BART is threatening to strike 7/31/2009. There are too few buses to accommodate the BART passengers to fill in during the strike. HWY 101 is already crowded, and a transit strike would make the problem worse.
3 km? That's nothing. My longest bike ride was about 140 km, from Sunnyvale to San Francisco and back. My commute is 8 km each way, and I bike daily. Another big ride was from Moffett Field to Hollister, 100 km. I have also biked to Oakland, 70 km one-way, as well as to Santa Cruz and Half Moon Bay.
I'm sure you're workplace has a shower you can go to so you can wash the funk off of yourself when you're there, but hardly anyone is afforded that. After about 3k I'm as sweaty as a horse, and that's no way to work, especially when you work with people. But, way to go on the Sunnyvale-SF run! I've done that one once, and my bike spun a bearing so I had to take caltrain back. LOL, the poor thing has too many miles.
Actually, my workplace does not have showers. I do not get really sweaty. Whether sweat is acceptable or not is a cultural issue. In some places, sweat is OK. In other places, sweat is considered offensive. If the job involves heavy physical labor, sweat is easily forgiven as a normal response to physical demands.
Well, in that case you are quite lucky you don't get that sweaty. I'm not sure if your job is physical or not, but I know mine can be. However, when I'm behind the register (to anyone reading, don't shop Office Depot as they are crooks) my boss requires that I be clean, free of perspiration, and scent-less. That means no cologne, and no B.O. Sadly the world has not invented a superb odor-eating deodorant that's strong enough for me once I roll into work, so the bus is my only choice.
No, it's not because people are stupid and lazy Leerwesen. Look at all sides of the proposition BEFORE making a stupid blanket statement like that, you prat!
I'll tell you why I don't ride my bike to work. I live in the South Bay, and I work at a place where there's no where to lock up my bike, at a place that has NO showers or methods for me to freshen up after a ride, and also is NOT accessible by bike-friendly paths.
I'm sure there are tall signposts that would do a decent job as far as locking the bike is concerned. I think the reason bikes are not well-accommodated is because the oil industry is very powerful. In 1910, the oil industry, among others, had the bike highway in Los Angeles torn down before it could be completed. The toll on the bike path was $.05. Train fare was $.25. Because the bike toll was much less than train fare, the railroad was losing passengers.
THE O-N-L-Y PUBLIC TRANSIT IN THIS "COUNTRY"
WHITEOBEYAHCHANT 8 months ago
BART is threatening to strike 7/31/2009. There are too few buses to accommodate the BART passengers to fill in during the strike. HWY 101 is already crowded, and a transit strike would make the problem worse.
BayAreaBiker2001 2 years ago
A fucking union advertisement.
Screw the ATU.
barrhavener 3 years ago
what would the city be like? LIKE OTTAWA! FUCK YOU OC TRANSPO
axismundie 3 years ago
why won't u just use a bike? it makes u fit and helps the environment because it has no gas emmissions!!!
Godishere00 3 years ago
Because people are stupid and lazy.
leerwesen 3 years ago
do you think anyone wants to bike for 3km
MrBobbylobious 3 years ago
3 km? That's nothing. My longest bike ride was about 140 km, from Sunnyvale to San Francisco and back. My commute is 8 km each way, and I bike daily. Another big ride was from Moffett Field to Hollister, 100 km. I have also biked to Oakland, 70 km one-way, as well as to Santa Cruz and Half Moon Bay.
BayAreaBiker2001 3 years ago
I'm sure you're workplace has a shower you can go to so you can wash the funk off of yourself when you're there, but hardly anyone is afforded that. After about 3k I'm as sweaty as a horse, and that's no way to work, especially when you work with people. But, way to go on the Sunnyvale-SF run! I've done that one once, and my bike spun a bearing so I had to take caltrain back. LOL, the poor thing has too many miles.
greenboy623 2 years ago
Actually, my workplace does not have showers. I do not get really sweaty. Whether sweat is acceptable or not is a cultural issue. In some places, sweat is OK. In other places, sweat is considered offensive. If the job involves heavy physical labor, sweat is easily forgiven as a normal response to physical demands.
BayAreaBiker2001 2 years ago
Well, in that case you are quite lucky you don't get that sweaty. I'm not sure if your job is physical or not, but I know mine can be. However, when I'm behind the register (to anyone reading, don't shop Office Depot as they are crooks) my boss requires that I be clean, free of perspiration, and scent-less. That means no cologne, and no B.O. Sadly the world has not invented a superb odor-eating deodorant that's strong enough for me once I roll into work, so the bus is my only choice.
greenboy623 2 years ago
No, it's not because people are stupid and lazy Leerwesen. Look at all sides of the proposition BEFORE making a stupid blanket statement like that, you prat!
I'll tell you why I don't ride my bike to work. I live in the South Bay, and I work at a place where there's no where to lock up my bike, at a place that has NO showers or methods for me to freshen up after a ride, and also is NOT accessible by bike-friendly paths.
greenboy623 2 years ago
I'm sure there are tall signposts that would do a decent job as far as locking the bike is concerned. I think the reason bikes are not well-accommodated is because the oil industry is very powerful. In 1910, the oil industry, among others, had the bike highway in Los Angeles torn down before it could be completed. The toll on the bike path was $.05. Train fare was $.25. Because the bike toll was much less than train fare, the railroad was losing passengers.
BayAreaBiker2001 2 years ago
Very innovative approach to determining the value of transit, which everybody takes for granted.
billreno 3 years ago 4