We could not have made it very far on our Europe trip without these signs. London, Paris, and Amsterdam are HUGE cities, and they have remarkable transit systems. Chicago has a good system as well, but I don’t travel to the city often. Even with the train, subway, tram, and buses we averaged 20k steps each day on our trip.
This past weekend in Boston I used Boston’s transit system and found it as easy to use as those in Europe. I was two stops from Fenway and used it to get to the airport with ease. Even still I averaged 14k steps over the weekend.
I live in a world with transit, but it is not practical from me. Last night at Loaves we had a bus drop off and pickup for a couple of clients and we have ride share clients as well, but the suburbs are car reliant. I was grateful for transit when I need it.
Next school restarts for another year, my twenty-seventh. Last night at Loaves and Fishes I ran into a fellow volunteer who’s I daughter I had in my first class in August 1999. We reconnected a few years ago when I recognized her name in the Loaves and Fishes newsletter. Since then, I’ve run into other volunteers whose kids I had or were former students. Serving others is universal and it makes our world smaller.
Today is going to be a great day, but I am going to rely on my car and my feet to get where I need to go and be. So, I’d better jump up, jump in, and seize the day. Today could be a million and six times better than yesterday. Making the Days Count, one day at a time making time to move with a purpose.
Is there reliable transit available where you live? Do you use it?
Enjoy the video! Wonderful transit signs.
Good reminders to make it count and enjoy what perks we find.
yes it they are…. thank you for popping in. Enjoy your day.
You’re very good at this video malarkey! A second career when you leave teaching?
Thank you Margaret. I hope to continue to blog until I can’t anymore. Creating the videos is pretty easy with iMovie and it comes with the Apple phone and iPad operating system. I would say it’s free but you pay for it indirectly. I’ve tried with more sophisticated Adobe) programs and given up because I couldn’t easily use them. Maybe one day I’ll master the Adobe video editing program. Until then I’ll continue to look for signs!
I tried making a video once (I don’t use Apple, but have a bargain basment smartphone) and Malcolm says he’ll divorce me if I do it again. It was soooo stressful!
Oh, I love all these transit signs! Hope your transition back to school goes great!
Oh Wynne thank you. There are signs everywhere aren’t there? You just gotta be paying attention. I have an event for the incoming sixth grade class this Monday and I think a meeting with the sixth grade teachers to coordinate about first days, then official on Thursday with kids next Tuesday. It’s gonna be a great year. It really is!
Hi, Clay. SEPTA is the public transit system for Philadelphia and its surrounding counties. I’ve been on SEPTA vehicles many thousands of times in my life. SEPTA can be kind of unreliable at times, maybe more so than ever. I’m not sure about that. Anyway, I’d rate SEPTA 6.5 or so, on a scale of zero to 10.
Enjoy the weekend!
Neil S.
Neil thanks for stopping in, ours is complex… everything in Illinois is complex! There is METRA – the rail network and PACE the bus network in the suburbs and the CTA the bus and subway system in the city. They’re connected but all of have different names and people in charge. It’s been said that there are more governing bodies in this state than any other state. Anyway, this past Sunday I took the train to the city, walked a about a half mile, and took the subway to The Rate and saw the Guardians play the Sox in a sparsely attended ball game… it seemed empty, but there were 19,750 watching. I sat in the upper deck and moved every inning, one or two sections closer to the section behind home plate. Sox won 6-4 and I was able to relax and enjoy the trip home. have a great week and keep making your days count. Peace.