What Made you Smile/What Ticked you off Today?

[CRTGAMER]

Buses are the biggest menace on the roads in the county here too, both the tarc(public bus) and the school buses too.

Making it worse, this county illegally against federal law shuttles kids around the county to drop kids in different neighborhoods to try and be 'fair to the poor kids' basically doing illegal segregated bussing.

There are mini buses in my area that pick up and drop kids right in front of their house! This in a middle class neighborhood, the "free transport" supported by all the tax payers. Anytime a bus is waiting for a kid to leave the house (usually runs out due to late) the stop sign is hanging off the back holding up all the traffic.

[KalessinDB]

Buses are the biggest menace on the roads in the county here too, both the tarc(public bus) and the school buses too.

Making it worse, this county illegally against federal law shuttles kids around the county to drop kids in different neighborhoods to try and be 'fair to the poor kids' basically doing illegal segregated bussing.

There are mini buses in my area that pick up and drop kids right in front of their house! This in a middle class neighborhood, the "free transport" supported by all the tax payers. Anytime a bus is waiting for a kid to leave the house (usually runs out due to late) the stop sign is hanging off the back holding up all the traffic.

Yes. This happens in most neighborhoods around here too and it drives me insane. Especially when it's like a 4 lane road and I'm travelling the other way and I'm tired after working a 16 hour overnight shift and I just want to go home but nooooooo.

Ran my first (ever) tabletop session tonight. I've played in plenty of them over the past... call it 18 years I've been playing seriously, more like 25 since I first looked at the books because of my brother, but have never actually tried being the gamemaster. It seemed to go well enough, my players appeared to enjoy themselves and they're all old friends so I imagine they'd be truthful with me. One guy thinks way too highly of the power his character has and I had to smack him down a couple times on it, but after he left for the night all of the other players (unprompted by me) said the exact same thing about how he was vastly expanding it past where it was supposed to be soooo that's nice. Got about 2-3 sessions left in the adventure I'm running (I assume, unless they either blow through plot quickly or drag their feet) and then I need to figure out what else I'm going to run, since this is a module of sorts.

[fastbilly1]

Got about 2-3 sessions left in the adventure I'm running (I assume, unless they either blow through plot quickly or drag their feet) and then I need to figure out what else I'm going to run, since this is a module of sorts.

Grab a classic 1st Edition module, swapout the enemy stats to whatever version you are running. Temple of Elemental Evil is good for any fantasy RPG, and adaptable to Scifi if you wish. Or be a man and play something like Dr Magnet Hands or Eclipse Phase

[Erik_Twice]

Obviously the solution to buses clogging up traffic is to replace each one with 40 single-occupancy vehicles with their associated parking space.

[MrPopo]

Obviously the solution to buses clogging up traffic is to replace each one with 40 single-occupancy vehicles with their associated parking space.

I know you're being factious, but the parking is a non-issue (they'd be spread over a bunch of lots and end up being a one car bump in each one). The vehicles would similarly be spread across a variety of roads and times, as they wouldn't have to conform to a fixed bus schedule to get where they need to be on time.

[Ack]

The buses generally don't bother me too much, as they can often be passed(I don't see school buses that often). I get more annoyed about bus stop placement and having to maneuver around them during rush hour because they're hell on visibility if you're stuck behind one. But the bus system in Atlanta is quite large and works quite well from what I've seen. Now if only they could fix those stops so they didn't make the bus drivers have to fight and block traffic.

[Erik_Twice]

I know you're being factious, but the parking is a non-issue (they'd be spread over a bunch of lots and end up being a one car bump in each one)

Parking space takes over 40% of the space of most American cities and is often much more expensive than the vehicles they are designed to contain. There's more space being dedicated to parking than to actual buildings in practically every single city.

"Free" parking significantly bigger burden to taxpayers than free buses are. So I would say it's an extremely important issue. The massive, unspoken subsidies of personal cars and their associated parkings are probably the single most important issue when it comes to transportation and urban planning.

The vehicles would similarly be spread across a variety of roads and times, as they wouldn't have to conform to a fixed bus schedule to get where they need to be on time.

Would they? They would all need to arrive to the same points (the school) at the same time (Start of classes). Removal of mass transit only leads to more congestion, not less!

#Teambuses.

[MrPopo]

I don't care about school buses, those go at very specific times and are easy for me to dodge. It's the damn commuter buses that fuck up all the traffic on my commute. And those are delivering people to work in a two hour window of starting times.

And most free parking is dedicated lots for particular buildings and any cost is absorbed by the building owning that parking; plus, half the lots are paid. I'm not sure where the taxpayer burden comes in.

I don't have a problem with mass transit in itself. But busses are a terrible mass transit solution. Trains and light rails, a properly built network of those is amazing for moving large groups of people around.

[Erik_Twice]

It's the damn commuter buses that fuck up all the traffic on my commute.

But they are traffic! In fact, the people riding the bus are less traffic than a person driving in his own car!

And most free parking is dedicated lots for particular buildings and any cost is absorbed by the building owning that parking; plus, half the lots are paid. I'm not sure where the taxpayer burden comes in.

I simply think it's a wasteful excercise that you end up paying for in lots of different ways. Someone has to pay for the cost of mantaining that space, of policing it, of keeping it lit, of making the whole city less walkable and specially of taking 40%+ of its space away. You may pay that through taxes or through purcharses but, ultimately, you are paying for parking out of your pocket.

I don't have a problem with mass transit in itself. But busses are a terrible mass transit solution. Trains and light rails, a properly built network of those is amazing for moving large groups of people around.

You know, I used to be like that, but reading about the subject changed my mind. Ultimately there's not much of a difference between a tram and a bus, both are boxes with wheels. The former has bigger carrying capacity and the latter is more flexible and cheaper. Which one is better depends on the line, there are many cities with successful bus systems.

[KalessinDB]

Got about 2-3 sessions left in the adventure I'm running (I assume, unless they either blow through plot quickly or drag their feet) and then I need to figure out what else I'm going to run, since this is a module of sorts.

Grab a classic 1st Edition module, swapout the enemy stats to whatever version you are running. Temple of Elemental Evil is good for any fantasy RPG, and adaptable to Scifi if you wish. Or be a man and play something like Dr Magnet Hands or Eclipse Phase

We're all fairly sick of standard D&D fair. And White Wolf. I went with In Nomine because I have a thing for angels, and I love Steve Jackson humor.