RtS: IMAX at GardenWalk, Anaheim

[Kevy Baby]

Mass transit systems are not designed to take every person from exactly where they are to exactly where they want to go. They are designed to take existing, heavily traveled, travel routes. Also taken into consideration is the likelihood of the people on that route to abandon their cars for mass transit (for example, while you might see a lot of traffic between Beverly Hills and Century City, I doubt there are a lot of people giving up their Mercedes and BMWs to hop on a bus).

Also, newer, outlying areas are usually not the first to be served by mass transit.

Finally, route schedules are based on demand. For example, the OCTA recently opened a new bus line between Brea and Irvine (they even put a door hanger on my house in Brea to let me know about it). However, the line only runs during "peek" hours. Since I tend to (well, almost always) work late, it wasn't an option for me as the last departure from the location that I would use was around 5:30.

[Ghoulish Delight]

Originally Posted by Kevy Baby

Mass transit systems are not designed to take every person from exactly where they are to exactly where they want to go.

Which is exactly the point. It does a fine job for what it's designed for. My needs are not met by OCTA, the current routes and schedules available offer me very little benefit. Any savings in gas are far outweighed by the time factor for me.

It doesn't serve everyone, it's not meant to serve everyone, and it currently does not meet the needs for the great majority of residents in the county. It very successfully meets the needs they are trying to meet and I applaud them for that, but "Just take the bus!" is impractical advice for almost everyone in the county.

[Kevy Baby]

Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

...but "Just take the bus!" is impractical advice for almost everyone in the county.

Not as much "impractical" as "inconvenient". Your 90 minute commute would not be impractical. Impractical possibly for the late night return from the movies perhaps if there are no buses running near one's house at that hour.

There are plenty of bus lines which I could use to get between home and work, regardless of the hour. They just aren't convenient for me.

And I did not get too far into in my previous post (in response to a different poster), but I doubt that anyone who lives in a metropolitan part of Orange County that would require a multiple-mile bike ride. Maybe from the train station to the house, but that is what the bus is for - transfer from the train to the bus.

[Ghoulish Delight]

Originally Posted by Kevy Baby

Not as much "impractical" as "inconvenient". Your 90 minute commute would not be impractical. Impractical possibly for the late night return from the movies perhaps if there are no buses running near one's house at that hour.

There are plenty of bus lines which I could use to get between home and work, regardless of the hour. They just aren't convenient for me.

I'm not sure I understand your difference between "impractical" and "inconvenient." Yes, I COULD take a bus, but the ~3 hours I would lose from y day would result in a significant negative impact to my life, reducing the amount of time I have to accomplish anything outside of work and putting undue strain on personal relationships. That is BOTH impractical and inconvenient.

"Impractical" does not mean "impossible". It means that it offers an unworkable solution. Cutting my out-of-work free time in half is not a workable solution.