tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3404302351458508234.post1039256312447161414..comments2023-06-11T08:34:03.656-07:00Comments on Adventures of a Car-Less Valley Girl in Los Angeles: NegativeUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3404302351458508234.post-87297495192696634112011-03-14T13:24:44.635-07:002011-03-14T13:24:44.635-07:00@Andrew That's great that the government assis...@Andrew That's great that the government assists in such a way with passes; it's an encouragement and beneficial for the environment, easing up on congestion. LA and other areas are so depleted right now that such credits don't seem available anymore, if they were at all. I'm so glad that you're able to benefit from that! I'd love to try the transit elsewhere sometime... it'd be refreshing, to say the very least.<br /><br />@She Rides A Bike I wonder why it can be such a challenge to get along with others, but I'll tell you, I feel ya. Pockets of day-to-day just end up doing that sometimes, among other factors. I love hearing how being on the bike really helps with that strength factor, that belief in self. Look at you! That's so rad. I'm glad you had a great weekend in San Francisco. Those hills... mein goodness. :) <br /><br />And in a related news bulletin-like scenario, I 'need' a folding bike. It would make travel so fun!Lindseyhttp://carlessvalleygirl.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3404302351458508234.post-85458113511492984372011-03-10T20:57:56.503-08:002011-03-10T20:57:56.503-08:00I'm trying to fill my head with the positive a...I'm trying to fill my head with the positive and it's been a real challenge lately and had to remind myself several times over the course of this week that I need to try and get along w/ others. The challenge started right before we went on vacation and my husband said, "Remember we are going on vacation". Heavey sigh. At least vacation was San Francisco. I took my folding bike and distracted my brain w/ successfully pedaling over steep hills, a reminder that I am a strong, competent woman. I through caution and vanity to the wind and biked through rain, proud that I had overcome a major mental barrier. Best of all, I was spending quality time with my husband doing things we enjoyed. The bummer situation from the week before will eventually become nothing more than completely forgotten but the long weekend in SF will never be forgotten.She Rides a Bikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10269615938898501712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3404302351458508234.post-32948709476044146852011-03-06T18:15:43.748-08:002011-03-06T18:15:43.748-08:00Sometimes paying for a monthly Metro pass is a pai...<i>Sometimes paying for a monthly Metro pass is a pain in the posterior. Sometimes? It's a little too much to spend every month (in theory, in reality, etc.)</i><br /><br />I get around with monthly (Vancouver) transit passes myself. The Canadian government pushed in a tax credit program for monthly transit passes a while ago - 15% of their value, I think. For me, that always made them worth it. It's unfortunate that a similar deduction program doesn't seem to be in force in the States, or at least I can't find any; something like that would probably make monthly passes a lot more attractive.Phoebe Bartonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10457452561340581723noreply@blogger.com