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[custosnox]

Too bad we won't put a serious effort into a well developed mass transit system.  Our buses are ok as far as they go - there just isn't enough of it.

Have you been on our busses lately?  While some are okay, others are down right falling apart.  And as stated before, their routes are all kinds of messed up.  It should never take two hours to cross a city the size of Tulsa, never.  Yet it has taken me that long before because of the crappy scheduling of the busses.  I'm glad I have a vehicle again and don't have to worry about that anymore.

[heironymouspasparagus]

Early last spring was the last time.  Last fall before that.  They do wear down fast, don't they.  Two hours is a symptom of the problem.  Would take a ton of extra money and huge expansion of the system.  And nobody wants the taxes to go up to pay for that.

[custosnox]

In my case, the bus system was an incentive to get another car, while it should be the other way around.

[TheTed]

The more I visit Dallas the more I wonder if it's even worthwhile to invest in transit a whole lot more than we already have. I want to use transit in that city, but every time I do, it involves a half mile or a mile of walking through parking lots, on narrow sidewalks next to high-speed roads, across giant intersections where turning motorists don't yield to pedestrians crossing legally, etc, etc.

I have no problem walking a mile or two in downtown/midtown Tulsa. There are quiet streets and ways to avoid feeling like a target for bad drivers. But when you get out in the sprawl of Tulsa or Dallas, walking a half mile becomes hellish. And that'd be the norm if you wanted to get anywhere via transit.

[Red Arrow]

I have read that studies for transit companies indicate that most people are willing to walk about 1/4 mile to a transit stop.  That also somewhat defines the density required for urban transit.  Other types like the New Mexico Railrunner have park and ride lots.