They’re thinking of removing my bus route

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You'd have to quit your job if you couldn't get a ride? It must be REALLY far from home!



Oh. 7 miles. Wtf, sly? A few hours to ride a bicycle for 7 miles? Um, no. That's fake news, sly. 7 miles in 3 hours is 2.33mph. The average human walking speed is 3.1mph. You're tall and likely have a long stride like myself and Could have a much faster than average walking speed, but since you're not in great physical condition I would expect that your walking speed would be approximately average, so let's say 3mph. That means it would take you 2 hours and 20 minutes to WALK to work. There is literally Zero Chance that it would take you 40 minutes LONGER to cycle to work, considering cycling is much more efficient.

The average human bicycling speed is 9.6mph. Let's say your cardio isn't fantastic so yours is, conservatively, 8mph. And maybe there's a couple hills to contend with etc that slow you up some more.. so let's say along your route it drops you down to 7mph. That means from your door to work would take 1 single hour to cycle to work, on a bad weather day it might take a little longer, maybe even up to 1.5h - but surely it would Never Ever take "a few hours," to cycle 7 miles each way. That's a fake news exaggeration, sly.

Being sweaty and smelly Is something to have to deal with. Obviously shower before you go, and then IMO, use some products that help prevent/reduce body odour from sweat. Personally, what I would do (and do do!) is dry off from my shower & then spray some Orange Blossom Water all over my skin (especially groin/armpits etc) and let it dry. (It dries quickly.) it contains Neroli, the essential oil steamed from the blossoms of blood oranges. It's the essential oil used as a base in every fine perfume and cologne for the last couple hundred years. It smells pleasant. It's antibacterial so funky smells don't happen because bacteria can't grow. As an added bonus, it's an anti-anxietal - spritz it in your face and breathe in and feel instantly calmer. It's also safe to spritz on babies & puppies, and is used that way. Instead of buying the very expensive oil, I buy bottles that are premixed in water intended to be drank (it's a Lebanese thing, can be found in Mediterranean markets/delis) for about $2.70CDN and then I pour it into a dollar store spray bottle and it lasts for weeks. I'm also complimented on how it smells and tastes, so it's certainly not just me that likes it.

I would also plan on arriving to work ~15mins early, with a washcloth and bar of soap, perhaps a change of clothes/work uniform in my bag, too. Quick wash up in the staff bathroom, spritz of Orange Blossom Water, change out of my cycling clothes and into my work clothes since it's a clean retail job vs. a dirty construction/warehouse job, and boom, you're feeling and smelling fresh & ready to perform at work. 2 minute costume change at the end of your shift & cycle back home - where you'll get a better night's sleep after having gotten a little extra exercise each day.. blessing in disguise!

It’s not practicable to cycle on main US Routes—which is where his job probably is. They’re very dangerous—except for very experienced cyclists.

If there’s many bikes locked up by his bus stop, and he doesn’t go by a main US Route, then cycling is a possibility.

He’d have to get the absolute best lock...or else take apart his bike and put it back together every day.

But riding a bike on a large US Route is dangerous. I wouldn’t do it. On a highway, it’s illegal.

I live about 20 miles from my job. I can probably bike it to a subway stop 5 miles away...but nobody does it, and I’d be a target for thieves (the bike, that is).

You just can’t ride a bike on many busy roads in the city, without risking your life. Unless you’re experienced, coordinated, and enjoy the fight.

Many people actually refuse to drive in Manhattan (I don’t....but you really have to be careful).

You’ve already asked this multiple times and I’ve explained it multiple times.

Does your bus have a bike rack on it? Most/all of ours can take 2 bikes on the front. You might not even have to lock your bike up somewhere else if you have the option of bringing it to work via the bus.

They’re always full. I’ve seen too many people turned away by the bus for this for me to ever do it.

Also I get rides home sometimes when certain people work closing and I couldn’t get them with a bike.

There are no bike racks on NYC buses......

So then either:

1.) Ride the bike all the way to work in fair weather.
2.) Lock your bike up near the bus stop.

Then if you get offered a ride home, either:

1.) Leave your bike at work & alter your travel plans to work the next day.
2.) Get a ride back to your bike and then cycle home from the bus stop area.
3.) If a bike with quick release wheels, pop them off and put them in your coworkers trunk for the ride home.

There are options & possibilities - probably more that haven't come to mind just now, too.

Heck, instead of buying a $1000 gun you could buy yourself a ~$500ish (guesstimate, prices may be lower in the USA) entry level electric bicycle and just ride it to and from work instead of pedalling or taking the bus. It would likely hold enough of a charge to take you to and from work w/o having to recharge it, too. Then just charge it up overnight, rinse and repeat. $500USD would probably get you a really decent Chinese knock-off type electric bicycle vs. some top of the line few thousand dollar one. You might even find one for under $500USD, or consider a couple hundred dollar conversion kit from eBay to add onto an existing bicycle. (Basically a battery and a wheel with an electric motor in it & some kind of speed control lever.)

Then you'd also save whatever you're currently spending on bus fare to offset the cost, so if the battery & motor last long enough it'll eventually pay for itself in bus fare savings.

Why not buy some combination of both?

Why don't you have a vehicle?

I know you said at one point that it was because you were on disability and you could not own a car worth more than $2,000 to be able to remain on disability.

Did you check with that? Because what I found was that your personal vehicle does not count towards that $2,000 limit. But other "countable" resources (things which could be sold for cash) DO count (like guns, weapons, etc.) https://www.ssa.gov/ssi/text-resources-ussi.htm

Just curious - I'm trying to understand

Basically, it’s more that Sly doesn’t want to pay for the insurance/maintenance of the car more than anything else.

It can get quite expensive to maintain a car while one is on disability.

Bus fare is much cheaper.

That looks fun

Get a Unimoke Sly

It says household vehicle in which my sister has one that’s brand new.

How about talking to the commission or possibly writing a letter to the editor to bring public interest to those who need that bus route?

Yep I’d have to spend all my savings(which isn’t wise) and I cant afford the monthly costs of owning a car. I’d have to save for 30 years to get a car not buying food and such. Then I couldn’t afford the $200 insurance for it