Originally Posted by
Big Lebowski
I do the bike to the bus (4+ miles) and put it on the bus (15+ miles) rack, then ride the last leg (.5 miles) here in Kansas City and it works great. Buses are safe, clean, usually on-time and my employer pays most of the cost of the monthly pass. Maybe once it gets cooler, I'll start riding more instead of letting the bus do all the work. Maybe not.
Almost the same for me, except I
do not get a subsidy for the MTA from my employer.
It's 3.8 miles from my house to the bus stop, then 12 miles of Interstate on the express OR 11 miles on a local, then the last 3/4 mile into the office.
Starting this week I switched to the local. My plan is to start getting off earlier in the route to extend the mileage on the bike incrementally. The ultimate goal is to ride the entire route on the bike. I've ridden the route (15.1 miles using the MUP/side streets) completely on one occasion.
To the OP; actually our MTA has been great for consistency and reliability. I have no complaints whatsoever. Once (last Friday), we had three bicycles show up with the bus only having slots for two. The driver could not allow the 3rd biuke onto the bus because of the passengers. The express route typically has standing room only, with 5 to 10 standing in the aisles.There's no room for the bike even if it were allowed policy wise.