So Im working in a bus depot.

Well, former bus depot. And bank, as well as former tinsmith, wallpaper, and paper warehouse. Depends on what year you want to travel back to.

Heck, for a while the place was just a lot of weeds and dirt. But when there has been a building on the site - it has retained the same address always.

Rumor has it there used to be a turntable where our kitchen now is. There is a strange ring in the floor. However turntables are less associated with Bus depot's than they are with train roundhouses and trolley depots.

Unless it was a horse-drawn 'bus'. And infact there used to be stables next door. The soup thickens....

Well, I actually want to say a few words about my home (by about 500 feet), Roanoke County. Roanoke County is trying to market itself as well as it possibly can to the upscale. Those who are looking for the 'rural' life without it being actually rural. Which is why we are getting nothing but upscale housing developments, upscale retail developments, and absolutely zero "quality of life" developments.

They are cancelling the county portion of the RADAR bus service. It would cost $200,000 to keep it going, but the county has decided to withdraw it rather then fund it. Now, for those of you who dont know - the county RADAR service ran 2 extremely limited routes. The Orange line went from Tanglewood to Lewis Gale, with a side trip up Brambleton. All in all, not much of a run really. The Yellow line ran from Valley Tech park to Spartan Square. Again, not much of a run really. They labeled these lines as "Feeder service" to feed into Valley Metro's STAR service.

Well isn't that nice of them. Feed into STAR. Make the people who are taking your service due to disability, age, infirmity, whatever TRANSFER BUSES. Valley Metro's STAR service on the other hand - it runs on all the existing bus routes. All you have to do is call, they will even come 3/4ths of a mile off the route to get you.

Yes, the Orange and Yellow lines would do that also, except they only have the 2 routes. And the CORTRAN service (which has no existing routes listed on the radartransit.org website) is $3.50 a pop.. one way.

So, you dont know where they run - when they run, all you really do know is they are expensive. Still not as expensive as a Roanoke Taxi, but expensive none the less.

Roanoke County is trying its hardest to appease its upper-crust citizens who don't want their tax monies going to something they never use. The Orange and Yellow lines were free, totally funded by the taxpayer. Kiss of death if I ever heard of one. And a little birdy told me that Roanoke County has not taken part in ANY public transit program since 1979.

While I do like my little section of Roanoke here, 500 feet from the city line - I personally would prefer to live in a place where the local government made an effort to serve everyone. But thats Roanoke County's perrogitive, they make their choices and will have to live with them.

I consider myself a citizen of the CITY of Roanoke.