Of late, I've been trying to plan a trip to attend AAS-con in NY. That's my nickname for the nat'l. Asian American studies conference. I like to shorten it to something that sounds like a science fiction or anime convention, because my first convention experiences were science fiction ones.
To get there, I was thinking of taking a Chinese bus. Not always reliable, but you can't beat the price. The problem is in getting to the bus depot. I wonder if a cab ride to the that bus stop would cost as much as a one-way ticket (on that bus line) to NY.
I don't know anyone well enough to get a ride to the depot (a.k.a. Baltimore Travel Plaza). Of course, I thought about taking a public bus to the plaza. I'd have to take 2 buses to get to the place. Moreover, the closest public bus stops to me are not that near and the schedules are geared toward commuters (i.e., mostly early morning departures on weekdays). And if I wanted to return on a Sunday, forget about it. (The bus route, that I'd take, doesn't extend on Sundays to my general area.)
So what'll I do? My solution is to drive. I'll take I-95 and then the NJ Turnpike up towards New York and park before I get there. I'll probably try long-term parking at Newark airport and then ride the Airtrain (looks like a monorail), NJ Transit (state-wide rail), and PATH (commuter rail).
In researching this, I'm getting to know a little bit about NJ mass transit. The rail lines seem pretty extensive.
Makes me think about gathering up all my pictures, transfers, and passes of mass transit systems I've ridden around the country (totals to about a dozen or so). And then organizing the material for display on this blog or elsewhere. Of course, having ridden that many systems (and more outside the US), I've a few stories to tell...
Posted by raacluse at March 14, 2007 09:02 PM