Public Transportation

I hope to someday live in a city where I can take public transportation. I would enjoy walking to a bus stop or a subway station. (In my mind this is no more than a 10 minute walk.) And then while riding the bus &/or subway -- or train!!! -- I would probably read. It would be great to be able to use travel time as reading time.

I've debated what type of reading material I would bring. A novel would be nice - but that can be big and heavy - and it might make me look stand-offish. Newspapers would be great - only they can be hard to manage in small places -- but the articles are short and don't require as much focus -- and it could be a great conversation starter. AND I could read the comics. AND I could do the cross-word puzzle and sudoku puzzles (now that I am a "cross-word-puzzler").

And if I'm not in the mood to read, I could people watch. That is a past time of mine that is hard to do when you are the driver. I could also just rest and think about the meaning of life.

I would NOT do work or talk on my cell phone.

I was thinking about this today during my short commute home. I will read the newspaper while sitting at a red light. This probably isn't the safest habit of mine. When I worked out at the Community Center - it worked great because right before my light turned the green - the light for the other traffic would have a red light with a strobe light feature, so I would notice it right away. I don't read while I'm driving.

I'm sure my dream of public transportation is very idealized. But I'm ok with that. I doubt that I will live somewhere with adequate public transportation. I still like my dream.