Thursday, January 21, 2010

Bus Transfers

Your ticket is now your transfer on Egged buses in Jerusalem. For 75 minutes after you get on the first bus, you can use your ticket to board another

This changes trip planning. From Dereckh Azza to rhe Malkha Mall, no need to await a 17 or 17 alef, which make their round about way through Givat Mordekhai -- scenic but not quick. To be sure the 31 no longer goes down Azza and straight on to the mall, and past it to stop near the train station, but you can now take a 32 or 19 to Tsomet Pat and there transfer to 6 or 17 or 17 alef, whichever comes first.

And I know at least one man who takes the bus from Bayit veGan to Mahaneh Yehida, does the weekly produce shopping, and gets on the bus home without having to pay a second fare. If you see a man with a toddler shopping very efficiently, don't distract him. He has a bus to catch.

Copyright 2010 Jane S. Fox

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