Got out on the bike today, and avoided most of the smoke, and I came across the following…
Well I Guess I Spoke To Soon…
A couple of week ago, I was all bent out of shape, about how crappy the bus service is here. I saw the stuff about the Metro Area Express (MAX) on the Hampton Roads Transit website, but there was only proposed routes, and fares, go figure a week or so before the first run of the service and no schedule. I think this is a step in the right direction for HRT, but I still have some issues.
The $3.00 fare is a little steep, considering that the “MAX” routes do not issue transfers, but they will accept transfers and fare cards until September 30th. I am guessing that they will not accept them after that, which will kick the fare to $4.50 each way, not bad considering gas prices I guess. I don’t understand the No Transfers policy, kind of backwards from most transit systems, usually you can always transfer from an express to a local, or upgrade for the difference.
The schedules for the most part look pretty good, 5AM to 8PM, and 20 minute spacing during peak hours, and 30 minute non peak. The routes look to be useful to the residents of Hampton Roads…
So I stand corrected, you can get there from here, and in less then 2 hours, there’s still work to do, but it is looking better… Now if Virginia Beach would get on the fixed rail band wagon…
Here is another of those views, that most of the people in the hundreds of cars that pass by daily miss.
With the exception of the traffic whizzing by at 50 MPH, this seems like a fairly tranquil place.
I grew up and spent most of my life in Southern California. I have dealt with my share of brush fires, and I am about done with the smoke, from the Dismal Swamp fire.
I guess I mostly lived on the ocean side of the majority of the fire that occurred, and the prevalent sea breeze made it so the smoke went the other way. That was normally the case, unless there was a Santa Anna wind, and then it was only for a couple of days.
Of course I am still trying to get my brain around the whole concept of a swamp burning…
Another of those treasures that you don’t even realize are only a few feet away from your car
Sometimes you just need to slowdown and enjoy…