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Adventures in public transportation, part four

10/12/2007 – 9:44 am

Wednesday morning, I got up late, and didn’t make it to the Park-n-Ride in time for the bus I wanted (the Highland Express which would take me all the way to Emerson Park, from which I could grab a light rail all the way to Shrewsbury and then be one bus and one half-hour from [...]

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Adventures in public transportation, part three

10/11/2007 – 8:00 am

Tuesday morning, I walked four blocks to the hospital near my house, where the Highland EZ bus stop is. And I waited.
After about twenty minutes, I looked carefully at the bus stop sign, and realized that it said that I needed to call for a ride, so I did. At this point I [...]

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Adventures in public transportation, part two

10/10/2007 – 8:00 am

Monday afternoon, I walked out of my building and took my first tentative steps toward the world of public transportation.
And watched my bus drive away. Missed it by about seventy seconds.
Tip: don’t trust the schedules.
Unless you’re at the beginning or end of the line, the bus will not be on time. And unless [...]

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Adventures in public transportation, part one

10/9/2007 – 11:23 am

The problem:

We moved in August to Highland, Illinois. Love it. Great town, great people. Nice house. Generally affordable. The downside? I work in Kirkwood, Missouri. 47.5 miles away, according to Google Maps.
At current gas prices, I pay about $240/month for the privilege of driving to and from work [...]

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This blog’s like the Legend of Zelda series

9/26/2007 – 9:50 am

I mean, there’s just one link, followed by another, followed by another…
OK, bad joke. But obviously all actual content here is getting swallowed by occasional links and brief commentary. Why is that?
I’ll let my co-conspirators tell their own tale, if they like. In my own case, TIWIARN (This Is Where I Am [...]

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