Comments on: Heads and tales: Population shifts http://wadeonbirmingham.com/2006/06/28/heads-and-tales-population-shifts/ News, features and essays about Birmingham and Alabama Sun, 07 Sep 2008 12:49:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Curtis http://wadeonbirmingham.com/2006/06/28/heads-and-tales-population-shifts/#comment-2813 Curtis Wed, 28 Jun 2006 20:45:48 +0000 http://wadeonbirmingham.com/?p=538#comment-2813 The question about riding busses always seems to ignore a basic premise... does it fit into the local social fabric? Bus and train systems are typically stable in communities where the local working environment is regimented -- as in when a majority of the working population punches a clock and gets to work and/or leaves work at prescribed times and has _nowhere_ else to go but back home afterwards. Yes, Birmingham remains a car-friendly town. It's still a 15 minute trip to about anywhere, 10 minutes on Z-rated tires . The question about riding busses always seems to ignore a basic premise… does it fit into the local social fabric?

Bus and train systems are typically stable in communities where the local working environment is regimented — as in when a majority of the working population punches a clock and gets to work and/or leaves work at prescribed times and has _nowhere_ else to go but back home afterwards.

Yes, Birmingham remains a car-friendly town. It’s still a 15 minute trip to about anywhere, 10 minutes on Z-rated tires .

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