I missed the Capital District Transportation Authority bus this morning. Drove down to Four Corners in Delmar, New York, left my truck there, and caught the bus. As I took the express bus home, I didn’t have my truck. Caught the 9:30 bus downtown to fetch my truck.

Ran into a older lady — probably a housekeeper or babysitter — or had some kind of evening job in suburbs. She didn’t own a car, but she rides the bus, with the later evening service back home. She talked about how difficult it is to get around on the buses, especially in evening — and how important the Route 18 evening bus, all the way to Cherry Avenue is to her. There actually where several people on the bus when I got on it, most appearing to be of working folks.

I found it interesting, as there was no late bus service after 6 PM to Cherry Avenue before November 2011, and it only ran hourly to Four Corners. That was a real inconvenience when I worked late, or wanted to go out for a drink after work. For me, having evening service on bus is a nice thing. But for many working folks, without cars, having reliable evening bus service in suburbs is a a necessity.