The Bus in Baltimore

So, I try to ride the bus about once a week, but the bus system is not helping me be excited about that. Today, I got on a bus at 5:30 at North Avenue (Schedule here), but he was only going as far as Monroe (about a mile short). So I got off the bus and waited another half hour for the next bus. Time spent on the bus: 30 minutes. Time spent waiting on a sidewalk: 40 minutes.

To paraphrase Obama (from somewhere, I forget where): programs for poor people are poor programs. It's too bad, with all the environmental challenges presented by the one-person per car approach, that using the bus can't be just a shade more convenient.