Originally Posted by
Roody
The big drawback is that the racks are sometimes full. I would be prepared to ride all the way if they are.
I don't use the racks very often because I live in a smaller city, so distance is rarely an issue for me. In many cases, it's faster to use the bike than the bus.
In a fairly large city like Newark, New Jersey, no one was using the bike racks this weekend. It also amazed me how they have bus lines every 15 minutes yet people would board the bus and get off after traveling less than 5 blocks!
I guess people in smaller cities use the bike racks more than those in larger ones!
I did multi-mode travel with my Xootr kick scooter and found it quite useful. Taking a full size bike with you on the bus is a whole other dimension. The distances I can now cover are incredible and I intend on doing this ALOT more!