[分享]美國國鐵Amtrak : Coast Starlight

Once my vw suddenly broken down, and have to call AAA to take the car to shop, I then decided to wait for buses, but guess what, I've missed the last buses in the morning, therefore, I've to wait for 1 hr for another route buses, then tansfer at the transit to another route (waited for 1/2), then travel for another 1/2, which took me total of 3 hours for a normal drive of 20 min to office, even my boss think I'm stupid of not either call a cab or rent a car...and that night, I went home my cab, which cause me $45 dollars...the next day, I finally borrow a car from a friend and drove to work.

原帖由 cx838 於 2006-4-9 10:11 發表
其實都要睇下你自己點睇啦。我係北美返工個時，
咪一樣係 sub urb，咪一樣係搭巴士。雖然話公司停
車場係好大，但都要爭位架。好多時，部車返到去
，呵呵，停車位比你落車的巴士站遠成五百米，咁
不如搭巴士好 ...

原帖由 art0925 於 2006-4-14 15:57 發表
Because NYC and San Fran is an exception, try living in Seattle, Spokane, LA, Kansas city, Santa Fe with out a car, and you will feel the need of having one (btw: the cities that I've mension doesn ...

西方唔一定指美國,
而美國(NY除外)點解咁多人渣車,
只係政府從來唔肯資源去搞好公共交通,
搞到好多美國人領略唔到公共交通的好處

反觀歐洲的大部分大城市都係以公共交通主導,
澳洲則各佔一半

當然真正將公共交通的優點發揮得淋漓盡致的,
一定係日本同香港,
公共交通通勤佔有率達9成

[ 本帖最後由 hk_ayu 於 2006-4-14 16:59 編輯 ]

架火車又真係幾正啵
請問樓主架車係咪中途唔停站呢？

原帖由 jorg 於 2006-4-14 22:54 發表
架火車又真係幾正啵
請問樓主架車係咪中途唔停站呢？

No, there are many stops during the trip. Actually, I hv the schedule for Coast Starlight and I will type all the middle
stops when I got home. However, I can tell it stops at San Jose, Oakland and lots more.

原帖由 art0925 於 2006-4-14 16:04 發表
Once my vw suddenly broken down, and have to call AAA to take the car to shop, I then decided to wait for buses, but guess what, I've missed the last buses in the morning, therefore, I've to wait f ...

Yes, public transportation in the US sucks! I once took Caltrain and missed the last bus to home. I ended up to walk about 2 hours along the dark, quiet, and cold streets!

But long haul trains are actually great and I love riding them especially when seeing freight trains passing by.