I rode the NYC Subway and the Q-12 Bus for years with very few complaints. Kinda miss the old Q-12 at times. This one bus driver guy liked to go really fast through traffic and at night coming home from work I’d sit closer to the front and laugh watching him slide under yellow lights. I dig this strip a lot but maybe not today’s gag.
Mona skipped the parts of her dream with Donna and Pierre because she either doesn’t remember or has her own reasons not to. Mass transit without mass aggravation that is a dream. So Mona now rushes off to meet Lucas. Why do I have the feeling that she’s flirting with disaster more than usual?
Mona’s recollection of her nightmare-dream is a bit fragmented and partial, as would be expected. Unfortunately, she has remembered Lucas. Well, it seems she’s already too late, unless he’s going to sit all afternoon waiting—which would be a Lucas-thing to do….
“Driving will soon be too expensive for average people and the houses in the suburbs will suddenly be worthless.”
Here in Britain, where 80% of the cost of a gallon of petrol goes in tax (despite what the politicians promised at the time our own oilfields were discovered) we look at the USA in heartfelt envy.It is possible that tipping point has already been reached here where the cost of running a car has become too expensive for most people – we pay nearly four times more for our petrol than in the USA. But it is noticeable that to those who are used to the convenience of private cars, the thought of returning to public transport and dropping a few rungs back down the ladder is so repugnant that they will go to any lengths to keep their cars, no matter what and no matter what else has to be cut or economised on to allow for this. I’m betting this will be even more noticeable in the USA, with greater distances to cover and far poorer public transport. As for house prices, the British are renowned for the desire to own rather than rent. Many economists believ this has pushed house prices up artificially high and sooner or later there will have to be a big crash – but so many people have invested so much cash in their homes that the politicians are desperate not to let this happen. The same in the USA?
Buzza Wuzza over 12 years ago
I rode the NYC Subway and the Q-12 Bus for years with very few complaints. Kinda miss the old Q-12 at times. This one bus driver guy liked to go really fast through traffic and at night coming home from work I’d sit closer to the front and laugh watching him slide under yellow lights. I dig this strip a lot but maybe not today’s gag.
ejcapulet over 12 years ago
Ding! She remembered. Most coffee shops have tea so you can skip the gagging.
Peabody-Martini over 12 years ago
Mona skipped the parts of her dream with Donna and Pierre because she either doesn’t remember or has her own reasons not to. Mass transit without mass aggravation that is a dream. So Mona now rushes off to meet Lucas. Why do I have the feeling that she’s flirting with disaster more than usual?
Sisyphos over 12 years ago
Mona’s recollection of her nightmare-dream is a bit fragmented and partial, as would be expected. Unfortunately, she has remembered Lucas. Well, it seems she’s already too late, unless he’s going to sit all afternoon waiting—which would be a Lucas-thing to do….
TlalocW over 12 years ago
I found Mexico City’s metro to be very efficient.
AgProv over 12 years ago
“Driving will soon be too expensive for average people and the houses in the suburbs will suddenly be worthless.”
Here in Britain, where 80% of the cost of a gallon of petrol goes in tax (despite what the politicians promised at the time our own oilfields were discovered) we look at the USA in heartfelt envy.It is possible that tipping point has already been reached here where the cost of running a car has become too expensive for most people – we pay nearly four times more for our petrol than in the USA. But it is noticeable that to those who are used to the convenience of private cars, the thought of returning to public transport and dropping a few rungs back down the ladder is so repugnant that they will go to any lengths to keep their cars, no matter what and no matter what else has to be cut or economised on to allow for this. I’m betting this will be even more noticeable in the USA, with greater distances to cover and far poorer public transport. As for house prices, the British are renowned for the desire to own rather than rent. Many economists believ this has pushed house prices up artificially high and sooner or later there will have to be a big crash – but so many people have invested so much cash in their homes that the politicians are desperate not to let this happen. The same in the USA?
AgProv over 12 years ago
And the best public transpsort system in the world, far and away, is Berlin’s state-owned system. None better!