Comments on: Commuting is Not for the Weak http://kingsgreenpad.ca/?p=1425 Thoughts on Sustainability and Stewardship Mon, 06 Sep 2010 21:37:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Teresa Looy http://kingsgreenpad.ca/?p=1425&cpage=1#comment-295 Teresa Looy Tue, 15 Dec 2009 20:25:18 +0000 http://kingsgreenpad.ca/?p=1425#comment-295 I am a long-distance commuter student from the West End and I have to say, bussing to and from King's SUCKS. On a good day it takes an hour each way; bad days it takes an hour and a half. In -30 weather, the 20-minute walk to King's from Capilano is also not exactly peachy. Not to complain about our bus service, but King's is not particularly well served. If I want to arrive at or leave King's anytime except peak hours, good luck! I know other commuter students who must commute from even farther, with a commute that is consistently an hour and a half by bus each way. It's hard to be stewardly when it comes to transportation. It requires either a change in technology (I'm ready for that LRT extension anytime!) or a change in attitudes. Maybe if I can learn to slow down a bit, I won't mind an hour's bus ride - it's time to think, read, study, or talk to my seat-mate (who invariably sits uncomfortably close to me on the narrow bus seats...). The bike ride, which is approximately 45 minutes, is good for body and soul. The walk from the bus stop to King's might be cold at times, but it can reconnect me with what the weather is REALLY like...as long as I dress for it! I am a long-distance commuter student from the West End and I have to say, bussing to and from King’s SUCKS. On a good day it takes an hour each way; bad days it takes an hour and a half. In -30 weather, the 20-minute walk to King’s from Capilano is also not exactly peachy.

Not to complain about our bus service, but King’s is not particularly well served. If I want to arrive at or leave King’s anytime except peak hours, good luck! I know other commuter students who must commute from even farther, with a commute that is consistently an hour and a half by bus each way.

It’s hard to be stewardly when it comes to transportation. It requires either a change in technology (I’m ready for that LRT extension anytime!) or a change in attitudes. Maybe if I can learn to slow down a bit, I won’t mind an hour’s bus ride – it’s time to think, read, study, or talk to my seat-mate (who invariably sits uncomfortably close to me on the narrow bus seats…). The bike ride, which is approximately 45 minutes, is good for body and soul. The walk from the bus stop to King’s might be cold at times, but it can reconnect me with what the weather is REALLY like…as long as I dress for it!

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