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Member since: February 3, 2011
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I rode the bus for 2 years and the biggest concern I had was I get to most places but how do you get home at night? The night line is not really a good bus service at all. the buses don't intersect and they don't go where you need them and they take forever to get anywhere. The biggest problem I see is if you have a job and it is not 9-5 monday-friday unless you live within walking distance than you are out of luck. I think the saturday bus service is too short. I think instead of giving so many people discounts if you would raise the price of their monthly fare from 20.00 to regular 40.00 a month that would greatly increase the money coming in. Also if I could have one wish it would be to have a bus on a grid and not in the strange shape is it on now. I live in a straight line about 2 miles from where I used to work and I had to take 2 buses to go two miles with anywhere 30 minutes to an 1 hour wait between the two buses. Also they don't run on sunday or holidays. I worked on Sundays and Holidays part of the time. If they could even have a shorter schedule on Sunday that would help. Also the buses don't always connect the way I want them to. If you go one way than it is like get off one bus, wait a few minutes and get on the next but then coming back you get off the first bus, wait 30, 45, or an hour for the second bus. Your bus station is not that entertaining. In conclusion I did live 2 years without a car using only buses or walking. It was not easy, people on the street would honk and yell really rude things to me. But with some planning and will power you can do it.
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Dear Mayor and Urban Tulsa,
I am not even going to guess if you did a good job or bad job with the storm. But when you said no one died from the storm how do you mean it? Do you mean that the snow did not crush anyone one. Do you mean people stayed home and did not starve? What about that poor woman who got hit in the street on 41st street because the sidewalks were not shovelled? I heard the sirens that night. I did not know what it meant but I heard the sirens. Then to find out a Lady got hit because all she was doing was walking to work broke my heart because I could have been that lady. The buses routes had only one bus per route and you had to guess at what time you could catch it and where so instead of trying to be late to work I had to walk out in the street on Sheridan for about two miles for 3 days and pray I would not get hit, pray I would not fall and pray the cars would not slide. Than 3 other days I had to walk a mile in the Street going to where I could catch the bus to take me to work because I am on a snow route. SO WHAT DO YOU MEAN NO ONE DIED FROM THE STORM AND WHY ARE THE CITIZENS OF TULSA TOO LAZY TO SHOVEL THEIR SIDEWALKS. They kept telling me they are owned by the city and the city should do it when I asked. I am moving when my lease is up and taking my money, what little I have, with me and spend it in another state. People in Tulsa acts like it is a sin if they see someone out walking. Some of the people in the cars either make really loud noises to scare me and than speed away or they yell really bad things at me. Why? What business is yours if I am walking on a side walk when I can find one. YOU DON'T WANT PEOPLE OUT IN THE STREET THAN SHOVEL YOUR WALKS. IT IS NOT ROCKET SCIENCE AND NOW THAT POOR LADY IS HISTORY. NO one even said they were sorry or that it would never happen again. By now she is so history no one even remembers that someone died. SO I am asking THE CITY OF TULSA HOW DO YOU DEFINE NO ONE DIED BECAUSE OF THE STORM.
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Dear Editor, I really want to know. Why is shovelling the side walk a big no no but plowing the parking lots and streets ok. I have heard two theories so far. One is it is just going to melt the next day. I think the weather has proved people wrong two years in a row now. The second one is snow is an act of God and if you shovel it and someone trips and falls they can sue you. Are streets, driveways and business's parking lots exempt. Please someone tell me the real reason because I come from two different states that if you did not shovel your side walks you could get a fine. My last question is why is it better for me to walk out in the street two miles and take my chances a car will not hit me than to shovel the side walk and to keep me safe. I tried to take the city bus into day and I know that I was on a snow route so I walked to where I could pick up a bus and there was no bus in sight. I understand from another person that there was just one bus on each route so I decide instead of waiting to complete the walk. I wore enough clothes and ice walkers that it was no big deal and I thank that man at the bus stop for giving me the information I needed so I could decide how long I wanted to wait or if I wanted to continue my journey. I also thank the two cars who stopped and asked me if I wanted a ride but I had not been out of my house for two days that I was really enjoying the sun and the walk. But please someone who really know the answer please post it. Just wondering.
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