Back on the bus

I'm back to riding the bus the last two weeks, and it has been both good and bad.

The 522 in the morning is usualy pretty busy, as I'm near the end of the line for it. I'm thinking of researching when the 312 comes by. If it is within 5 to 10 minutes of the 522 I may switch to it. The reason is that the 522 misses my connection to the 545 by about 2 minutes every day. This isn't a big deal, I just end up waiting the 15 minutes for the next 545.

The down side is that I end up 15 minutes later to work. That extra 15 minutes puts me into the time frame when I have to wait for a fixed route shuttle to get me from my work building, back to Overlake Transit Center. The walk from work to where I pick up the 545 is a bit long. The bus stop has no shelter, and if I can't count the number of times I've been waiting for the light to change, only to see the Bus go by right in front of me. It's about 2 blocks from the light to my bus stop, and there is just no way I can run to catch it. So I started catching the work shuttle to Overlake. Here is the rub. If I miss the first shuttle, it's 20 minutes to the next. That 15 minutes in the morning, can easily translates to an hour at night. Not because of how long the bus takes, but entirely because I have to wait for connections. So, if the 312 runs a bit earlier, I can make that morning connection, and get home at a reasonable hour!

Really wish I had a direct line from home to work, but alas. At least I get to ride Sound Transit the entire way, unless I change to the 312.