When I first moved to Los Angeles to go to grad school at the University of Southern California, I checked into taking the bus down to campus. Sure, the distance is only 16 miles and I had a car, but I figured that if taking the bus made sense, I could do that and read or write.

The first time I checked — in 1988 — the one-way trip was calculated at about 3 hours.

Lately I’ve been hearing from various pundits that bus service and connections have improved, so I thought I’d check again.

The pundits were right:  Now the trip will take only 2 hours 40 minutes. To go 16 miles.

Moreover, based upon the transit authority’s calculations, while driving will cost me $8, public transit will cost me $5. So I’ll save three bucks, for an investment of two extra hours of my time.

And here some people can’t figure out why more people don’t ride the bus.

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