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Ok-Difference-8696 t1_ix54zsb wrote

A few years ago I used to take the bus to VCU when I lived in Northside, but then I realized it was faster if I just walked the whole way. In the AM it would be super reliable, but the bus home in the afternoon would regularly be an hour+ late. The pulse functions a lot better than the other GRTC routes, but it only goes east and west. I’m forever jealous of cities with functional bus systems.

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10000Didgeridoos t1_ix88pay wrote

Yep. If you happen to live and commute along the Pulse line, it's a good option. Anywhere else? Unreliable, and even if it is, it probably involves changing buses at least once and takes 3 times as long as driving does.

That's the thing - if you want to get cars off the road, the public transit option needs to be at least comparable in reliability and transit time. I'm not spending an extra hour round trip waiting and switching buses for the sake of not driving. No one except college students have that kind of free time.

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