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Old 05-25-14, 02:52 PM
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JBHoren
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South Florida (Palm Beach County) suburban sprawl. I have bus and rail available, although the second depends on the first. Bus routes in my area are few, and the one "feeder" route that connects my neighborhood with the other routes runs hourly (between 6AM and 6PM), and not at all on weekends or holidays. Main routes run more often, but on an abbreviated weekend schedule, and not at all on holidays. Bus service costs $2 for a single ride, a day-pass costs $5; monthly bus-passes are available, as are reduced fares for seniors (65 and over), the disabled, and "service-connected" veterans.

I ride the bus twice-a-year; both times, going to/from the VA Medical Center (a 25-mile trip, each way); it requires connecting routes, and takes two hours in each direction.

When I lived overseas, bus service -- both inter- and intra-city -- ran from 5AM to 12PM, at 20-minute intervals. But that was "long ago, in a galaxy far, far away."
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