(cough) (gasp) (wheeze)... thanks!

Those bloody buses running around town half to three quarters empty 16 hours per day, belching diesel fumes into the air are a huge polluter in themselves.

Of course the transit authority and the City would never admit that these buses pollute.

Palopu...That is the whole point! Get people out of their cars and on transit. Of course buses create pollution; however they create a lot less pollution than if each of the riders drove.

And before there is a smart assed remark (as there always are on this site), I take the bus everyday to work and leave my car in the driveway.

Get this we need more bicycle techs but when I was told no I wasn't going to land a job after taking a bicycle repair course for $600 dollars for a week. I was felt rather frustrated at hearing this, We need people trained and on the job. I want to get buddy his bike back at noon or the latest after work so he can get home. I want to get the lady down the street her a new bike tube up and ready in five mins so she can go to work. We need to do this right now. I say thats just one thing we need to get in our heads. I wish a city one day to have more bicycles then motor cars. It's good for you it's good for me we all happy and breath nice fresh air.

Send the transit bill to Canfor

Palopu...That is the whole point! Get people out of their cars and on transit. Of course buses create pollution; however they create a lot less pollution than if each of the riders drove.

And before there is a smart assed remark (as there always are on this site), I take the bus everyday to work and leave my car in the driveway.

Backit. You are the exception to the rule. Most people who ride the bus do not own a car, and therefore have no bearing on the pollution problem.

When you look at the number of people who actually ride these buses over a 16 hour period day in and day out, (and you should know because you ride the bus) then it is pretty obvious that the bus service is a major contributor to pollution in this City.

If those riding the buses were car owners, and if the buses were full, then your argument would have some validity.

How many people do you know, that would actually leave their cars at home and take a bus, during a clean air day???

I suspect that there are very few, if any.

I have committed to take the bus twice a week now instead of driving. Free fare tomorrow? Great! This will make it 3 times this week.

I have committed to take the bus twice a week now instead of driving. Free fare tomorrow? Great! This will make it 3 times this week.

Another exception to Palopu's rule....

I own a car, use public transit twice a week, plus use a bicycle as much as possible for shopping and running errands.

How does you bicycle do in the snow ruts last winter? I might remind you that winter was 7 months long. What if a bus doesn't go to where I need to go and its minus 23 degrees? Will I walk the last three miles? No way. I've never seen a bus going to the airport. Ride my bike up that hill in this heat? No one at work would be able to stand the smell of me after I hour of peddling. I'm content to do the necessary polluting to remain employed.

Riding a bus twice a week sounds like a reacreational activity as opposed to a real effort to reduce pollution.

This City is so spread out that it would be very hard to find a efficient bus route that would get people to work in a timely fashion. Then of course you have the trip home. So you probably burn up one and a half hours per day sitting on a bus.

In addition you have people on the Hart who if they want to shop at WalMart would have to bus for miles, and probably change buses a few times, then of course where would they put their shopping bags etc;

Prince George is not a bus user friendlty City, however cudo's to those that own a car and use a bus.

Foxtrapper I ride my bike year around. You don't need anything special for the bike. For sweating just clean up a bit at work. I am sure they have a bathroom for you to fresh up ad some under arm and get off to your job. Excuses are for babies.

Keep making excuses for yourself Palopu. I guess that some of us just care a bit more and make a concerted effort to mitigate or environmental impacts. If you ever sat on a bus it is quite comfortable, social and easy to get around.

Backit. Your living in a dream world. Your sitting in a diesel belching bus, with very few passengers, and in fact if we did the math you are ;probably contributing more pollution than you would if you drove your car.

Running half empty buses and burning diesel is not, repeat not, a good way to reduce pollution.

We need much smaller buses to accomadate those people who do not have cars, and we should get rid of these big diesel belchers.