really helps you learn a lot about the world(or at least raleigh lol since thats basically my world now a days)...its a sobering experience i think...allows for much introspection etc

[Edited on June 24, 2008 at 6:15 PM. Reason : .]

6/24/2008 6:15:22 PM

Triangle Tits-n-Ass!

6/24/2008 6:16:00 PM

i took the light rail in charlotte the other day. wasn't that significant an event in my life but to each his own i suppose

6/24/2008 6:16:14 PM

public transportation makes me feel bad for black people in that "damn what did the whites do that make 95 percent of the passangers of the cat bus black" type of way

6/24/2008 6:17:27 PM

dont worry

if raleigh was set up more conducive to public transportation and had a better system it wouldnt be that way.

6/24/2008 6:18:15 PM

oh i was wondering why...i definitely dont think its racist to wonder how the fuck 9/10 people on the cat are black when blacks are only like 30% of the population at best in raleigh

6/24/2008 6:22:13 PM

I was on the TTA last week going to Cary and there was a guy from Denver who commented on the crappiness of the public transportation out here, stating that Denver is as big as the Raleigh, Cary, Durham, and Chapel Hill's service area combined.

They also enjoy 24 hour service, including buses that serve every 15 minutes from 8 AM - 10 PM, 30 minutes from 10 PM - 2 AM, and 60 minutes from 2 AM - 8 AM.

Raleigh would be balla if we had that or a subway.

6/24/2008 6:32:08 PM

for the first time ever i had a great conversation with an american my age on the cat...he was a sophmore in biology and lived at college inn


i was like lol i lived there the first year...made the bus ride seem short...he was riding the bus cause he was going to wake tech to retake chem

[Edited on July 11, 2008 at 4:53 PM. Reason : didnt catch his name but he seemed pretty cool...was going to donate plasma]

7/11/2008 4:52:29 PM

^^I am in Denver and can vouch for that. Except that it runs every 15 minutes from 6-8AM for rush hour. I take the bus to work on snow days in the winter have taken it a lot recently. It picks up 1/4 mile from my house and drops off 1/4 mile from work. I have probably ridden the bus 200 times and it has never once been more than 5 minutes late, even in the snow. There is also a light rail system that starts a mile from my house and goes downtown, with stops at Invesco, Coors Field, and the Pepsi Center. With the DNC next month, the public transportation will be highly publicized.

7/11/2008 4:57:51 PM

well i'll be damned...i was told ncsu students didnt get the tta bus for free but the website says they do...this is definitely excellent news

7/26/2008 8:25:17 PM

7/26/2008 8:34:34 PM

7/26/2008 8:37:55 PM

^for some reason that doesn't show up, even though its an amazing gif

7/26/2008 8:39:15 PM

fucking bus ride from hell this morning...........................

8/15/2008 9:51:16 AM

our mass transit in the US as a whole sucks donkey balls, and the RDU area (raleigh/cary/rtp/durham/ch) is so sprawling that mass transit (overall) is less feasible...LESS feasible, not impossible, though

8/15/2008 10:04:26 AM

I would love

love

LOVE ♥

it if raleigh had some decent public transit.
In high school, it took me over two hours to get home from school (millbrook) to my parents' place (near kent and western)...including a 45 minute wait at peace and glenwood for the #12

8/15/2008 10:08:07 AM

damn, i thought this thread was about monorail cat

8/15/2008 10:09:27 AM

only time ive been on that shit is to ride from the mall to the fairgrounds for the state fair.

8/15/2008 10:12:02 AM

got out at 8:20 today and the bus didnt come til 9:06

8/15/2008 10:12:44 AM

This is to dnl's statements above

could it just be that people have made bad decisions in their lived? Decisions that have caused them not to be able to get/afford insurance, or get/afford a car?

8/15/2008 10:13:15 AM

lol is that how you explain it?

