least favourite mode of transportation

we calls it a scram

I hate the idea/existence of cars the most, but still end up using them, and would rather take a 50 mile car trip than a 50 mile bus trip. So what should I be voting for?

how far from point A is point B?

Ugh as a carless person living through the summer in New Mexico, I am gonna have to say by foot. Even the bus is better (AC!!!).

I've never been on a train.

omg I love all forms of transport, I'd probably have to say plane though even though I love arriving in a new airport!

I know it's not the q but i fucking love trains!!!

planes are the worst but mostly because of airlines, also not enough room for anyone over 5'6" or so

so i pick planes

busSUXXXXX but i am especially hating cars this week so that's my vote

Poop trolley.

i hate cars because you have to park them somewhere, and they're expensive and pollutey and drivers are rude to non-drivers. i like bus for the most part.

aw but they're all good, except planes, because I've never been on one. Also bikes, which are conceptually great but I'm the only person in the world who can't ride one. Fuck you, bikes, I'm giving you my vote.

foot, bike, and train are tied for #1 best imo

Nothing is more physically uncomfortable than a plane (in coach, anyway, but I have never sat in 1st class). It still doesn't look like optimum fun.

I like cars because I can smoke in them and listen to my choice of music through speakers and not headphones.

Is a coach like a horse and carriage?

i love trams and metros so much, when I go to a new city I always read up on the subway there. Stockholm and St Petersburg ftw so far

xp It's like spending four hours in two square feet of space with no way stretch or move or even sleep unless you're really determined to. It's like a David Blaine stunt.

st Petersburg metro is the most awesome transport exp of my life, although overnight train with sleeping carriage to st ptersburg was also awesome.

also, trams in riga are insane and moonlight at night for xtra $$$

i voted cars but i make an exception for my DSO's car (cuz i like riding around with him).

I might say cars because they are hella bad for our earth

Haaaaaate foot. Sorry.

ppl w/ small feet hate walking most i bet

fresh air+exercise+getting where you're going = win for me

xp: planes are pretty awful for the environment, too.

I have small feet, and I like walking.

i have huge feet & i love walking

i do like small cars (subcompacts/roadsters/smart cars/minis). most of my car-hate is reserved for SUVs and hummers.

fuck walking, anywhere.

yeah, but planes are cancelled out because they take you to such awesome places. Cars have another level because you can sing along to Nelly songs in them though.

people with cankles hate walking

why, does he shout racist stuff while you're walking with him?

yeah he's like walk faster ho

I have cankles, (I think? but then I thought I had side boobs, but I don't) and I like walking.

jk cankles are the best mode of transport

they're the product of my Greek peasant ancestry -- helpful in getting heavy buckets of fish up the steep hills or something.

wait how does a person "have" "side boobs?" I thought "side boob" was just a portion boob seen from the side, perhaps through a loose sleeve cut

as in "Anne Hathaway is wearing a loose billowy dress and in this photograph we have captured some side boob"

why anne hathaway?

xp nabisco - we covered this in the no boys allowed in room thread. ENBB had an illustration of side boobs as her display name for a while.

I know it's not the q but i fucking love trains!!!

wz debating whether to do 'least favorite' or 'most favorite' first

also, bus v coach is meant to imply 'urban bus ride' vs 'eight hours on the motorway via national express', but i guess that only works if u r english - horse-drawn carriage etc would come under 'wacky write-in vote'

xposts this is the definition i understood of 'side boob' yes

side boobs would also count as "wacky write-in vote"

motorbike and sideboob

we covered this in the no boys allowed in room thread

I don't know what to do now

My long Amtrak hell last year was as miserable as flying coach, except it lasted three days westward and four days eastward. Easy choice for me.

sideboobs are boobs that angle off to the side, making it more difficult to achieve traditional-looking cleavage.

there has to be a better term for that

patriotic sorts, for instance, can call them "eagle boobs"

freedom boobs!

"exes"

caret boobs

i hate buses

Trams without even a shadow of hesitation.

I can't hate buses because I met my best and oldest friend on one!

Actually I normally like them, just had a bad experience this morning

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^^ that didn't end up right.

you need to put code tags

  
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I totally misinterpreted the carets for a second

oh, beerholders!

xp nabisco - first example = normal boobs; second example = side boobs.

coach has all the demerits of plane plus a lack of frisson, hence an easy winner for me

you don't find any frisson in being driven by horses?

