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re: Commuting by train >>>>> commuting by car
Posted on 2/5/19 at 9:03 am to MorbidTheClown
Posted on 2/5/19 at 9:03 am to MorbidTheClown
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no way turning over control to someone else and not being able to control who you ride with is better.
100% agree here. I like having control. I used to travel with a group of coworkers a lot for work years ago. Sometimes we drove individual cars and other times we had to pile into large 15 passenger vans for hours-long trips. That was miserable and each time I always volunteered to drive. No way I was handing control of MY life over to a coworker.
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Posted on 2/5/19 at 9:04 am to WeeWee
Smart move and much less stressful travel. I would do that too.
Posted on 2/5/19 at 9:05 am to TDsngumbo
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100% agree here. I like having control. I used to travel with a group of coworkers a lot for work years ago. Sometimes we drove individual cars and other times we had to pile into large 15 passenger vans for hours-long trips. That was miserable and each time I always volunteered to drive. No way I was handing control of MY life over to a coworker.
Trains are much safer than cars. Plus I can use the internet or watch hulu and drink a beer on the way home from work.
Posted on 2/5/19 at 9:05 am to WeeWee
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I just finished medical school last month
Why? Just curious
Posted on 2/5/19 at 9:05 am to WeeWee
Yup. The day I got rid of my car was one of the best days of my life.
Posted on 2/5/19 at 9:06 am to WeeWee
40 minute commute in anything sounds miserable
Posted on 2/5/19 at 9:07 am to WeeWee
I'd love to be able to hop on a train and ride to work every day. Commuting an hour each way is getting old
Posted on 2/5/19 at 9:07 am to WeeWee
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Have to take I-95 from downtown to get to the turnpike. The turnpike interchange by Jackson North Hospital is one of the biggest logjams on I-95
I know, south FL traffic sucks, and has the worst drivers I've ever encountered(for years I thought TX had the worst, and they're close,) I lived in Jupiter and worked in Miami for years, I absolutely hated the drive, and as I mentioned above, Tri-Rail sucked and really wasn't much of an option
Posted on 2/5/19 at 9:07 am to WeeWee
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Plus I can use the internet or watch hulu and drink a beer on the way home from work.
yeah, wouldn't want to go an hour or 2 without any of those
Posted on 2/5/19 at 9:08 am to GeauxDoc
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I just finished medical school last month
Why? Just curious
Finished my last scheduled rotation but the graduation ceremony isn't until May but my diploma should be coming in the mail this week.
Posted on 2/5/19 at 9:09 am to WeeWee
But how are people going to admire your truck nuts and Calvin peeing on a Chevy emblem?
Posted on 2/5/19 at 9:09 am to MorbidTheClown
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yeah, wouldn't want to go an hour or 2 without any of those
Spotify has THOUSANDS of Podcasts including Dan Carlin and True Crime galore.
Combined with EBR Liberry App for Audio Books, my commute is rather educational and easy to zone out while focusing on the road.
That said I would love and use commuter train between BR and Nola.
This post was edited on 2/5/19 at 9:11 am
Posted on 2/5/19 at 9:10 am to yellowfin
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40 minute commute in anything sounds miserable
I did it for 7-8 years and I agree. I'll never live more than a few miles from where I work again.
Posted on 2/5/19 at 9:10 am to MorbidTheClown
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i'd much rather be stuck in traffic in my truck alone or with people i want to be around than crammed on a train with a bunch of people
Easily
Cars and trucks = freedom and independence.
Posted on 2/5/19 at 9:10 am to MorbidTheClown
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wouldn't want to go an hour or 2 without any of those
hell no baw! you crazy?
Posted on 2/5/19 at 9:10 am to WeeWee
Yeah apparently it's solid in dallas area until you hit the downtown dallas corridor. Where the piss smiling bums start being able to get on. Then you can walk on the platforms thru the landmines of feces, beggars, and bums whacking it.
Posted on 2/5/19 at 9:11 am to 777Tiger
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I know, south FL traffic sucks, and has the worst drivers I've ever encountered(for years I thought TX had the worst, and they're close,) I lived in Jupiter and worked in Miami for years, I absolutely hated the drive, and as I mentioned above, Tri-Rail sucked and really wasn't much of an option
The only good public transport in miami is the metrorail express link to the airport and the metromover downtown. The bus system, the metrorail except for the airport link, and tri-rail all suck.
Posted on 2/5/19 at 9:11 am to PortHudsonPlaya
quote:We "bag on it" bc the public transit systems here are complete garbage, and are therefore really only used by "poors" (at least in BR; NOLA is a little different with the street cars). The only people who use public transit here are the ones with no other option. So it's not really "funny" at all. It makes perfect sense, as a matter of perspective.
It is funny tho that people in shite states like Louisiana bag on public transportation being for the poors and dangerous when in most cities it is completely opposite.
Posted on 2/5/19 at 9:13 am to MorbidTheClown
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i'd much rather be stuck in traffic in my truck alone or with people i want to be around than crammed on a train with a bunch of people i have no desire to be around.
also, if i decide i want to stop somewhere, i just stop. if i decide to change directions, i can do that too.
That's all reasonable. But it's not an argument against commuter rail. You're life would be enhanced by efficient public transportation, even if you aren't the one riding it. If public transportation were more reliable, more people would be riding it giving you more room on the road and making your commute shorter.
The conversation should never be about replacing one with the other, but figuring out how they can all work together in tandem to make everyones life easier.
Posted on 2/5/19 at 9:14 am to ProjectP2294
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The conversation should never be about replacing one with the other, but figuring out how they can all work together in tandem to make everyones life easier.
fair enough.
but, the title of the thread is train > car.
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