There is a funky Web 2.0 mash-up at mapmyrun.com where you can plot your route on a Google map.
Though obviously made for runners [and I'd never do anything that rash], it's good for plotting how far we cycle/walk.
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You want www.bikely.com
Plenty of routes already added for Brisbane, but there is always scope for more. You can subscribe to a feed for new routes added for the Brisbane area. Keep up the good work.
Here is my trip today from West End to Auchneflower. Not in peak time, but around 12 midday.
One complication is that I had things to carry - backpack, large umbrella, three fruitboxes stacked together. Easy, right?
Walked to the bus stop. Waited ten minutes - stood doing nothing. A friend arrived later and got on same bus. I couldn't sit with him because the boxes occupied the seat beside me and there wre no other free seats near me. So that put an end to social transport.
Bus took at least 15 minutes to reach my stop in the City. The bus was packed - people standing up, even though the West End buses go every ten minutes.
Walked two blocks from that stop to the stop for the bus to Auchenflower. Wait 8 minutes because the bus is late - stand doing nothing. Can't read or anything like that with stuff to pick up and carry when the bus arrives, and also have to constsntly watch for the bus to arrive.
Got home an hour after getting to the bus stop at West End. It wasn't because of car traffic. The buses were just late and slow - having to stop at al the stops on the way and being slower moving to begin with.
Was it care free? No, it was torture, a terrible drudge. It was a waste of valuable time. A trip from West End to Auchenflower took one hour.
Had I not been carrying so many things, I would have done some other business while in the City. Instead i had to catch the next bus straignt away. If I had a car, I could have stopped and left my luggage in the car.
Carrying large or numerous items ona bus/train is stifling. I am locked in by the fact of having to mind it and load and unload it and maneuvvre along the isle and through the door with it. I have to stand up and put my backpack on to ready myself for when the bus stops for me to get out.
Carrying them from stop to stop or from stop to home is no enjoyable stroll. It's like a straight jacket.
Adding more frequent buses or more routes will fix none of what I have just described. The West End buses are already ten minutes apart and even outside of peak hours they are packed full. If those traffic-congested cars were to empty and the drivers use public transport, many more people would pile onto those buses.
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