8/15/2008 10:14:51 AM

so you think its just b/c ol' whitey's kept em down all these years

8/15/2008 10:16:45 AM

Quote :

"Raleigh would be balla if we had that or a subway."

there just isnt the density to make it viable

hell atlanta has a heavy rail transportation system with just two lines and its only good for getting to the airport

there is so much sprawl down here that more marta lines will never be economically feasible

i live 8 miles from GT, it is faster to drive with all the traffic delays than it is to get on a bus to the Lindbergh station, take the marta to midtown, and then get on the tech trolley to get to my office...public transportation is a 2 hour trip one way

hell, im still inside the perimeter

we will all be dead before raleigh has the density to support a full subway system

[Edited on August 15, 2008 at 10:20 AM. Reason : 

8/15/2008 10:16:53 AM

^^you probably wish i thought that

8/15/2008 10:17:55 AM

I rode the bus yesterday. Capital #1 was packed, with myself and at least 15 others having to ride from 440 to moore square standing up.

I love Greenville's taxicabs. Half the companies just charge a flat rate of either $6 or $8, to anywhere in the city limits.

8/15/2008 10:23:36 AM

yeah. Raleigh. you'll have to drive. its just not the place to move to and attempt to be "urban".

8/15/2008 10:25:28 AM

well said

8/15/2008 10:49:02 AM

I've got to take a TTA bus from Durham to Raleigh this year and I am not looking forward to it. I got too used to Philly's public transportation system.

8/15/2008 12:15:14 PM

Quote :

"I was on the TTA last week going to Cary and there was a guy from Denver who commented on the crappiness of the public transportation out here, stating that Denver is as big as the Raleigh, Cary, Durham, and Chapel Hill's service area combined. They also enjoy 24 hour service, including buses that serve every 15 minutes from 8 AM - 10 PM, 30 minutes from 10 PM - 2 AM, and 60 minutes from 2 AM - 8 AM. Raleigh would be balla if we had that or a subway."

We have way too much sprawl for subway, don't be retarded

8/15/2008 12:42:14 PM

azns and hindus are going to ruin a good fucking thing if they keep riding the cat like they did this morning

8/18/2008 12:25:09 PM

what did they do ?

8/18/2008 12:26:40 PM

rode the bus in record numbers today just to go to campus...bus had to skip a few stops for people that actually REALLY need it to get to work and such...bus driver kept calling the main office to tell them too many students were riding and that she couldnt pick anyone up

8/18/2008 12:28:00 PM

BUY A CAR

8/18/2008 12:30:09 PM

wish i could find a car such as yours

8/18/2008 12:31:11 PM

You done messed up with this thread now, dnl--schmoe doesn't take kindly to anyone criticizing his beloved public transportation. No way, no how.

http://thewolfweb.com/message_topic.aspx?topic=483963

Left Coast-style wrath displayed in 5. . .4. . .3. . .2. . . .

8/18/2008 12:35:32 PM

holy hell i cant believe i have not seen nor posted in that thread, especially since my life has depended on the cat for the past 2 months

8/18/2008 12:50:48 PM

here is what sucks about the cat bus:

http://www.raleighnc.gov/portal/server.pt/gateway/PTARGS_0_2_114435_0_0_18/CAT_11_In.pdf

supposed to be at moore square at 8:25

http://www.raleighnc.gov/portal/server.pt/gateway/PTARGS_0_2_114455_0_0_18/CAT_02_Out.pdf

supposed to leave moore square at 8:30




in a perfect world, that would be true

9/3/2008 11:34:40 PM

I rode it to get home from school Salisbury/wilmington street to ridge road/lake boone

it usually took 30-45 minutes an only once or twice was more than 10-15 minutes late

just bring a cd/mp3 player and you're fine

may be too bumpy to read

9/4/2008 4:29:03 AM

I'm on the 600 every day. Durham to Raleigh express. It's not actually that bad.

9/4/2008 7:00:14 AM

its been pretty bad as of late...today some asian guy and some african chick(like had an african accent) were waiting when i get there...asian dude is prolly like 40...anyways 2 buses go by and dont stop (for whatever reason )and i'm like fuck i'm gonna have to get a cab...asian guy is like "i been out here for an hour and thats the first bus to come by" i was like damnnnnnnnn...few minutes later he gave me and the african a ride to downtown...i was very thankful...got to moore square just in time to catch the other bus i had to catch and get to work on time....city council or someone needs to fix this shit badly...its fucked up people might go into work late just cause the cat bus sucks

[Edited on September 6, 2008 at 12:20 AM. Reason : .]

9/6/2008 12:19:51 AM