I’ve discovered a drawback to not owning a vehicle. It’s called Public Transportation.

Get this. From my new address to work is 7.28 miles. If I want to ride the bus in to get to work at 8:00 AM (which is when I have to be in), I will need to walk about 0.5 miles to the bus stop before 6:33 in the morning. That’s right, it will take me nearly an hour and a half (plus I will have to walk at least three blocks after I get off the bus, in addition to the half mile to get to the original stop) just to go 7.28 miles.

With Public Transit operating at the exhillerating speed of 4.8 miles per hour, I could probably wake up at the same time and jog in to work while saving me $1.25 each way. And the health nuts driving their SUVs are still surprised that public transit hasn’t saved the city with pollution? Could it be because it doesn’t work and no won wants to ride it? And why did I spell one as “won”? Who cares anymore?!?!?!

UPDATE

In case you’re wondering, it works like this. If I ride the bus in, I’ll actually get to the terminal at 7:36 in the morning (but since the buses are always late, that means 7:50) and then I’ll have to walk in to work from there. So the bus doesn’t actually go at only 4.8 miles per hour, but that’s only how fast I would have to go to get to work by 8 o’clock if I left at the same time that I would need to leave to catch the bus. I’m thinking I’m gonna get the tires on my bike fixed. Even though there are a couple of hills, I know my speed would never drop as low as 4.8 miles per hour. Sheesh.