I love trams. Not a fan of travelling far on foot, but that's because I have foot and leg problems that mean walking is a painful and difficult exercise for me.

the threadstarter is english, so by 'coach' he means something bigger and longer-distance than a metropolitan bus. sorta like a greyhound. i think this was discussed upthread. and yeah trams are the most exciting shit on earth give or take

trains and foot are my jam, mind, they are the things that keep me in motion

xp well I'm American, and I will interpret it as a conveyance powered by equines with rugs on their backs if it amuses me.

It really is all about keeping yourself amused, innit?

Isn't it?

it is so hard to be negative about something I love so much and pick a worst so my crazy write in vote is a pointed abstention, the point being "transport is awesome, stop whining abt ur feet and sideboobs"

I'm not whining about sideboobs ... I have cankles not sideboobs.

o i thought you had both

if gallant thomp had wanted to include an option for such equine deliverance, i am confident he would have referred to it as a 'horse and trap'

cankboobs ftw

I feel that whining about air travel is fair and deserved. When you have developed and capitalized a common mode of mass transport, and done so in a way that makes the most profit while making the most customers as unhappy as possible as long as any other choice is untenable, well... eat my ass, airlines.

add to that, a mode of mass transport that customers are stuck inside and don't have the option of getting out for periods of 8 hours or more...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJMtkaY6dlM

i really hate planes and the whole experience surrounding flying. it's just a miserable time.

guys, when you fly an aeroplane, you are travelling THROUGH THE SKY!

when you are a passenger on an airplane, you are treated like a 5 year old.

xp Yeah, remember when that was really novel? Yeah, neither do I.

first few flights have that feeling, maybe, but jesus does it ever become a chore real quick after that.

I kinda enjoy watching uppity women, used to getting their own way, basically being told to sit down and shut up by fedup stewardesses.

When I was a 5 year old, I hated being treated like a 5 year old. As an adult, I hate it even more.

in what way is an air stewardess not an uppity woman used to getting her own way?

(spot the ryanair customer)

"stewardesses"

xp kenan: when I was in college and had to fly home, I'd sneak into business class. The seats were bigger and you got free booze.

Air stewards have pretty shit jobs, you guys.

ryanair stewardesses are totally like harangued waitresses and therefore my people

Most jobs where you're forced to wear polyester uniforms are pretty shit.

I have heard of being bumped up to a big leather seat if there was a mistake, or lots of room on the plane, etc. Never happened to me, though.

ryanair passengers have it tougher, i'd say.

ryanair stewardesses have to buy their own uniforms, provide their own transport to the airport, and are always dropped off in their home airport so they never have to pay for them to stay in an exotic country.

I have no problem with ryanair just ppl who whine abt it

Dude, there are loads of really great airlines that will give you great service if you pay for it

xp kenan: I'd board early, wear a blazer and a professional looking blouse and appear engrossed in a back issue of Forbes -- it worked most of the time. This was approximately 15 years ago, doubt someone could get away with this now.

ah not really a bugbear , tbh. they're cheap. travelling with them ain't an exotic pleasure, is all.

hey guess what i'm typing the word stewardesses without using my right hand

stewardesses is the longest word you can type with one hand

XP!!!!!

well not xp but!!!!!!

MIND MELD!!!!!!

also i heard you could get transcontinental travel on the ultra-cheap by registering oneself as freight and flying in the cargo bay of a DHL craft

I love when you see aerlingus stewardesses in other countries, particularly if they're "of a certain age" and are wearing those coats that make them look v old world glamorous imo

I remember when Southwest Airline had that "$19 to anywhere in the Continental US deal," and I remember thinking, yeah, this experience is worth just about $19. All the other times I have flown anywhere, I have had the same experience, and usually paid in the neighborhood of $300-$400 bucks. Something is amiss here.

unions, amirite?

No, you are not.

It's all very situational, but I am most consistently unhappy when traveling by plane, so that is my vote.

The last time I flew, I was musing about how a company that so clearly hates its customers is able to remain in business. lolcapitalism.

lolbankruptcy!

Not bankrupt enough, the fuckers.

