Mountain Xpress covers the Brainshrub Bus Project

The Mountain Xpress, the go-to tabloid here if you want to know what's going on in Asheville, did a write up on the Brainshrub Bus Project this week.

Woo Hoo!

Even the picture they took makes me look almost attractive!

Here's a link and a few paragraphs:

Public-transit ninja blogger strikes again

In June, Van Heden used his blog to launch the Brainshrub Bus Project – an ongoing attempt to demonstrate that it's possible to use the Asheville Transit System as one's primary mode of transportation. By offering tips on traveling by bus and awarding "brickbats and laurels" to highlight city transit's shortcomings and strong points, Van Heden aims to get more people using the system and encourage improvements to it.

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For Van Heden, mastering public transit has had transformative side effects, not the least of which is a new found respect for folks who don't have the option of driving. "If you ride the bus, you will not be able to ignore the plight of the working poor," he told Xpress. Due to the system's design, a 10-minute drive can turn into a 40-minute bus ride, because the individual routes don't link up with one another, he notes. But he doubts that the city will address this or any other problem until more people climb aboard – and the city starts viewing public transit "as a utility instead of a handout."

Thank you Rebecca Bowe of the Xpress for the write up, and granting me 45 seconds one full minute of my allocated 15 minutes of fame.

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