K-State Should Not Fund a Bus System

[Rage Against the McKee]

Sugar Dick

The people who use the bus should pay for it

Ignorant bigoted mouth-breathing resident goemawtard reply:

You're a racist hick who has never been outside of Burlington, KS and you don't know what a bus or subway looks like, you probably think it looks like a cow, and you are afraid of people, and your own shadow and you're white and you like towns and I'm smarter than you even though I'm less educated, have less wealth, and am all around a worse person, but acting socially conscience makes me a good person by proxy and better than you, even though I'm too lazy to take the glass to ripple glass, you should know that a bus system is the one thing that takes a place from good to great, the public library is a great place to beat off, EcoKat rides the bus, but I don't, but being in favor of a bus system makes me a good person, and buses are a boon to rich people so they should pay for it, not me

I don't think anybody is proposing a fare-free bus system, here.

The title of the thread is "K-State should not fund a bus system"

I replied that the people who ride it should pay for it. 


WTF are you talking about?

K-State students who ride the bus are not K-State.

[Kat Kid]

Sugar Dick

The people who use the bus should pay for it

Ignorant bigoted mouth-breathing resident goemawtard reply:

You're a racist hick who has never been outside of Burlington, KS and you don't know what a bus or subway looks like, you probably think it looks like a cow, and you are afraid of people, and your own shadow and you're white and you like towns and I'm smarter than you even though I'm less educated, have less wealth, and am all around a worse person, but acting socially conscience makes me a good person by proxy and better than you, even though I'm too lazy to take the glass to ripple glass, you should know that a bus system is the one thing that takes a place from good to great, the public library is a great place to beat off, EcoKat rides the bus, but I don't, but being in favor of a bus system makes me a good person, and buses are a boon to rich people so they should pay for it, not me

I don't think anybody is proposing a fare-free bus system, here.

The title of the thread is "K-State should not fund a bus system"

I replied that the people who ride it should pay for it. 


WTF are you talking about?

see:
People who go to college should pay for it.

[kim carnes]

I'm not against mass transit, but it would be pretty worthless in a city like Manhattan.  The logistics are just too complicated.  For instance, lets say you take a bus to Dillon's to get groceries.  You buy your groceries, then what?  Wait half an hour until it comes back again?  Who in the eff is going to want to do that?  Manhattan isn't Chicago, it can't afford to have 1000 buses whizzing by all over the place.  The city is too spread out.  Buses would be useful if campus was bigger, but our campus isn't that big as other posters pointed out.

[wabash909]

I'm not against mass transit, but it would be pretty worthless in a city like Manhattan.  The logistics are just too complicated.  For instance, lets say you take a bus to Dillon's to get groceries.  You buy your groceries, then what?  Wait half an hour until it comes back again?  Who in the eff is going to want to do that?  Manhattan isn't Chicago, it can't afford to have 1000 buses whizzing by all over the place.  The city is too spread out.  Buses would be useful if campus was bigger, but our campus isn't that big as other posters pointed out.

Good points, Kim.

Public transit is way too complicated and it would involve bus stops.  This would never work in Manhattan.

[michigancat]

I'm not against mass transit, but it would be pretty worthless in a city like Manhattan.  The logistics are just too complicated.  For instance, lets say you take a bus to Dillon's to get groceries.  You buy your groceries, then what?  Wait half an hour until it comes back again?  Who in the eff is going to want to do that?  Manhattan isn't Chicago, it can't afford to have 1000 buses whizzing by all over the place.  The city is too spread out.  Buses would be useful if campus was bigger, but our campus isn't that big as other posters pointed out.

Good points, Kim.

Public transit is way too complicated and it would involve bus stops.  This would never work in Manhattan.

Listen, Manhattan is enormous, with an intimidating web of winding roads. Planning an initial bus system from scratch in a megalopolis such as Manhattan sounds like an absolute nightmare. We would truly be blazing new trails here. Pass.

[Kat Kid]

I sat down on google maps one day and tried to gameplan a bus system using Chicago as my blueprint.  Problem #1?  Manhattan is too spread out.

[michigancat]

I sat down on google maps one day and tried to gameplan a bus system using Chicago as my blueprint.  Problem #1?  Manhattan is too spread out.

Not only is it extremely spread out, it's not like there are clusters of businesses in various locations across the expanse of city. If you had distinct business districts across a spread out city, you may be able to connect them via transit, but not in a place like Manhattan. No clusters there!

 

[felix rex]

Potential Problem #2: Are there enough poor people in Manhattan to justify a bus system?

[wabash909]

Got another problem here, guys.  I just wikipediaed Manhattan, KS and it says we only have 50,000 people.  Not enough to make this work.

[chum1]

you know what really makes one sound like a small town hick?  having no experiences with buses and not realizing that people do not ride the bus when it is easier to drive their car.  you can rationalize manhattan's capacity for a bus system all you want, but that doesn't mean people will use it.  it would end up being a big waste.

[Rage Against the McKee]

you know what really makes one sound like a small town hick?  having no experiences with buses and not realizing that people do not ride the bus when it is easier to drive their car.  you can rationalize manhattan's capacity for a bus system all you want, but that doesn't mean people will use it.  it would end up being a big waste.