(Note: in my bankruptcy revenge fantasy, another better airline with better pay and bennies opens and hires everybody that loses his or her job when the customer hatin' airlines go tits up.)

It's like, look, I understand, jet fuel is insanely expensive. And you are going to want to cram as many people on a plane as possible. My bitch, I guess, is that planes are designed to cram more people inside than is reasonably comfortable for ANYONE, and then on top of that there's the awful service, the awful food, the lack of throwing people even the smallest scrap when the airline fucks up, which they often do, and now... NOW... there's that whole security thing. And there are airports -- O'Hare in Chicago is a premium example -- that are completely inadequate for the number of people that are forced to go through them every day. It's not as if the airlines are going to pony up cash to make them better. Fuck no. That would be like... I dunno... cell phone companies building shared infrastructure or something.

I think y'all need to watch the LANGOLIERS to find the straight dope on why airlines are hell.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEyFH-a-XoQ

(bcz you might fly through a cosmic space vulva & almost get killed by a psychotic Balki is why)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6McXLFsx-M

oh I thought the cosmic space vulva and psychotic Balki were reasons to avoid Prague's Kafka airport.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JI1Gsemi5eE&feature=related

this guy!

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/travelnews/5753477/Ryanair-to-make-passengers-stand.html

I don't really believe americans "get" ryanair

i don't find air travel that bad aside from the uncomfortable seats. xanax and/or pre-flight cocktails help make the trip bearable. i just hate when there's a problem and the airline won't communicate to the passengers WHAT the problem is and HOW they're trying to fix it. people get antsy and panicky in confined spaces.

(re the cocktails, i'm a quiet, sleepy drunk, so i don't recommend this method to aggressive, loudmouth drunks.)

xanax and/or pre-flight cocktails help make the trip bearable.

I'm certain that it does, but name another form of transport that so requires this.

you guys must be such a blast to travel with

they should give you xanax with your peanuts imo

name another form of transport that so requires this

the city bus can be a very stressful experience. however i can't (and don't) get drunk every time i ride the bus.

Fortunately I don't fly near as often as I take public transport, or else I'd be a right mess.

Fortunately I haven't been on a plane in nine years or I'd have been arrested or something.

excuse me madam your soobs are menacing your fellow-travellers

Living on a small island makes flying a lot more necessary iirc

xp soobs?

sideboobs

boobs that have the power of suggest ban.

Boobs that are mighty indeed

thanks for instilling a psychosomatic fear of naked women in me

they hold beer

Wacky write-in for taxis

oh, this is one I could probably get behind. They are hella expensive.

thanks for instilling a psychosomatic fear of naked women in me

Are you still at nine then?

10 but ain't gonna see 11 at this rate. Bra comes off and it's all "MUMMY HELP THEY'RE TRYING TO BAN ME"

why is you're mummy taking her bra off for you?

How I Stopped Worrying and Learned to Love the Ban

HA

Cabs are expensive, yes, and sometimes smell weird if not outright awful, and are sometimes driven by someone who won't shut up or drives like a bleeding maniac or both. But cabs are completely optional. You always know what you're in for when you hail a cab. It's worth it if you're going to the airport, or it's zero degrees and snowing out, of if you are just feeling lazy. I would never bitch about the price of a cab. I could have totally gone another way, and I didn't, so it's all on me.

yeah, but if i'm home for the holidays or something and want to go drinking with friends a cab home (the only transportation option) is €25 minimum, so I've built up a resentment.

Well... drinking until you can't drive is also optional.

And it's Christmas! Lighten up and spend some money, already! :)

can't drive anyway

how did you get there then?

bus!

(last bus to within two hours walking distance of my parents house is 18.15)

So you signed up for that when you left.

this is cos I told everyone to stop whining about aeroplanes right?

No it's because you're wrong.

No, it's because you interrupted the discussion about LJ being afraid of boobs.

I had a conversation with a taxi driver about Boney M once that was pretty awesome!

I like cabs when you can smoke in them.

I was really drunk and he thought I would going to be sick, so to prove him wrong I decided to wow him with my coversation and before long he was rolling down the window and shouting "BY THE RIVERS OF BABYLON!" at passers by

xp

I would never bitch about the price of a cab. I could have totally gone another way, and I didn't, so it's all on me.

this. i took a cab (part of the way) to my appointment today because i left the house way too late. definitely expensive, but it was my own damn fault i lollygagged instead of leaving myself enough time.

