Wednesday and Thursday are Ozone Alert Days

[TURobY]

I used a reel mower for a while, but my tree drops too many limb and fruits which easily get caught and bring the mower to a stop.

I switched to an electric mower and LOVE IT!

[Double A]

What happens when we fail?  Fines?  .

They reported on the news that potentially gas could be 10 to 20 cents more expensive and speed limits could be reduced to a maximum of 55 mph just to name a few possible consequences.

I can't drive 55.

[Conan71]

[nathanm]

I've considered the reel mower.  A lot less dust and easier on my allergies.  Cut grass is one of my worst allergy problems, but I like the exercize and take pride in doing my own lawn.

I like mine. Sadly, the other person responsible for half the lawn decided they would rather pay someone to come do it. So if anybody wants a hardly used Scotts reel mower, I have one.

I find the noise of gas mowers infuriating, and the Neutons are still too expensive for me. I did notice someone down the street mowing with one the other day. Not so noisy, I liked that. Did I mention how much lawnmower and weedeater engines annoy me?

And the whole limb/fruit/acorn/whatever issue? Just a good kick in the butt to rake every so often. 

[buckeye]

Kick in the butt to rake every so often?

Not likely.  Let me welcome you to Sweetgum hell!

[Townsend]

Kick in the butt to rake every so often?

Not likely.  Let me welcome you to Sweetgum hell!

Sycamores here...huge beautiful trees but serious pains in the rear...seed pods that look like sweetgum's and bark shedding like it's autumn in June...back yard and deck are covered

[Red Arrow]

They reported on the news that potentially gas could be 10 to 20 cents more expensive and speed limits could be reduced to a maximum of 55 mph just to name a few possible consequences.

I can't drive 55.

All the cars I and my family have owned have gotten their best gas mileage on the highway between 60 & 65 mph, NOT 55. 

[PonderInc]

What happened to Tulsa Transit's free Ozone bus rides on Ozone days?  I took the bus yesterday, and they said that they're doing 50 cent bus rides only on Fridays "during Ozone season." 

This makes no sense to me, b/c not all Fridays will be Ozone days.  And it's most important to reduce cars on the road on Ozone Days.  What's up with that?

(Gotta run.  Bus is coming in 10 minutes!)

[Red Arrow]

What happened to Tulsa Transit's free Ozone bus rides on Ozone days?  I took the bus yesterday, and they said that they're doing 50 cent bus rides only on Fridays "during Ozone season." 

This makes no sense to me, b/c not all Fridays will be Ozone days.  And it's most important to reduce cars on the road on Ozone Days.  What's up with that?

(Gotta run.  Bus is coming in 10 minutes!)

I can understand reduced rates rather than free on Ozone days.  The cost of operating the bus does not go to zero on Ozone Days.  Hopefully an increased passenger load would offset the lower fares.  I agree that Friday should have nothing to do with the fares and ozone.

[RecycleMichael]

TulsaTransit could not afford to offer free rides out of their budget a few years ago so we started trying to find sponsors to underwrite the cost. They also had quite a few homeless people just riding the busses on ozone days so they wanted to have some cost to the rides.

We made them fifty cents rides on ozone days a few years ago and they were fairly successful, but really just gave free rides for the regular riders and no new riders showed up. I suggested that we have all bus rides fifty cents on one day a week, thinking that people could plan ahead to ride the bus during the summer. It is also easier to budget (we know how many Fridays there are versus how many ozone days we will have).

It is a shift from an episodic campaign to an education effort all summer long. It is hard to change everything when you just find out on the evening news that the next day is an ozone alert day. I hope that if we could get people to try the bus one day a week, maybe we could make some new converts to mass transit.

Blame me. I thought having subsidized rides one day a week would potentially get more riders than just having them on a spontaneous occurance.

[PonderInc]

Here's my dream idea for getting people to "try" Tulsa Transit.

Get some celebrities to randomly ride busses on a given day ("Transit of the Stars").  So you jump on a bus, and--voila!--you happen to be on a bus with the Hansons, or Garth Brooks, or Alfre Woodard, or David Cook, or whomever. 

I figure that if you could find celebrities who wanted to support earth-friendly transportation, they may be willing to do it.  (Ride around for a few hours.  Take pictures.  Do some press.  Hand out autographs.) 

It would be hit or miss whether you landed on a lucky bus and spotted a celebrity, but you might get a whole lot of people to jump on board for a day.  And once they rode the bus once, they may not be so intimidated to do it again on an ozone day. 

Sure, it might create a zoo of commotion and craziness on that one day.  But wouldn't it be worth it?

Imagine kids on Twitter: "David Cook is on the 210 bus going north on Harvard!  Be at the stop at 11th and Harvard in 10 minutes!"   

[cannon_fodder]

I only live 1.2 miles from my house.  But I drive to work every day.  I wear a suit and don't want to be all sweaty.  I have to go to the courthouse and can't charge a client for the extra hour it would take to get there by bus.

I'm sure there are many like me who simply can't utilize public transit efficiently in Tulsa.  Which is too bad.  We never should have sold out to highways.

[TURobY]

I lucked out because our building has a shower facility. I bike to work, shower and change into work clothes, work, change after work, and bike back home.

[Conan71]

I only live 1.2 miles from my house. 

No sh!t???

Most people live at their house.

[swake]

I only live 1.2 miles from my house. 

Must suck to get up in middle of the night and have to take a leak....