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| - My job requires me to be at the stampede grounds almost daily. And since I don't own or have any desire to own a car, I have become quite the transit pro.
If transit is in your daily routine then it's way better to splurge on the bus pass. As you take transit with a bus pass you have no worries, no stopping to pay for tickets and none of the off chance your transfer has expired.
You can always download the Calgary Transit app to find out bus times, but I have an even easier way. Find out your bus stop's departure time by going on google maps and locating your bus stop, click it and it shows the times. Always leave so you can be 10-5 mins earlier at the bus stop then the time the bus is to leave.
The trains are a different transit experience. One thing I know about trains, I omit the idea that I'm going to sit down. In fact I'm better off not sitting anyways as the extra exercise of standing helps me get into my work routine. Sitting is not the best way to enjoy the train anyways. The direct middle of the train always gives you the most amount of space and no annoying seat mates.
I never leave without a pen to do the crosswords in the free metro and 24 hours, it does this thing where it makes your train route seem like 5 mins. Another key item to have is an ipod. When people on trains travel in groups they like to talk very loud to one another. The train can be quite loud with chatter depending on the day, so having that ipod insures peace from that.
As you pull in from a Saddletown train, a Somerset train is always departing from City Hall, just something I've observed through the years. When waiting for a train, know exactly when the train is coming by paying attention to all the traffic lights in front of the train you're waiting for. If traffic and people are crossing 7th ave then the train will not be going forward. Knowing exactly where the doors usually open is another helpful thing to remember. The middle car is always my favorite car to enter the train, as people usually head for the front and back cars.
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