I like cabs when you can smoke in them.

I like those especially, because it's against the law here now, but if you ask, some cabbies will be like, "Ok, crack a window." And some cabbies obviously smoke themselves, and you know either because the cab reeks of it or because they have a lit cigarette in hand when you get in. And when you're riding home drunk off your ass and paying $15-$20 for the privilege, it's REALLY nice to light one up.

it's also interesting how taking a cab puts a real dollar amount on the use of an automobile, even if there is a markup. you realize that there's an expense attached to things like sitting in traffic, or driving 10 miles.

Truly. This is why I rarely get in a cab sober. It is an irrational decision.

also, cab drivers who take you home the extra long way. I once got kicked out of a cab for suggesting I was being ripped off (I clearly was)

if you have a preferred route, you should tell the driver at the beginning of the trip. and if he's not following your route, remind him.

Most cabs I have taken, the driver takes the fastest way possible, because there is a fairly hefty minimum rate, such that it's more profitable to get as many fares as possible.

"can I please not be taken out onto the ring road to circle the city before being brought to my destination pls thnx" This happened to my Dad's friend who is a taxi regulator, my Dad loves telling that story.

My thing is usually say the address, then give a couple options. "You could take Ashland, or maybe Lakeshore. Whichever you think is faster this time of day." Either way, I have ruled out taking Clark Street right past Wrigley Field on a game day, which some jerks will in fact try to do.

I hate it when someone does this to you somewhere you don't know that well, like you couldn't really direct them, but it sure as hell isn't this way.

That's when they do it best.

i've never been on a tram, but I drive by the Roosevelt Island one all the time, as I live in Queens, and all I can think about is the time just a few years ago when it got stuck up there for 6 hours. SIX HOURS!

Sorry, SEVEN HOURS!

On April 18, 2006, at about 5:22 p.m. EDT, two trams were stuck over the East River for seven hours because of mechanical problems, trapping 69 people. Rescue baskets capable of holding up to 15 people were sent up to the stranded cable cars at 10:55 p.m., with children and elderly going first, and each rescue taking about 20 minutes. These baskets also carried supplies to the trams, such as blankets, baby formula, and food, for the remaining passengers.[3] Passengers on the Roosevelt Island-bound tram were rescued by about 2:55 a.m. on April 19, while those on the Manhattan-bound tram were not rescued until 4:07 a.m.[4]

Two tram cars passing each other above Manhattan
The April 2006 incident was the second time in eight months the tram system lost power. On September 2, 2005, more than 80 people were trapped on the tram for over 90 minutes. After that incident, state inspectors cited the Roosevelt Island Tramway for not having an operational diesel backup, or MG set system. The State Department of Labor said the system did not pass electrical inspection and could not run when the April 18 power outage took place.
The tramway suspended operations after the April 2006 incident, re-opening on September 1, 2006. The tram's backup electrical systems were refurbished, and "in case of an emergency, each car now is equipped with blankets, water, food and a toilet with a privacy curtain. Car attendants will carry cell phones with their radios."

i left the house way too late. definitely expensive

This probably accounts for about 40% of every cab ride I've ever taken.

^^ yep. Really glad that I no longer have that job where I'd have to be at work at 6:30am.

hey does that like give it away that yr british if you spell favorite like that

????

god save our gracious fucking queen

― the hubby space veggiescope (country matters), Wednesday, 5 August 2009 01:00 (Yesterday) Bookmark

I don't think it's fair to put "planes" on the same poll as "whatever grindingly awful mode of transportation I use in daily life to get to work or buy groceries without freezing to death."

Everybody would pick "walking" if there was really a choice.

Flying is something completely different.

