Comments on: how to ditch your car for good: part 2 - how? http://www.urbanmonarch.com/how-to-ditch-your-car-for-good-part-2-how/ Advice for a generation of men raised by women Sat, 22 Nov 2008 05:55:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: how to ditch your car for good: part 1 - why? at Urban Monarch http://www.urbanmonarch.com/how-to-ditch-your-car-for-good-part-2-how/#comment-26796 how to ditch your car for good: part 1 - why? at Urban Monarch Wed, 30 May 2007 16:29:48 +0000 http://www.urbanmonarch.com/how-to-ditch-your-car-for-good-part-2-how/#comment-26796 [...] Stay tuned for Part II, when I’ll tell you how to get started. [...] [...] Stay tuned for Part II, when I’ll tell you how to get started. [...]

]]> By: GB http://www.urbanmonarch.com/how-to-ditch-your-car-for-good-part-2-how/#comment-26693 GB Wed, 30 May 2007 13:04:39 +0000 http://www.urbanmonarch.com/how-to-ditch-your-car-for-good-part-2-how/#comment-26693 Oh, and prepare a few secondary routes in the event of a line power down (trains) or traffic jams (busses)... it might be one that takes half an hour more, but it might spare you the hours waiting and not knowing where to go! :) Oh, and prepare a few secondary routes in the event of a line power down (trains) or traffic jams (busses)… it might be one that takes half an hour more, but it might spare you the hours waiting and not knowing where to go! :)

]]> By: goat http://www.urbanmonarch.com/how-to-ditch-your-car-for-good-part-2-how/#comment-26680 goat Wed, 30 May 2007 12:11:34 +0000 http://www.urbanmonarch.com/how-to-ditch-your-car-for-good-part-2-how/#comment-26680 cash: that google transist thing has been around for years. it's still officially a "labs.google.com" project, not even beta yet. For the longest time the only city listed AT ALL was Portland i think, so to now have all the choices they do have is a big step since last i looked. as far as i'm aware this is only one of those side projects that all google peons have to devote a portion of work time to. still amazingly well done. cash: that google transist thing has been around for years. it’s still officially a “labs.google.com” project, not even beta yet. For the longest time the only city listed AT ALL was Portland i think, so to now have all the choices they do have is a big step since last i looked. as far as i’m aware this is only one of those side projects that all google peons have to devote a portion of work time to. still amazingly well done.

]]> By: Cash http://www.urbanmonarch.com/how-to-ditch-your-car-for-good-part-2-how/#comment-26549 Cash Wed, 30 May 2007 04:34:06 +0000 http://www.urbanmonarch.com/how-to-ditch-your-car-for-good-part-2-how/#comment-26549 May the chili cheese be with you, and ALSO with you. May the chili cheese be with you, and ALSO with you.

]]> By: Greg http://www.urbanmonarch.com/how-to-ditch-your-car-for-good-part-2-how/#comment-26537 Greg Wed, 30 May 2007 00:53:39 +0000 http://www.urbanmonarch.com/how-to-ditch-your-car-for-good-part-2-how/#comment-26537 You eat big bites in the name of the lord? You eat big bites in the name of the lord?

]]> By: cash http://www.urbanmonarch.com/how-to-ditch-your-car-for-good-part-2-how/#comment-26523 cash Tue, 29 May 2007 22:37:51 +0000 http://www.urbanmonarch.com/how-to-ditch-your-car-for-good-part-2-how/#comment-26523 Yeah, I'm sure it will be great once they've added more regions. I'm almost surprised they launched it with such a limited number of cities on offer. Get to it, Googleplexers. Yeah, I’m sure it will be great once they’ve added more regions. I’m almost surprised they launched it with such a limited number of cities on offer. Get to it, Googleplexers.

]]> By: goat http://www.urbanmonarch.com/how-to-ditch-your-car-for-good-part-2-how/#comment-26519 goat Tue, 29 May 2007 21:43:25 +0000 http://www.urbanmonarch.com/how-to-ditch-your-car-for-good-part-2-how/#comment-26519 yeah, that looks great, just needs to be connected to more places of use to me first. yeah, that looks great, just needs to be connected to more places of use to me first.

]]> By: Cory Shaw http://www.urbanmonarch.com/how-to-ditch-your-car-for-good-part-2-how/#comment-26518 Cory Shaw Tue, 29 May 2007 21:05:46 +0000 http://www.urbanmonarch.com/how-to-ditch-your-car-for-good-part-2-how/#comment-26518 Google Transit is amazing for planning a trip via the local transit system to a specific place. I just discovered it the other day. I plugged in my starting point, and my end point, and google told me where to walk, what time the buses come, and which busses to get on. Heck it even tells you how much money you will save vs. taking a car! If you've ever gone through the pain of trying to figure out the transit system on your own with the confusing maps and grids the city provides, you'll find google transit a welcome relief! http://www.google.com/transit Google Transit is amazing for planning a trip via the local transit system to a specific place. I just discovered it the other day. I plugged in my starting point, and my end point, and google told me where to walk, what time the buses come, and which busses to get on. Heck it even tells you how much money you will save vs. taking a car!

If you’ve ever gone through the pain of trying to figure out the transit system on your own with the confusing maps and grids the city provides, you’ll find google transit a welcome relief!

http://www.google.com/transit

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