tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585082172073893790.post6675299873763140691..comments2023-10-18T10:05:09.280-04:00Comments on Avenging Archangel: When They Don't Know The SystemAvenging Archangelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10545437449084289016noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585082172073893790.post-69941420968203395212009-01-04T18:45:00.000-05:002009-01-04T18:45:00.000-05:00Darrell, I guess you've never been to the Lowery s...Darrell, I guess you've never been to the Lowery stop. If there's a bus in JANAF, it would be plainly visible. No "x ray vision" needed. It's that closeMichael Ragsdalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08829086873702653065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585082172073893790.post-59276757056782160032009-01-04T14:16:00.000-05:002009-01-04T14:16:00.000-05:00What does ownership of shelters have to do with pr...What does ownership of shelters have to do with providing basic information? <BR/><BR/>Does HRT have this?<BR/><BR/>http://www.mtamaryland.com/images/BusStop%20.jpg<BR/><BR/>This?<BR/><BR/>http://i216.photobucket.com/albums/cc220/hyapic03/08-7.jpg<BR/><BR/>Or at least this at every stop?<BR/><BR/>http://blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/buschick/library/sidneybussign.JPG<BR/><BR/>If not, why not? <BR/><BR/>And Mike, no bus rider should need x-ray vision to see through buildings to find out if the next bus is coming, or ESP to discern the truthfulness of express service claims.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585082172073893790.post-42386054560209449192009-01-04T11:33:00.000-05:002009-01-04T11:33:00.000-05:00Darrell, read the post again. The 23 that lady ne...Darrell, read the post again. The 23 that lady needed was in plain sight. It just needed to make two right turns to get to Lowery.Michael Ragsdalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08829086873702653065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585082172073893790.post-7711776210951880912009-01-04T11:32:00.000-05:002009-01-04T11:32:00.000-05:00Darrell,There on Lowery there are shelters on both...Darrell,<BR/><BR/>There on Lowery there are shelters on both sides of the road. The tempature was around 50 degrees, so it wasn't all that cold.<BR/><BR/>However, your question on the info hits on how we do transit in Hampton Roads. Bus shelters are the capital responsibility of the individual cities, not HRT. Therefore, they're Norfolk's shelters, not HRT's.Avenging Archangelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10545437449084289016noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585082172073893790.post-33484260565119881502009-01-04T11:26:00.000-05:002009-01-04T11:26:00.000-05:00Ok Henry, a novice is not a good bus rider. Makes ...Ok Henry, a novice is not a good bus rider. Makes stupid mistakes. I'm a new bus rider. Tell me, does that little shelter have a map and schedule of routes? How about the one on the other side of the street? Is there even a shelter on that side? Was the reason the lady wanted to take the first available bus really because she was freezing her butt off waiting for a who knows when bus to arrive? <BR/><BR/>This is the problem with HRT. No one wants to ride because the system isn't user friendly. What appears to be a stupid mistake by a newbie is a symptom of deeper problems with how the agency does business. One of the keys to building a viable system is to make it so simple even a new rider can use it. Doesn't take tech or a lot of money. Just thought.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585082172073893790.post-60969712442834541782009-01-04T00:19:00.000-05:002009-01-04T00:19:00.000-05:00Reminds me of once I was waiting for the inbound 3...Reminds me of once I was waiting for the inbound 33 at 19th. There were 3 regulars + myself when someone with broken English asked how to get to the Lynnhaven Social Security office. The lady first asked her fellow foreigner who said something about an express direct from that shelter going to Lynnhaven Mall. The four of us regulars all said catch the 20 to the 29 (yet the know-it-all foreigner, who just arrived in the US a couple of days ago, kept insisting there would be the express).<BR/><BR/>Don't ask me how we convinced that lady to catch the 20 (but we did) since she seemed to want to trust that other person that was her same nationality (who was giving false directions).<BR/><BR/>The only "express" I could think of was the 32 but that's on Atlantic and we were at 19th & Pacific. Did the 32 ever come there to the shelters by chance?Michael Ragsdalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08829086873702653065noreply@blogger.com