I'm too drunk to read this entire thread, btw.

lock down 4 helis chop ~ only way 2 travel imo but if i had to order it itd be like heli then jet ski then lambo then horseback then being carried around like a little kid then lex then sst then idk maybe piggyback. falls off after that, really

uhrrrrrrrr

suzy already used that exact display name fyi

I don't think it's fair to put "planes" on the same poll as "whatever grindingly awful mode of transportation etc etc

The man has a point, but one that raises more questions. Flying is something you do when it's the most practical option, or the only option. And it's a pain in the ass. Driving is something that, at least in the US, most people have to do or else their lives are between incredibly difficult and literally impossible. Try living in Lincoln, Kansas and buying a bill of groceries without a car. Or even leaving the house, for that matter. Trains of all kinds, buses and the rest are fine if they're around, but they are often not. "Foot" or "bike" are my top choices here, but those are both luxuries afforded only people who live in cities, and fairly dense ones.

see im reading what ur saying but all im thinking is that ppl just need a heli

oh double no didnt realize that this was LEAST fav mode of transport ~~ luckily i didnt vote but if i did it would be for trams since no1 except toddlers needs to ride in those

Really there are only two cities in the US where it's practical to do all your basic errands on foot, and I'm happy and proud to live in one of them.

Wait, trams in the air? Trams go along the ground on rails, arent those things in the air called cable cars?

Who is talking about Air Trams? Is Jules Verne posting here, and I am missing his posts?

Roosevelt Island Tramway /= Tram. It's a fucking cable car. a tram is like a train for the road: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tram

Anyway local overground trains. Delays, overcrowding, freaks and weirdos. Buses are great but generally you have no idea what time they come or where they go.

xxpost or something

what do I know...they call it a tram

i took the palm springs aerial tramway a couple weeks ago; it was rad.

http://www.pstramway.com/

used to go hiking up there all the time, a little too afeared of heights to appreciate fully -- rad awesome!

yeah, the day after we went there was a blurb in the paper about a missing hiker that was found dead there.

Was it a friend of yours who knew too much?

buses, b/c of: not knowing if yours came early & you have to wait until the next one (in which case you might consider walking to a different bus route or taking a cab), or if it is running a bit late & you should stay put.

This esp. applies in the winter & double esp. applies if you happen to live in Dublin.

underground train cos i'm a crazy claustrophobe

I've had some character-building moments on coaches; freezing, sweating, numb legs, unbelievable back and neck ache, babies screaming, 2 1/2 hour long mobile phone gossip/guffaw sessions, full bladder, rank smells... really the most generous mode of transport. Sense of victory at successfully passing out for the whole trip is unbeatable.

Can't believe I missed out driving over unpaved roads through mountains with no suspension, a really memorable experience.

In theory planes are awesome and the actual flying experience I have very little problem with, as long as I can get an aisle seat. BUt jesus fuck why does a journey encompassing a flight time of fifty minutes from Gatwick to Edinburgh, require that I get up at 3am in order to be where I need to at 9.30am?

Voting underground train for the transportation but fuck a flying for the overall experience.

walking best, bus worst

dammit i just fucked up my vote

Planes are crap. (London) Underground is fine, if you only use it once or twice a year. Worse journeys I've ever had, by far, were by coach OR van - van/lorry should have been included.

Hate planes, they are easily the worst experience I ever subject myself to and I always avoid them where there's an alternative. Also despise coaches, way more than buses. I think it's the high seats, they make me feel all cooped up (again, like a plane). Plus they smell funny. Yeah, coaches get my vote.

In sum, journeys via out-of-town airports with no rail link = hell on earth for me.

Plus they smell funny.

They do. Travelling in a confined space alongside a chemical toilet = weird and unpleasant.

I voted plane. Coach is really the worst for the journey since it's just a smaller less comfortable plane without movies or food - but all the hassle and time wasted in airports weighs heavily on the scales.

apologies for the lack of van/lorry options: not being particularly au fait with them myself, i did not stop to think whether they presented a sufficiently dissimilar transportation experience to the car to justify their own category. this was an oversight on my part.

Like a commercial van or truck? It is a bit different than riding in/driving a car, especially longer distances. It's less physically comfortable, for one thing. When I did it, it had this "life during wartime" appeal for me, but I can see how it could be unpleasant for others.

You need to be in the back with the guitars, amps, drumkit, "roadie", hangers-on, bottles half full of piss, farting etc

people fart in bottles?

Drummers probbaly do

I wish there was a Chicago-specific "CTA" option, because I would sooooooooooooooooooo choose that.

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

I've never been on a train.

