PA's future - Brooking Institute

russotto · 12-31-2003, 02:10 PM

Mass transit can't be made convenient for most in any area less dense than NYC; nearly door-to-door service without mode transfers is the standard, and you can't get it. Once you have to change from a car to a train, you've got to fight your way through congestion and park anyway, so you might as well drive in.

The Schuylkill Expressway sucks, but not so much as trying to fight through traffic to get to the R5, then park somewhere in Norristown and wait up to an hour for a train. Better, if possible to just change your hours so the Schuylkill is passable.

Of course, if you're NOT trying to get to or from Philly (or two intermediate points on the same lines), SEPTA fails utterly. Try to figure out how to get from Collegeville to King of Prussia via SEPTA sometime, for instance. It's not hard, just ugly.

12-31-2003, 02:10 PM	#15
russotto Professor Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,788	Mass transit can't be made convenient for most in any area less dense than NYC; nearly door-to-door service without mode transfers is the standard, and you can't get it. Once you have to change from a car to a train, you've got to fight your way through congestion and park anyway, so you might as well drive in. The Schuylkill Expressway sucks, but not so much as trying to fight through traffic to get to the R5, then park somewhere in Norristown and wait up to an hour for a train. Better, if possible to just change your hours so the Schuylkill is passable. Of course, if you're NOT trying to get to or from Philly (or two intermediate points on the same lines), SEPTA fails utterly. Try to figure out how to get from Collegeville to King of Prussia via SEPTA sometime, for instance. It's not hard, just ugly.

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