wow, in just one day I've seen all these on UTA (and I still have one more ride to go today when I get off work, so I may have more to add later)
Don't argue with the bus driver... pt1
ok. I'll admit, Salt Lake's fare system is a bit convoluted (but still not hard to learn). The buses that go to and from Salt Lake Central Station are all on a pay as you board/pay as you exit system... if the bus says "to salt lake central station" then you pay as you board, if it says to "(any destination not salt lake central station)" then you pay as you exit (this only applies to routes that go to salt lake central, all other routes are pay as you board only)
on to the story
teenager is boarding, reaching for his wallet
bus driver- (covering fare box) it's pay as you exit
teenager- no, I have a transfer, i'm not supposed to have to pay.
bus driver- no, you just have to show your transfer, but do so when you exit
they actually went back and forth for a while... seriously dude, it's not that hard of a concept to understand.
don't argue with the bus driver... pt2
ok, the bus routes were changed in august, if you don't know this already sucks to be you. yelling at the driver of the 550 that he should be taking North Temple into downtown rather than I-80 won't get you far, because he's been taking that way sense august, he isn't going to take a different route just for you... if you were unsure about the route you should have asked when you boarded, at which time the driver would have very nicely explained that all you have to do is get off at redwood, cross the street and board the 217 and that will take you on North Temple towards downtown.
don't argue with the bus driver... pt3
I don't know how these people do it. I was taking 217 back out from downtown out to where I work, at Redwood and North Temple we picked up the most belligerent arsehole I have seen in a while. It is pay as you exit at this point, there are passengers trying to get on the bus, he barges his way on past them, drops his token in the fare box... oh and he didn't have a shirt on. Of course driver yells at him not to barge past exiting passengers again and to put his shirt on. And the beautiful part... he got off before me... the driver made him pay again... it is pay as you exit after all... anything you put in the fare box on entry is free money for UTA (and if he weren't such an ass I'd feel bad for him )... so thank you shirtless asshole for helping to subsidize my ride.
do me a favor TRAX driver
next time a pedestrian is stupid enough to dash out in front of you... please just hit them and do darwin's work... it would be a much preferred alternative to you slamming on your breaks causing those of us standing at the end of the train with our bikes to end up in one big pile on the floor... also, you are bigger than them, when you are halfway through the curve from 4th south onto main and you've already stopped for one, when you see a second thinking about dashing you don't stop again and waive to them, you blast your horn and use the PA to tell them to stay the fuck off the track.
(and yes, I am blaming the pile up on the stupid pedestrian... I'm blaming missing the connection I wanted... thank God I left myself extra time... on the idiot driver who doesn't enforce the rules about no pedestrians on the train tracks).
and I hate the UTA engineers who designed the trax extension
OK, I know that for going down 400 west you had a lot to work around, you needed to maintain left turn lanes at intersections and you had to maintain travel lanes and there wasn't much space to work with... but your predecessors were able to do it on 400 south without feeling like a roller coaster ride getting thrown around the train... perhaps you could have too... oh and I don't know if this is poor design or poor scheduling, or both but having trains blocking the intersection of 200 south and 600 west while waiting for Salt Lake Central Station's platform to clear just doesn't seem smart.
All this, and I still have to get home tonight... I'm seriously thinking that I'll just bike straight to trax rather than using a bus connection... trax doesn't seem to have as many idiots populating it.
Don't argue with the bus driver... pt1
ok. I'll admit, Salt Lake's fare system is a bit convoluted (but still not hard to learn). The buses that go to and from Salt Lake Central Station are all on a pay as you board/pay as you exit system... if the bus says "to salt lake central station" then you pay as you board, if it says to "(any destination not salt lake central station)" then you pay as you exit (this only applies to routes that go to salt lake central, all other routes are pay as you board only)
on to the story
teenager is boarding, reaching for his wallet
bus driver- (covering fare box) it's pay as you exit
teenager- no, I have a transfer, i'm not supposed to have to pay.
bus driver- no, you just have to show your transfer, but do so when you exit
they actually went back and forth for a while... seriously dude, it's not that hard of a concept to understand.
don't argue with the bus driver... pt2
ok, the bus routes were changed in august, if you don't know this already sucks to be you. yelling at the driver of the 550 that he should be taking North Temple into downtown rather than I-80 won't get you far, because he's been taking that way sense august, he isn't going to take a different route just for you... if you were unsure about the route you should have asked when you boarded, at which time the driver would have very nicely explained that all you have to do is get off at redwood, cross the street and board the 217 and that will take you on North Temple towards downtown.
don't argue with the bus driver... pt3
I don't know how these people do it. I was taking 217 back out from downtown out to where I work, at Redwood and North Temple we picked up the most belligerent arsehole I have seen in a while. It is pay as you exit at this point, there are passengers trying to get on the bus, he barges his way on past them, drops his token in the fare box... oh and he didn't have a shirt on. Of course driver yells at him not to barge past exiting passengers again and to put his shirt on. And the beautiful part... he got off before me... the driver made him pay again... it is pay as you exit after all... anything you put in the fare box on entry is free money for UTA (and if he weren't such an ass I'd feel bad for him )... so thank you shirtless asshole for helping to subsidize my ride.
do me a favor TRAX driver
next time a pedestrian is stupid enough to dash out in front of you... please just hit them and do darwin's work... it would be a much preferred alternative to you slamming on your breaks causing those of us standing at the end of the train with our bikes to end up in one big pile on the floor... also, you are bigger than them, when you are halfway through the curve from 4th south onto main and you've already stopped for one, when you see a second thinking about dashing you don't stop again and waive to them, you blast your horn and use the PA to tell them to stay the fuck off the track.
(and yes, I am blaming the pile up on the stupid pedestrian... I'm blaming missing the connection I wanted... thank God I left myself extra time... on the idiot driver who doesn't enforce the rules about no pedestrians on the train tracks).
and I hate the UTA engineers who designed the trax extension
OK, I know that for going down 400 west you had a lot to work around, you needed to maintain left turn lanes at intersections and you had to maintain travel lanes and there wasn't much space to work with... but your predecessors were able to do it on 400 south without feeling like a roller coaster ride getting thrown around the train... perhaps you could have too... oh and I don't know if this is poor design or poor scheduling, or both but having trains blocking the intersection of 200 south and 600 west while waiting for Salt Lake Central Station's platform to clear just doesn't seem smart.
All this, and I still have to get home tonight... I'm seriously thinking that I'll just bike straight to trax rather than using a bus connection... trax doesn't seem to have as many idiots populating it.
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