It would be much easier to use the bus than to drive your car to campus. Also, it's easier to take to bus from the airport than it is to rent a car.

[michigancat]

It's also easier to use the bus than a car when you don't own a car. JMO.

[chum1]

driving to ksu and parking is incredibly easy.  easier than taking a bus in almost all cases.  and nearly everyone in manhattan has a car. 

[michigancat]

and nearly everyone in manhattan has a car. 

yeah, because there's no bus system.

[Rage Against the McKee]

driving to ksu and parking is incredibly easy.  easier than taking a bus in almost all cases.  and nearly everyone in manhattan has a car. 

It really depends on what time it is and where your class is located, I guess.

When I was a student, if I didn't want to wait on a spot for 30-40 minutes and be 15 minutes late to class, I would almost always have to park half a mile away. I didn't even bother with a parking permit my last 2 years because the parking situation was so bad.

[chum1]

and nearly everyone in manhattan has a car. 

yeah, because there's no bus system.

well, they have them already and there's just now turning back now.

driving to ksu and parking is incredibly easy.  easier than taking a bus in almost all cases.  and nearly everyone in manhattan has a car. 

It really depends on what time it is and where your class is located, I guess.

When I was a student, if I didn't want to wait on a spot for 30-40 minutes and be 15 minutes late to class, I would almost always have to park half a mile away. I didn't even bother with a parking permit my last 2 years because the parking situation was so bad.

you can't walk a half mile?  you lazy eff.

it seems like the solution you guys should be advocating is a shuttle bus from the stadium to campus during peak hours, not an all hours, city wide system.  or maybe they have this already?  you could get eco friendly buses, too, in order to feel good about yourselves.

[Rage Against the McKee]

and nearly everyone in manhattan has a car. 

yeah, because there's no bus system.

well, they have them already and there's just now turning back now.

driving to ksu and parking is incredibly easy.  easier than taking a bus in almost all cases.  and nearly everyone in manhattan has a car. 

It really depends on what time it is and where your class is located, I guess.

When I was a student, if I didn't want to wait on a spot for 30-40 minutes and be 15 minutes late to class, I would almost always have to park half a mile away. I didn't even bother with a parking permit my last 2 years because the parking situation was so bad.

you can't walk a half mile?  you lazy eff.

it seems like the solution you guys should be advocating is a shuttle bus from the stadium to campus during peak hours, not an all hours, city wide system.  or maybe they have this already?  you could get eco friendly buses, too, in order to feel good about yourselves.

I'm not going to pay for parking and then walk a half mile. I just parked along streets near campus and walked from there. I definitely would have preferred a bus.

[chum1]

half a mile?  jesus christ.  how far do you think you'll have to walk to get to a bus stop?

[Rage Against the McKee]

half a mile?  jesus christ.  how far do you think you'll have to walk to get to a bus stop?

a quarter mile

[chum1]

half a mile?  jesus christ.  how far do you think you'll have to walk to get to a bus stop?

a quarter mile

why don't you just have your mommy drop you off in front of the building?  maybe she could carry your books for you, too.

[Rage Against the McKee]

half a mile?  jesus christ.  how far do you think you'll have to walk to get to a bus stop?

a quarter mile

why don't you just have your mommy drop you off in front of the building?  maybe she could carry your books for you, too.

That's a great idea!

[Fake Sugar Dick (WARNING, NOT THE REAL SUGAR DICK!)]

LOL at all the knuckle dragging elitist morons piling up on Kim Carnes because they think logistics is a synonym for complicated. 




This thread is awful.

[wabash909]

LOL at all the knuckle dragging elitist morons piling up on Kim Carnes because they think logistics is a synonym for complicated. 




This thread is awful.

knuckle dragging elitist morons

 

[kim carnes]

I'm not against mass transit, but it would be pretty worthless in a city like Manhattan.  The logistics are just too complicated.  For instance, lets say you take a bus to Dillon's to get groceries.  You buy your groceries, then what?  Wait half an hour until it comes back again?  Who in the eff is going to want to do that?  Manhattan isn't Chicago, it can't afford to have 1000 buses whizzing by all over the place.  The city is too spread out.  Buses would be useful if campus was bigger, but our campus isn't that big as other posters pointed out.

Good points, Kim.

Public transit is way too complicated and it would involve bus stops.  This would never work in Manhattan.

dumbass

[wabash909]

I'm not against mass transit, but it would be pretty worthless in a city like Manhattan.  The logistics are just too complicated.  For instance, lets say you take a bus to Dillon's to get groceries.  You buy your groceries, then what?  Wait half an hour until it comes back again?  Who in the eff is going to want to do that?  Manhattan isn't Chicago, it can't afford to have 1000 buses whizzing by all over the place.  The city is too spread out.  Buses would be useful if campus was bigger, but our campus isn't that big as other posters pointed out.

Good points, Kim.

Public transit is way too complicated and it would involve bus stops.  This would never work in Manhattan.

dumbass