Mass transit in S.D. is a joke. I’m sure if you live downtown you can make it work. I know someone who lost their driver’s license for over a year and used mass transit. It takes all day to get anywhere if you start at the edges of the system. The trolley lines you need to use only seem to switch downtown and the times don’t make the transition seemless. The bus stops to get to the trolley and back are the real issue, especially in East County. The buses stop running early enough in the evening that mass transit really isn’t a solution.
I’d like to see public officials who recommend mass transit for all our woes actually try to use it from wherever they live, and then reconsider.
Bottom line up to 3 hours or more planning for each way. I am not kidding. It just doesn’t work if you have multiple stops/switches to make. 1 or 2 maybe. What we have in S.D. doesn’t really qualify as mass transit in my mind since it doesn’t work for the masses.
