text: Taking the bus in this land osuburban sprawl gives me the holierthanthou glee that I can only imagine bornagain Christians must feel when looking down on my sorry soulless ass nnReally It is awesome You can check out routes at httptempegovtimBusOrbithtm or httpwwwvalleymetroorgDefaultasp nnI take the Jupiter which runs near my house and drops me a few blocks from the office And despite others experiences it is only been sketchcity once when I would have sworn a methadone clinic was on my route nnUsually it is just ASU students kooky old professors in orthopedic shoes and a couple teenagers skipping class And me the pseudoprofessional sorta grownupnnHonestly I am the scariest person on the bus most days For seriousnnTheres just one drawback which I am even loathe to mention given my fartooearnest desire to have you join me on my route But alasnnThe fucking bus Will not run On timennMaybe it is cuz I am German as all getout but I expect the damn thing to approximate a schedule And you know if there is a construction detour it should take the detour consistently or not at all nnBut I am still giving those adorable little blue buses four stars in the hopes that you will give it a shot nnIts not bad I promise Plus I really want you all to support some proposed service expansions like extending the hours on weekends to midnight or even amnnBecause at the end of the day I am just a drunk looking for a free ride homeand some moral high ground