Let's hit the road!
When talking about US, you may conjure up the image of “a country on the wheel”. I t seems like everyone drives in America. Therefore, is it necessary to get a car?
I don’t think so.
April 11, 2008
April 07, 2008
Living off campus - using the bus system
I moved off campus about two months ago, and since then, have had to think a little more critically about transportaton. It was pretty easy to get to know the U of M bus system by going to this site:
http://www.metrotransit.org/
On this site you can enter where you are, where you want to go, and it will tell you how to get there. One of my current roommates uses this bus system all the time, and has purchased a student MetroPass for $45 dollars a semester. The MetroPass provides unlimited free bus rides of all hours of the day, all days of the week. More can be learned about the MetroPass at the following website:
http://www1.umn.edu/pts/metropass.htm
If you use the website to familiarize yourself with the routes and times, and just organize your time accordingly, the bus system can be very convenient method of transportation for a very low price.
March 07, 2008
How to get around!?
Well Minneapolis has a pretty extensive transportation system. Besides taxis, people mainly get around using buses. The main company providing those services is called Metro Transit. There are others, like Southwest, but Metro Transit can get you to almost every place in Minneapolis, Saint Paul or remote cities.