Last week, my partner and I fetched our groceries using transit. We left our house at 10:25 am and walked six blocks or so to the nearest bus stop. We heard a bus grinding up Sixth Avenue and just missed it. Refusing to run, we walked from Sixth to Third to catch for the next bus that runs up Fourth. Well, Chris walked. I scampered like a hamster on an exercise wheel to keep up. Hey , you know what? The buses run every fifteen minutes on a weekday while the university is in session. (That means check your bus schedules in the summers!) And everyone says this is inconvenient!!??!
We caught the 10:45 bus - were whisked up the hill while chatting to various folks - got off just before the grocery store and walked a block. (Yes, you are seeing a pattern here. ) We whizzed through our shopping, caught the next bus downtown, walked to the United Church and dropped off a cheque, rented three movies at Moviemart, dropped off a prescription at Manshadi Pharmacy, and walked home. I was fumbling with my door key at 12:04 at my front door.
Conclusions?
Jesus, Joseph, and Mary - store owners overheat their buildings! The interiors felt really, really hot after all that walking.
It doesn't take any more time to take transit but it does take forethought and organization. One needs to check the schedules and organize a great circle route while doing errands on the bus. Taking public transit is good excercise too - at least for a pudgy, more than middle aged person. OK - fat - but if I am able to do it, so can most. Using transit saves one money.
A monthly transit pass in Kamloops per transit site costs:
| Adult | $53.00 | |
| Senior* | $34.00 | |
| Student to Gr. 12** | $34.00 | |
| Student, 4 month pass | $100.00 | |
| University Student*** | $43.00 | |
| ProPASS | $528.00/year | |
http://www.transitbc.com/regions/kam/fares/default.cfm And monthly transit passes are tax deductible in Canada! Using a car costs you about $ 600 a month on average - about the same as the coasts of an annual bus pass in Kamloops! Moreover, everytime you use transit, you lower your carbon footprint and help prevent climate change.
Why not try transit? We plan to use it more - I'll keep you posted.
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