Terminally and publicly transported
Posted by: Chris dlgr in Almanac, Pictures, city, life, transportation, tags: alternative, busses, dowtown
With the skyrocketing cost of gasoline; With my truck being worked on, It seem a good chance to look for some alternative modes of transportation. Today I chose to take the bus to work.
I live about twelve miles from where i work. It usually takes me a half hour, through morning traffic to drive to my destination. My beat up truck has a tiny 4 cylinder engine and it uses about 2/3 a gallon of gas to get to work.
So today, in rebellion to the the addiction to the great American Heroin, OIL, I woke about an our early to walk downtown. Not the safest journey in the predawn hour… Detouring through Water st has some hazards… I was only proposition by one prostitute, nothing too dangerous.( i wonder if google has taken its now notorious 3D map of water st. hmm)
I reached the Red rose transit authority lancaster bus stop early. So I took some pictures to kill the time.
Some people were out in the early morning. Not much traffic yet.
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Their seems to be art studios everywhere in Downtown Lancaster. This window display added a sentimental detour to my trek to the RRTA terminal on Queen st. “Where The Wild Things Are” was a favorite book of mine as a small child. Its regarded as classic.
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Ms. Clintons campaign headquarters on the corner of Walnut st and Queen st. With the Pennsylvania primary coming up on April 22nd. Its impossible not to walk ten feet without tripping over a political sign. (I should of asked that prostitute who she is voting for…)
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And finally to the new bus terminal on the two hundred block of Queen. The Terminal is very clean and attractive. This picture was taken from the bus i was on.
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What i learned today. It cost me $ 2.15 and an extra hour of time to get to work. That time was a pleasant experience. I personally do not believe the price of gasoline is ever going any direction but up.So I found a successful alternative today.
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Chris gets on his soap box: every week is a chance to explore on more way to find alternatives to our out-of-date energies. shutting down unneeded power sources in the house. Using low energy light bulbs.
using mass transit, car pooling or riding a bike to work.
Time for us to beat “America’s Heroin” addiction. mind as well have some fun doing it.
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