I could have arrived home at 6:30 instead of 8, damn.
Showing posts with label commute. Show all posts
Showing posts with label commute. Show all posts
Monday, July 14, 2008
Wrong Again
Took a wrong train again, instead of going to LAUS, I was being taken to San Bernardino. Luckily, I wised up and jumped off at Corona.
Wednesday, June 4, 2008
Monday, June 2, 2008
OCTA Route 471 Is Retired
OCTA is retiring route #471 and replace it with route #472 (with changes).
Thank god, it is not affecting me.
Thank god, it is not affecting me.
Tuesday, May 27, 2008
Wednesday, May 7, 2008
Metrolink Accident
An accident happened around Norwalk station canceling our train back to LA (689). I have to take San Bernadino Northbound (808) to Santa Ana station, and wait until 7:04 to catch A785 to LAUS.
Wednesday, January 23, 2008
Laziness Has It's Virtue
Yesterday, I blogged OCTA's scheduling mishap and boing2 just posted this: Mathematics of waiting for the bus.
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
Scheduling Mishap
Oh boy...
Stepping out of Metrolink #682 only to find the buses were gone. The train was only 5 minutes late! I was wondering, these buses were supposed to be there for us (the Metrolink riders), if they decided to depart without us, we needed to wait for another 1 hour for the next one.
What were those people thinking?
Luckily, the next OCTA 471 SB arrived early and the driver decided to send us to work immediately, rather than waiting for another 40 minutes. Others were not so lucky: one of our developer decided to walk and the bus passed him. Tried to help, but the bus couldn't make safe stop for boarding. The others (470) were still waiting when we departed.
Stepping out of Metrolink #682 only to find the buses were gone. The train was only 5 minutes late! I was wondering, these buses were supposed to be there for us (the Metrolink riders), if they decided to depart without us, we needed to wait for another 1 hour for the next one.
What were those people thinking?
Luckily, the next OCTA 471 SB arrived early and the driver decided to send us to work immediately, rather than waiting for another 40 minutes. Others were not so lucky: one of our developer decided to walk and the bus passed him. Tried to help, but the bus couldn't make safe stop for boarding. The others (470) were still waiting when we departed.
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
Tuesday, January 15, 2008
Public Transportation
Today I managed to haul my ass up and took the train.
Left the Sierra Madre Villa Station at 5:45, arrived at LA Union Station around 6:15.
Riding 682 it left for Tustin at 6:45, and arrived at 7:42.
The damnest happened when I was to take the local bus to work. First, I asked a bus driver, which bus should I took to take me to Dyer and Red Hill, the driver shrugged. Consulting the OCTA bus map, it informed me that I need to take bus #471, the same bus which driver shrugged at me. Damn.
Adding insult to the injury she didn't tell me to keep my money, instead she let me to put in the fare, which is free for people who take Metrolink. Double damn.
In anger, over the driver's blatant show of stupidity, I dropped a 1.25$ worth of Metro token and it was accepted as 0.75$, I forgot that I was taking OCTA. Triple damn!
[ .. work .. ]
[ lunch with Anup, ruined my diet by hogging down BJ's Shrimp Scampi ]
[ .. work a little .. ]
[ .. cake cutting for Rose ..]
[ .. work some more .. ]
Everything was going well on the way home, this time I had a guide.
Jen told me that it is generally better to take the OCTA bus #471 at 16:38 than 16:53, since the later one could be running late and there are no more Metrolink train after #689 at 17:16.
Left the Sierra Madre Villa Station at 5:45, arrived at LA Union Station around 6:15.
Riding 682 it left for Tustin at 6:45, and arrived at 7:42.
The damnest happened when I was to take the local bus to work. First, I asked a bus driver, which bus should I took to take me to Dyer and Red Hill, the driver shrugged. Consulting the OCTA bus map, it informed me that I need to take bus #471, the same bus which driver shrugged at me. Damn.
Adding insult to the injury she didn't tell me to keep my money, instead she let me to put in the fare, which is free for people who take Metrolink. Double damn.
In anger, over the driver's blatant show of stupidity, I dropped a 1.25$ worth of Metro token and it was accepted as 0.75$, I forgot that I was taking OCTA. Triple damn!
[ .. work .. ]
[ lunch with Anup, ruined my diet by hogging down BJ's Shrimp Scampi ]
[ .. work a little .. ]
[ .. cake cutting for Rose ..]
[ .. work some more .. ]
Everything was going well on the way home, this time I had a guide.
Jen told me that it is generally better to take the OCTA bus #471 at 16:38 than 16:53, since the later one could be running late and there are no more Metrolink train after #689 at 17:16.
Friday, November 30, 2007
Jammed at 5 Freeway
This is the worst sigalert I have experienced in LA. Since it is raining in the morning and it hasn't been raining for a month, the roads are extremely slick. KPCC says: 'rash of accidents' happens. On I-5 south, around 3rd St exit in Santa Ana, an 18 wheelers and 4 cars tangled. It made such a mess, CHP has to close all of the lanes.
The are forced to open the HOV lane 1 hour later, to let people pass since the firemen haven't been able to retrieve a man stuck under the flatbed.
I missed the opening from I-5 to Main St exit when I came to full stop, and I have to slog for 2 miles in 1 hour (imagine that 2 mph @ 6 AM) to exit at the next ramp.
There goes my day, instead of 1 hour commute, I have to do it in 2.5 hours.
Links:
LaTimes.com
OCRegister.com
The are forced to open the HOV lane 1 hour later, to let people pass since the firemen haven't been able to retrieve a man stuck under the flatbed.
I missed the opening from I-5 to Main St exit when I came to full stop, and I have to slog for 2 miles in 1 hour (imagine that 2 mph @ 6 AM) to exit at the next ramp.
There goes my day, instead of 1 hour commute, I have to do it in 2.5 hours.
Links:
LaTimes.com
OCRegister.com
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