Comments on: The Ariel Bus http://electrolicious.com/2007/09/the_ariel_bus Daily affirmations of a word mercenary Fri, 29 Aug 2008 19:35:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: BOSSY http://electrolicious.com/2007/09/the_ariel_bus#comment-8399 BOSSY Fri, 14 Sep 2007 16:41:32 +0000 #comment-8399 Mazeltov. Mazeltov.

]]> By: Willi http://electrolicious.com/2007/09/the_ariel_bus#comment-8400 Willi Fri, 14 Sep 2007 15:22:11 +0000 #comment-8400 This is some dream you had isn't it. Pinch yourself, this cannot be real. I'm just jealous. When I lived on the Hill and worked at MSFT I would have killed for something half as cool as this. I used to hate Baseball and Basketball and Football season (basically all year) because I always ended up coming home right before game time. I recently read an article about a recruiter at MSFT that was launching all these initiatives to re-recruit current MSFT employees (and compete with Google). I wonder if this is part of the plan? I'm excited for your commute. Full photo blogging expected come the 24th. This is some dream you had isn’t it. Pinch yourself, this cannot be real.

I’m just jealous. When I lived on the Hill and worked at MSFT I would have killed for something half as cool as this. I used to hate Baseball and Basketball and Football season (basically all year) because I always ended up coming home right before game time.

I recently read an article about a recruiter at MSFT that was launching all these initiatives to re-recruit current MSFT employees (and compete with Google). I wonder if this is part of the plan?

I’m excited for your commute. Full photo blogging expected come the 24th.

]]> By: gwen http://electrolicious.com/2007/09/the_ariel_bus#comment-8401 gwen Fri, 14 Sep 2007 00:17:28 +0000 #comment-8401 that's a beautiful commute, congrats! that’s a beautiful commute, congrats!

]]> By: sally http://electrolicious.com/2007/09/the_ariel_bus#comment-8398 sally Thu, 13 Sep 2007 19:57:17 +0000 #comment-8398 you're so very, very lucky! even without the ariel bus, you scored big with transit options. when my office moves from downtown seattle to bothell in a few years, my commute will go straight into the dumper. i'm fervently hoping the powers that be change their mind on the move... you’re so very, very lucky! even without the ariel bus, you scored big with transit options. when my office moves from downtown seattle to bothell in a few years, my commute will go straight into the dumper. i’m fervently hoping the powers that be change their mind on the move…

]]> By: David Stallings http://electrolicious.com/2007/09/the_ariel_bus#comment-8402 David Stallings Thu, 13 Sep 2007 04:45:17 +0000 #comment-8402 Hi Air, Your summation of my comments on The Connector aren't quite accurate. I'm delighted MSFT put this service in. There was a brief flurry of anti-corporate, anti-MSFT feeling in the newspapers when the service was announced, but my sense is that this service will work and work well. It'll take hundreds of SOV trips off the road, and that's the bottom line. What I may have said was that this service is aimed at a (generally high end) niche which is not being served by public transportation. Company planners from MSFT assessed what they were offering as being for folks who might not think public transportation was for them, though more basically, they were plugging holes in public transit coverage, all based on a careful analysis of where their employees live. Then they worked carefully with Metro service planners to trim little redundancies and overlaps. Pretty exemplary. Reminds me: at a professional meeting yesterday (Assn. of Commuter Transportation, an international meeting held in Seattle this year) an exec from ABC-TV presented previews of a new comedy that debuts soon: "<a href="http://abc.go.com/fallpreview/carpoolers/index">Carpoolers</a>". Same guy who produced Greys Anatomy, Lost, etc, etc. What a kick! The hell of it is that they're pushing "carpool Tuesday" to the country. They may accomplish something! Hi Air,
Your summation of my comments on The Connector aren’t quite accurate. I’m delighted MSFT put this service in. There was a brief flurry of anti-corporate, anti-MSFT feeling in the newspapers when the service was announced, but my sense is that this service will work and work well. It’ll take hundreds of SOV trips off the road, and that’s the bottom line. What I may have said was that this service is aimed at a (generally high end) niche which is not being served by public transportation.

Company planners from MSFT assessed what they were offering as being for folks who might not think public transportation was for them, though more basically, they were plugging holes in public transit coverage, all based on a careful analysis of where their employees live. Then they worked carefully with Metro service planners to trim little redundancies and overlaps. Pretty exemplary.

Reminds me: at a professional meeting yesterday (Assn. of Commuter Transportation, an international meeting held in Seattle this year) an exec from ABC-TV presented previews of a new comedy that debuts soon: “Carpoolers“. Same guy who produced Greys Anatomy, Lost, etc, etc. What a kick!

The hell of it is that they’re pushing “carpool Tuesday” to the country. They may accomplish something!

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