Taking a series of trains, buses and fun facts about them
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7. ART (rapid transit) bus no 766 red line bus from downtown Albuquerque station near the Amtrak station.
Seems like their buses are fare-free.
Was kind of hard to find the bus stop (poor signage, closed sidewalks, no pedestrian crossing signs..) but I made it.
Fun fact: I don’t know any about NM or Albuquerque or transit here. Will update when I find out more
The bus is almost exactly the same as the AC Transit 1T in Oakland
@skinnylatte yeah, I’ve never been, but I remember this because it was a news story. Albuquerque busses have been zero-fare since late 2023 and it’s generally been considered successful at increasing ridership and helping lower income and unhoused people get to things like medical appointments and social services facilities.
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I brought my own kettle and tea bags (am out of my good tea leaves or I’d have brought that too!)
@skinnylatte Hrrmmmmmm..... this is very tempting as a product. Do I need one, no. Do I want one now? YES VERY MUCH.
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@Andres4NY I think they have a statue of the Eagles there or a plaque or something @skinnylatte
@Ashedryden @Andres4NY @skinnylatte if it were me, I would have spent the two hours with that song running on a loop in my head.
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7. ART (rapid transit) bus no 766 red line bus from downtown Albuquerque station near the Amtrak station.
Seems like their buses are fare-free.
Was kind of hard to find the bus stop (poor signage, closed sidewalks, no pedestrian crossing signs..) but I made it.
Fun fact: I don’t know any about NM or Albuquerque or transit here. Will update when I find out more
The bus is almost exactly the same as the AC Transit 1T in Oakland
Announcement at MARTA station at Atlanta airport: “footwear is required”
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8. MARTA in Atlanta, Georgia
Don’t have a fun fact, but wow these trains are really old
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@skinnylatte Wouldn't be surprised if I rode one of these to Fulton County Stadium years ago.
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@skinnylatte They're in the process of replacing all their old trains with new modern ones but I think the new ones aren't actually in service yet. The one in your photo might be original to the opening of the system.
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This country is so big, I’ve been in three time zones in four days
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@skinnylatte they were revamped when the Olympics came to Atlanta in 1996 back when I lived there - maybe they haven't been updated since then
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This country is so big, I’ve been in three time zones in four days
Lots of people with protest placards!
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I’ll know that I’ve reached a new phase in life when I start traveling with one of these in addition to my travel kettle
It would be so nice to have my good tea leaves with me and one of these
@skinnylatte I have two different sets like that, one slightly bigger and one very compact and round like a ball. I call them my sanity when I'm travelling.
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@skinnylatte they were revamped when the Olympics came to Atlanta in 1996 back when I lived there - maybe they haven't been updated since then
@genex @skinnylatte there are a bunch of thirty year old plus Tube trains and I bet they look better - but then I expect they also have more maintenance tlc than MARTA can afford.
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This country is so big, I’ve been in three time zones in four days
@skinnylatte Two weeks ago, my family and I drove for ten hours to go camping in a national park and we never left California!
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@skinnylatte One of the few US city transit systems that goes directly to the airport. It's old but when I lived there I took it all the time to the airport and downtown.
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This country is so big, I’ve been in three time zones in four days
@skinnylatte when my sister in law moved to Virginia from Germany she was expecting we'd be visiting her from CA quite often and was pretty offended for a while when we said "well, not that often, you know?".
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Lots of people with protest placards!
9. MARTA bus at the King Memorial MARTA Center in Atlanta, a great way to get to the King Center by transit
Tickets are around $2.50 with free 2 hour transfer
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One of the cool things about taking local buses is you can get a good sense of neighborhoods
I don’t know *anything* about Atlanta neighborhoods but I immediately got the vibe that I like Cabbagetown and East Atlanta in general
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@skinnylatte You had me at Cabbagetown.
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@skinnylatte I find that even while travelling, and even compared to underground transit. Like, taking the surface busses in London and Paris gave us such a better sense of the shape of the city and the vibe of the neighbourhoods than taking the Tube or the Metro did, where you wind up having these highlights right around the stations, but nothing else.
I found it even more so here in Toronto when I would bike around the city.
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@skinnylatte I find that even while travelling, and even compared to underground transit. Like, taking the surface busses in London and Paris gave us such a better sense of the shape of the city and the vibe of the neighbourhoods than taking the Tube or the Metro did, where you wind up having these highlights right around the stations, but nothing else.
I found it even more so here in Toronto when I would bike around the city.
@PastaThief yeah! i LOVE buses. primarily for this reason. but also that when planned well, buses can get you much closer in many places
