Monday, July 11, 2005
Public Bus Transportation: TARTA
Eager to save the environment from your car's toxic fumes? More likely, recently gotten a DUI? You can check the TARTA (Toledo Area Regional Transit Authority) bus routes here.
For a city bent on urban renewal, getting people to hang out downtown and all that, you'd think by now our illustrious leaders would have realized that having the last line-up of busses leave downtown by 11:30 PM isn't the best way to do things. Lots of people would happily board a city bus to go to a baseball game or whatever if they were assured that, frivolities over, there'd be a bus around to take them home. It might take some getting used to for people not accustomed to riding a bus but I think eventually drinkers headed to the Bijou, Durty Byrd, Oliver House, Caesar's, Hooterville Junction, etc., would learn very quickly that so long as they use the buddy system and are greated by a final 2:30 AM line-up, taking the bus to and from a place creates a much more relaxed outing. Think of it...no DUIs, no fear of DUIs, no arguments over who is stuck driving, no concerns over where to park your car downtown.
For a city bent on urban renewal, getting people to hang out downtown and all that, you'd think by now our illustrious leaders would have realized that having the last line-up of busses leave downtown by 11:30 PM isn't the best way to do things. Lots of people would happily board a city bus to go to a baseball game or whatever if they were assured that, frivolities over, there'd be a bus around to take them home. It might take some getting used to for people not accustomed to riding a bus but I think eventually drinkers headed to the Bijou, Durty Byrd, Oliver House, Caesar's, Hooterville Junction, etc., would learn very quickly that so long as they use the buddy system and are greated by a final 2:30 AM line-up, taking the bus to and from a place creates a much more relaxed outing. Think of it...no DUIs, no fear of DUIs, no arguments over who is stuck driving, no concerns over where to park your car downtown.
