I hate public transport

[Shadwell]

maybe I should go for my psv licence instead!! not sure, there again a dyspraxic with no sense of direction would still do a better job than a normal driver at trying to keep to a timetable (whatever they are!!).

[michele]

Totally different country here...but I also hate public transportation. I've never mastered it at all...the schedules and routes are so confusing it drives me crazy. And then I get so scared of missing my stop. The stress of getting on the bus or train on time, the fear of having a mega clumsy moment while boarding. I used to be terrified ajnd I do mean terrified of somehow falling onto a train track.

When I used to commute to work from the suburbs to the city, I ended up on the wrong train and/or passing my stop so many times the conductors got used to it. This despite my commuting with my father in the morning so I only had to make it home. At least the walk from work back to the train was a straight line. That was the city-suburb line.

The chicago buses and internal city train line (the L) are just impossible I can't even figure out the routes. I've been to other US cities where it actually made more sense though. And some of the bus and train stations around here are really scary as well. If Chicago is so Gung ho on the olympics then the city is really going to have to modernize transport. Washington D.C. and Toronto both have MUCH better transportation IMO. Well now you all know where I'm from...lol. If we get the olympics you can all visit in 8 years Now I just need a good excuse to cross the pond other then looking up long lost relatives. What I find weird though is I've never had a hard time with plane flights, but every other form of public transit...no idea why. Cabs don;t work that well for me also cause I barely know how to direct them <sigh>.

sheppeyescapee good to know there is another member of the tribe on here.

Michele

[rhyds]

Rural Wales has terrible public transport. From my house to the train station is 7 miles, and while there is a bus service from just outside my house to the station and the town where I work, it takes half an hour or more. Driving to town takes me 10-15 minutes at the most, and going further is much more difficult, uncomfortable and costly.

[Robletthenob]

Grrr i hate public transport, i really hate the south-eastern trains they are terrible , the trains that come through my station are filthy its horrible(I have an Obsessive cleaning behaviour).I dread having to having to get the train even for 5mins, they are soo costly and are often late due to people vandalising signalling equipment(If there was actually train guards present this wouldn't happen). I have tried to learn to drive but after a years worth of lessons and still not much improvement i gave up on it so i tend to just cycle everywhere i go now much simpler, cheaper, more reliable and sometimes faster depending on if the train is actually on time

[NobodyElseWill]

I'm ok with public transport it's something that i rely on to get me from a to b but i do find the bus drivers very inconsiderate and i feel like an old granny sometimes when i have tried to pay for a bus with debit card (got mixed up between the two)

[Remus]

I hate public transport. It's not the transport what bothers me, it is the people. I hate being surrounded. I hate buses, I cannot go on one by myself. I have a phobia of going on buses. When I was young, my Dad got off the bus and I was right behind him and was about to get off when the doors shut on me and the bus took off. That was one scary moment. My dad stopped the bus but I never really forgot it.

I'm getting used to use trains though. I find trains a lot more reliable than buses and a lot more comfortable. I'm gone on several trips now using trains and I'm getting used to it. I even managed to use the ticket machine the other day correctly. I normally go to the counter but none of them were open.

[NobodyElseWill]

But I get on trains like clock work and i never have a problem. But i do find it a bit too loud when the two trains are overlapping each other. Does anyone find bus and train timetables hard to read sometimes?

[Robletthenob]

But I get on trains like clock work and i never have a problem. But i do find it a bit too loud when the two trains are overlapping each other. Does anyone find bus and train timetables hard to read sometimes?

Yes i cant read train or bus timetables they make absolutely no sense to me whatsoever

[NobodyElseWill]

I find them really confusing and especially if i am in a rush or i am stressed.

[Remus]

But I get on trains like clock work and i never have a problem. But i do find it a bit too loud when the two trains are overlapping each other. Does anyone find bus and train timetables hard to read sometimes?

I'm the same. I find timetables very confusing. I always have myself print off a simple version of the times from the net instead of pick up an actual timetable as the grids are just plain confusing.