Free buses in NYC?, posted by Spider-Pig on Tue Mar 24 15:22:05 2020. But not everyone has one. My brother has no driver's license (he failed the test three times, so gave up on it), although he and his wife do own a car and she drives it. Neither of my parents had a driver's license until I was in my teens. My sister has one, but never learned to drive on highways (expressways/freeways). She will only drive on local streets. |
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Posted by Spider-Pig on Thu Mar 26 08:40:57 2020, in response to Re: Free buses in NYC?, posted by Dyre Dan on Thu Mar 26 03:10:39 2020. That’s bizarre regarding your sister. Highway driving is way easier. |
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Posted by Catfish 44 on Thu Mar 26 09:04:03 2020, in response to Re: Free buses in NYC?, posted by Spider-Pig on Thu Mar 26 08:40:57 2020. My mother has never driven a car either. Nor did 3 of my aunts. All born between 1930 and 1940. Maybe it’s a generational thing. My mother’s best friend from down the block started driving about 20-25 years ago and will not drive on a parkway or expressway. Everything is on a local street. And if she can avoid a stop sign in favor of a light, she’ll go out of her way to travel through the intersection with the light instead of the stop sign. |
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Posted by TerRAPIN Station on Thu Mar 26 10:48:06 2020, in response to Re: Free buses in NYC?, posted by AlM on Tue Mar 24 09:25:59 2020. But you said never. |
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Posted by AlM on Thu Mar 26 15:13:19 2020, in response to Re: Free buses in NYC?, posted by Spider-Pig on Thu Mar 26 08:40:57 2020. Highway driving is way easier.In general, I would agree. There certainly isn't much mental effort required to drive I-94 across North Dakota at 75 mph. But driving an urban highway that you aren't familiar with, with left and right exits (and you don't know which yours will be), can be pretty scary for some people. |
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Posted by AlM on Thu Mar 26 15:15:42 2020, in response to Re: Free buses in NYC?, posted by TerRAPIN Station on Thu Mar 26 10:48:06 2020. I said never would have been a priority. I didn't say never would have occurred.But you are right, it would have been a priority for some. If you are low income in an area without public transportation, getting a driver's license has to be a priority. |
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Posted by randyo on Thu Mar 26 15:34:00 2020, in response to Re: Free buses in NYC?, posted by Catfish 44 on Thu Mar 26 09:04:03 2020. My ex wife had a friend who was just the opposite. She would drive out of her way to get to a highway entrance even if she only had to drive 5 blocks on local streets. As an example, her in Bay Ridge, if she needed to go from 73 St to 78 St, she would drive 8 blocks down to 65 St get on the Belt Pky to the next exit which was about 105 St and drive back to 78 St. She was actually driving more on the streets doing it that way than if she had just driven straight down 5 av from 73 to 78. |
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Posted by randyo on Thu Mar 26 15:37:52 2020, in response to Re: Free buses in NYC?, posted by AlM on Thu Mar 26 15:15:42 2020. It should be a priority but sometimes it’s not I worked with a person who lived in Staten Island where you virtually need a car to gat anywhere but he didn’t own a car. I ran into him at the Pathmark on Richmond Av and he was loading his groceries into a cab. He explained that because he had male children under 25 in his household, his car insurance would have gone through the roof so he gave up his car and opted for cabs and car services. |
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Posted by AlM on Thu Mar 26 16:05:12 2020, in response to Re: Free buses in NYC?, posted by randyo on Thu Mar 26 15:37:52 2020. But he still has a driver's license, right?I gave up my car but I didn't give up my driver's license. |
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Posted by Catfish 44 on Thu Mar 26 16:36:42 2020, in response to Re: Free buses in NYC?, posted by randyo on Thu Mar 26 15:34:00 2020. I believe it |
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Posted by Dyre Dan on Thu Mar 26 17:13:26 2020, in response to Re: Free buses in NYC?, posted by Spider-Pig on Thu Mar 26 08:40:57 2020. It is easier. But the consequences of a crash, if one does occur, can be far more serious. |
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Posted by Spider-Pig on Thu Mar 26 18:15:42 2020, in response to Re: Free buses in NYC?, posted by randyo on Thu Mar 26 15:34:00 2020. That’s pretty silly but I much prefer the highway where it is practical. Like I would take the belt instead of a direct route across Brooklyn via Flatbush or something. |
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Posted by New Flyer #857 on Fri Mar 27 08:30:02 2020, in response to Re: Free buses in NYC?, posted by Spider-Pig on Thu Mar 26 18:15:42 2020. I agree. I pick the highway even if it the app suggests it will be a few minutes longer - it makes the drive less stressful.I don't know if it's still there but there has been a highway-like sign northbound on Flatbush just north of the Belt Pkwy on the way to Kings Plaza that invites you to continue on to eventually access the Manhattan Bridge. I wonder how often that invitation has been accepted! |
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Posted by Spider-Pig on Fri Mar 27 10:25:40 2020, in response to Re: Free buses in NYC?, posted by New Flyer #857 on Fri Mar 27 08:30:02 2020. I've driven up Flatbush that way. It is often the best route. |
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Posted by Catfish 44 on Fri Mar 27 11:54:31 2020, in response to Re: Free buses in NYC?, posted by New Flyer #857 on Fri Mar 27 08:30:02 2020. I do it from time to time when I leave Rockaway. |
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Posted by randyo on Fri Mar 27 15:15:17 2020, in response to Re: Free buses in NYC?, posted by New Flyer #857 on Fri Mar 27 08:30:02 2020. If I have to go from Bay Ridge to either Marine Pk or Gerritsen Bch, I check the traffic reports and if the Belt is congested I use local streets. Same thing coming back. |
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Posted by Spider-Pig on Fri Mar 27 15:35:28 2020, in response to Re: Free buses in NYC?, posted by randyo on Fri Mar 27 15:15:17 2020. You still use traffic reports? |
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Posted by Catfish 44 on Fri Mar 27 16:13:15 2020, in response to Re: Free buses in NYC?, posted by randyo on Fri Mar 27 15:15:17 2020. You must be taking the local streets quite a bit |
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Posted by TransitChuckG on Sat Mar 28 17:31:44 2020, in response to Re: Free buses in NYC?, posted by Orange Blossom Special on Mon Mar 23 17:19:48 2020. Although, I'd heard of a time where it was an option in Philadelphia, too.When PTC had transfers, I remember riding a bus (Route L) with my Mom that loaded at Broad and Olney.A loader stood at the back doors and took your paper transfer . If you had cash , you had to go to the front door. More recently , this could have been the set-up at major transportation centers, when Septa still had paper transfers, which are now gone,.Most people have KEY cards, and the bus readers are up front, the Red box. San Francisco has card readers at the rear doors, so you can enter with a tap card. I believe many cities have this option. Septa needs to catch up . |
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Posted by TerrApin Station on Sun Mar 29 03:00:05 2020, in response to Re: Free buses in NYC?, posted by AlM on Thu Mar 26 15:15:42 2020. Go to public housing in NYC. Tons of cars. Even nice cars. It's a priority for MANY "low income" people. |
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Posted by AlM on Sun Mar 29 03:51:58 2020, in response to Re: Free buses in NYC?, posted by TerrApin Station on Sun Mar 29 03:00:05 2020. I already agreed that "never" was incorrect. |
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