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Convincing Motorists Isn’t a Snap

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People often view it "rude" to merge at the last possible moment in heavy traffic, however it actually reduces traffic delays, by maximizing lane capacity.

10 Cars That Retain Their Value When You Sell in Five Years

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10 Cars That Retain Their Value When You Sell in Five Years

Who sells a car after 5 years, unless it's been totaled? And who buys a car as an investment?

Nobody would buy food at the grocery store as an investment, much less a pair of shoes or a bicycle. You buy these things as you need to eat and get around, they are expenses.

Car ownership is about transportation -- and the pleasure you get from driving from place to place.

Farewell, Later Route 719 Bus.

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Due to the low ridership, the later morning Route 719 service from Altamont and Voorheesville will now start at the park and ride, come May 28th.

Farewell, Later Morning Route 719 Bus from Voorheesville. I guess May 28th is the last day for the later morning Route 719 going past my house. It was kind of nice, but really the bus ridership at that hour is pretty light, and I usually was the first person to get on. I can go back to riding that Route 18, which honestly is a bit more predictable. 

new_route_719Not to mention, with the Route 18 on rainy days, there is the new bus shelter, and if I miss an earlier bus, can always take the later Route 18 which runs all day.

It was silly for them to run a bus all the way out to Altamont and Voorheesville, and the first person they would pick up was me in Delmar – when I could just as easily ride the only slightly slower and more crowded Route 18.

Untitled2The past two weeks, it seems like the Route 719 never comes on certain days or is so early I miss it, I don’t know, but I can certainly understand the reason for cutting the bus. The changed bus schedule is desirable for both an environmental perspective and a financial perspective of the authority.