It was Sunday, but not a common Sunday. It was a sunny Sunday, so we decided to go to the minigolf with most of the fulbrighters, but it wasn't the reason why I am saying that It was a special Sunday, It was the day of the Super Bowl. Greg, a cool man that we knew in the Broken Spoke, invited some of us to his house to see the match in his house. At the beginning I thought about going because I wanted to write a post about the American's style of life, but now I have another thing to talk about. My relationship with Public transportation in Austin.
This is our story, after a great afternoon watching the match with Greg, his friends and his family, when the match ended Greg asked us if we had transport to come back to the tower we said yes because the bus stop was in front of Greg's house and we had our student ID, that allow us to travel for free in any bus. So, what was the problem? the problem is that the bus didn't pass at that time. Ok, I understand that it was Sunday, that here most people has their own car, but it was before 10 pm, after the most important sport event in the US, day that a lot of people meet with friends in a house or a bar to share the match... I guess that many people would be more comfortable if the could travel by bus, but they don't work on Sunday evening. Whatever, we were waiting the bus more than half an hour, so we decided to run to the 803's stop bus like twenty blocks. It was funny, but we had the same problem, the last 803 had already passed the stop bus. We decided to walk to the first shell that we found, we connected to the wi-fi and asked for a Uber. In that moment I felt that Frank, the Uber driver, saved our lives.
I think that a government should encourage the use of public transport, in Austin, for example, students can take a bus for free, and the buses are well maintained, that is great, but if they don't work on Sunday evenings, people is forced to use cars because the Uber is expensive. In our case, it was a funny experience, but when there are people that need this transport on Sundays evenings, it become a problem.
Uber saved our lives! haha I can't agree more. Despite this inconvenient, we had a really nice experience with Greg!
ResponderEliminarjajajaja Buses here are so different from the buses at Buenos Aires. Public transport is not so important here and do not have as much importance as public transportas have in Argentina. I love taking public transports and I can't imagine my life without public transport
ResponderEliminarLean,
ResponderEliminarhahaah I can imagine all of you running to take the bus hahaha. Maybe, you flet you were in Argentina hahaa.
Uber is a very good option and I think that is not too expensive if you divide the cost with the people you are travelling!!!
You are seeing the glass half-empty Lean. We had a great day watching the Super Bowl. In regards to our way back to the Towers, we learnt an important lesson too. The public transport doesn't work the same in all the countries. You have to adapt to the place you go, because the public transport won't adapt to you.
ResponderEliminarAnd UBER is wonderful!!!
Even after 3 weeks in Austin, it is still hard to get used to the bus system. Luckily, there is Uber! Despite the problems that may have arised, watching the Super Bowl with Greg seemed like a lot of fun.
ResponderEliminarGreat insight into our public transportation problem in Austin. It's easy to get around the main part of the city, but once you're in the suburbs it becomes very difficult to find adequate transportation at times you need it. This is a problem faced by many residents. I'm glad y'all made it home safely!
ResponderEliminarStories like this make me leery of relying on public transport here or anywhere for that matter. I'm also a creature of habit (driving a car) and I'm very impatient when I have to wait. I empathize with you. : /
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