Sunday, January 20, 2008

Morning Commute - No Place To Park The Car


Last Tuesday I cleaned the Family Room, before the new furniture was delivered. I left an hour and a half later then usual, and ended up on the last of the "Morning" Rush Hour trains. There are Off Peak trains that run, but not often. So I drive over to the station and find out that there are absolutely NO parking spaces in the lot. This has only happened when the Newhall Pass has major problems and as far as I know, there was nothing unusual going on at all. So I went over to this dirt lot at the end of the station and literally drove up the handicapped ramp on the sidewalk, to access this remote area. Others were following me and by the time the train came, even that dirt area was at least half full of cars.
I wonder if we are finally outgrowing our 350 space lot, after 15 years. A good thing for ridership numbers on train, but not a great thing, if I am late getting to the station.

*By the way, if you look at the picture, you can see that there is some green on the hills around the train station. It doesn't take much rain, to make them green up again.

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