― an unctuous tamal (called) (not named) (Abbott), Thursday, August 6, 2009 12:26 AM (1 week ago)

omg how?

can't believe there was only one wacky write-in vote.

didn't vote, too contentious

probably a lot of americans have never been on a train. we spend all our money on highways lol

yall should take a train ride just for the hell of it it is awesome btw

I'd think that most Americans that live in the northeast have taken Amtrak somewhere -- just because it's fairly convenient, those tiny states being so close together and all. Don't a lot of people commute by train there?

yeah i have been on hundreds of trains bc i am from east coast but i mean if abbott lives in the mtn west it's understandable!

tram 2

fuck you

Whoever voted bike is a monster.

And foot too. WTF people.

had great times on this train:
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1382/856059480_e45ecdddc8.jpg?v=0

http://www.gregscoasterphotos.com/images/scbb/cave_sign.jpg

train (overground; local) 0

wooo! this is my favourite of them all fwiw

Yesterday I remembered having some really bad experiences on houseboats, but I still stand by planes as being most awful.

train (overground; local) 0

wooo! this is my favourite of them all fwiw

― cockles (country matters)

louis in that case you should go and vote for it in this poll

most favouritest form of transportation

wayyyyyy ahead of ya pardner

if 'bus' and 'coach' were combined due to reconciliation of american/uk disconnect then we'd have a deserved winner imo

planes deserved to win.

I voted foot but not because walking in of itself is bad - it is awesome! - but because for me personally it is quite difficult.

both buscoaches and planes deserved to win and that bit in Speed is this thread's symbolic oracle

if 'bus' and 'coach' were combined due to reconciliation of american/uk disconnect then we'd have a deserved winner imo

i feel they are markedly different transport experiences

i voted car: it's the buslike experience you brought upon yourself

Buscoaches and planes both have their places, but I can't say that I enjoy flying ever and there are situations where I do like riding a bus.

i voted car: it's the buslike experience you brought upon yourself

Huh?

Thomp, I just get the feeling that most people voting for 'bus' were voting for Greyhound-style long-coach-trip experiences. As opposed to the gaiety of a municipal jaunt (which I can get behind to an extent)

How many people really simply love flying? I do (disclaimer: my flights are always 2 hours or less).
I just hate airports.

flying's great w/ a window seat in business class going somewhere awesome, glass of champagne when u sit down and xanax once you've leveled out. i mean c'mon u want to feel international once in this life it's the way to do it

i really enjoy takeoff and landing but hate airports and hate the boring middle of the flight breathing stinky air and being cramped

^this is true, but a rare rare experience.

xpost

i mean when i'm by a window i like it, not any other time xp

Yeah I always get a window seat and figure out beforehand which side will have the better view, then settle down with my ipod, order a drink or two, and take photos of SF, Seattle, the Sierras, LA, etc...

Dont mind flying as most of my trips are ~ an hour tops, or 4 hrs to perth, but the one time to the UK, I was stir crazy from the noise and the confined space after about 8 hours.

I might have to reconsider my flying opinion once I actually cross an ocean.

I'm mildly claustrophobic so being in a space I cant get out of squicks me a little.

^^ with ya on that. I think my preference for cars, is based on the claustrophia thing which is accented when I feel like I have no control over my environment.

i always get really psyched to fly and be in airports (unless there's a delay) but then once i actually get on a plane i'm like "wait, this kind of sucks"

Metropolitan bus is the only form of transportation that I've accidentally sat in a puddle of someone else's piss on, is why.

Less likely to happen on any other form of transport, i think.

Maybe subways.

Thomp, I just get the feeling that most people voting for 'bus' were voting for Greyhound-style long-coach-trip experiences. As opposed to the gaiety of a municipal jaunt (which I can get behind to an extent)

When I voted for 'bus' it was for the kind that do municipal jaunts. All the coaches I've been on have been fine (although should probably say I've never had the Greyhound experience and never been on a coach for more than 4 or so hours max at a time).

Local buses are just the pits.

I think local buses are great! But I've said that before. Anything -- ANYTHING -- is better than walking.

man, i love walking. when i was a kid i had this fantasy that when i was, oh, 20 or so i would walk across the country. just start somewhere, walk until i got tired, stay there, and then keep going the next morning until i got to the other end. it still sounds heavenly, but on a less continental scale. i would love to do the lyke wake walk! (it's probably for old people, but it still sounds dreamy)

i love walking too

I love walking, but not so much as a mode of transportation.