Sound like you are talking about Ireland! Here there is NO footpath between
this small town I live and the next one, if people would like to walk or
ride a bike they have to risk their live on the bridge which is very narrow
and also bending in such way that you can't see the next 10 meters, however,
drivers do not want to go slower than 80 Km/h (50mph). The bus is like the
same, there is no timetable in the station, and even if the bus is expected
to come it may does not because the driver forget the route (they do not
properly train new drivers to the route). And even if it comes the drier
might say that there are too many people on the bus so you have to wait for
the following one -- which comes in an hour... and this is the edge of
Dublin, the capital!

Also here in Ireland the road signs is like the mess. They do not know the
standard signs so they write everything in letters, so that you have to stop
to read the table (like: "Construction ahead" - there is a proper sign for
that). Or when you see the direction sign only when you passed the exit
"here you should have turned left to get into Clonee" -- ok, it is a joke,
they do not say that but they do put the sign after the exit. Or when there
is no sign but a text on the road surface saying that "No Entry" -- I expect
proper signs not texts on the floor which may could not be seen if it is
raining, and guess what Ireland is famous about?

Tamas



On 12/09/06, David VanHorn <dvanhorn@microbrix.com> wrote:
>
> > > I'd be interested to see your proposal to handle say the state of
> > wyoming.
> >
> > Perhaps both inhabitants could share a car?  :-)
>
>
>
> Well that's pretty much the problem.
>
> Take me..
> I'm in Muncie Indiana. "America's Hometown"
>
> Our bus system shuts down at 9 PM, so workers in retail can't use it to go
> home. They close at 9, and would have to do some amount of closing work,
> so
> they'd miss the last busses.
> Walmart runs 24/7 as does meijer's, both significant employers.
> The bus system also shuts down on sunday, apparently jesus wants us to
> walk
> to church.
> (We also can't buy alcohol on sundays, I guess being drunk on satuday, if
> you're a jew, is ok though.)
>
>
> The bus system is highly acclaimed, but runs infrequently, and everything
> comes to a hub, which is very inefficient unless what you want to do is
> downtown.
> All the usual problems of how to deal with any amount of cargo. We do have
> bicycle racks and kneeling buses, and wheelchair lifts.
> We have ramped curbs at most intersections.
> We also plant telephone poles right in the middle of the sidewalk, leaving
> about 1.5' on either side, with a building wall on the inside of the
> sidewalk.
>
> Transport to other small towns would have to be done by hitching a ride.
> Transport to Anderson, same.
> Indianapolis (40 miles)  same.
>
> For those folks who live a bit outside of town, Tough luck.  No mass
> transport at all, other than school buses.
>
> Could this change?  Yes, it could, somewhat.
> What do folks out of town do in winter, when the roads blow over with snow
> faster than they can possibly be plowed?
> "Smart" cars will  end up as traffic cones, and I'd really like to see one
> after a year on our roads.
>
> You  know why GM dosen't test tanks here?  They can't take it!.
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