Comments on: Rubbing Elbows on a Crowded Bus in Alaska http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/10/21/rubbing-elbows-on-a-crowded-bus-in-alaska/ Covering the New York City Streets Renaissance Mon, 23 Nov 2009 11:07:22 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: MIndy http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/10/21/rubbing-elbows-on-a-crowded-bus-in-alaska/comment-page-1/#comment-57949 MIndy Thu, 23 Oct 2008 13:51:45 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/?p=4797#comment-57949 Three cheers for increased bus usage but to put this in some perspective...even in the big city Anchorage area the roads up there are virtually empty by lower 48 standards. One time I had to drive quite a bit out of my way just to find another human to ask directions. I mean you can go a long time without seeing another human of any kind -pedestrian, cyclist, driver. Walk around Anchorage on a Sunday morning and you will see like one car every 20 minutes and maybe 5 pedestrians. Nonetheless they have a fairly decent bus system that allows bikes to be carried on a rack in the front. There's even a bus that goes right to the airport. Of course service drops off at night and on weekends..so even if you take the bus one way, you have ask someone for a ride on the way back. Three cheers for increased bus usage but to put this in some perspective...even in the big city Anchorage area the roads up there are virtually empty by lower 48 standards. One time I had to drive quite a bit out of my way just to find another human to ask directions. I mean you can go a long time without seeing another human of any kind -pedestrian, cyclist, driver. Walk around Anchorage on a Sunday morning and you will see like one car every 20 minutes and maybe 5 pedestrians. Nonetheless they have a fairly decent bus system that allows bikes to be carried on a rack in the front. There's even a bus that goes right to the airport. Of course service drops off at night and on weekends..so even if you take the bus one way, you have ask someone for a ride on the way back.

]]> By: Cap'n Transit http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/10/21/rubbing-elbows-on-a-crowded-bus-in-alaska/comment-page-1/#comment-57897 Cap'n Transit Tue, 21 Oct 2008 19:23:21 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/?p=4797#comment-57897 <blockquote>If the privileged leaders of our community — if our City Council and Borough Assembly members, our captains of industry, our professors, the members of our Chamber of Commerce — got to ride the bus every day, and to rub elbows with their fellow citizens of all classes, no such ignorant statement could escape their lips without consequence.</blockquote> If only. Some privileged leaders <a href="http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/09/30/todays-headlines-497/#comment-56964" rel="nofollow">will go to great lengths</a> to avoid exactly that.

If the privileged leaders of our community — if our City Council and Borough Assembly members, our captains of industry, our professors, the members of our Chamber of Commerce — got to ride the bus every day, and to rub elbows with their fellow citizens of all classes, no such ignorant statement could escape their lips without consequence.

If only. Some privileged leaders will go to great lengths to avoid exactly that.

]]> By: Erik Sandblom http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/10/21/rubbing-elbows-on-a-crowded-bus-in-alaska/comment-page-1/#comment-57895 Erik Sandblom Tue, 21 Oct 2008 19:06:19 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/?p=4797#comment-57895 Can you see Russia from the bus? Can you see Russia from the bus?

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