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  • We waited for over ONE HOUR for a Valley Metro bus this past weekend. No joke. Phoenix in not a transit-friendly city, and I know that. I'll digress for a minute. To take a bus in a sprawling car-dependent city such as ours, most would think that you have no car, are having car problems, are poor, etc. But in planning for the ultimate wild night out we decided to do the responsible thing and take cabs into Scottsdale. The next morning I woke up with only $5 in my pocket. Oops. It could have been worse -- I could have woken up to a worse surprise. (No snickering. That is neither here nor there.) Instead of asking friends to cart me around, the urban explorer in me decided to take the bus. Why not? I'm not above it. I walked over to the bus stop at Scottsdale Fashion Square and waited, and waited. 20 minutes turned into 30. 30 turned into 40. I called the phone number on the bus stop sign and got some automated service telling me my bus would be there in 18 minutes. Great!! A total of one hour. I probably could have walked the 7 miles home in faster than an hour. Weekday waits aren't much better. Your hour wait will lessen to a superconvenient 30 minute wait. Some express routes (on the freeway and a handful of major roads) run more frequently, but are few and far between. I've used many bus and rail systems, from the MTA (NY & LA) to the CTA, and BART and Muni. And Valley Metro probably ranks below all of them. (OK, maybe not that one smelly, filthy Muni bus I rode) I might actually ride the bus more frequently if it ran more often. But understanding that Valley Metro probably operates under simple economics (supply and demand) I don't see them budging to run more frequently if ridership isn't there. But guess what? I'm not going to ride buses, if they are that inconvenient. So there you have it. Other than that, the bus ride itself seemed to go much quicker than I thought, and wasn't as dirty as other bus systems. Plus it was only $1.25 to ride. Hopefully more Phoenix citizens will ride transit - I think that's the only way bus service will improve (not to mention improving traffic and air quality :-)) I'm eager to see how light rail works out, but if it is as disappointing as the bus then count me out. Shame on us Phoenix. We deserve better.
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