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More Riders, Less Routes?

By Kleinheider Posted on May 2, 2008 at 2:44 pm

Rachel Walden is scared that the Metro Transit Authority’s public hearings next week may mean she has to find a new way to work:

 They note that “rising diesel fuel and operating costs” are behind the possible changes, but I’m guessing these changes come at a particularly bad time for many riders - the buses I ride have been fuller every week.

Of course, I’m biased, because one of the routes MTA may cut or change is the one that gets me to work in the morning, and already has limited service in my view because the last one out of downtown runs at just after 5 (meaning that most people working an 8-5 job can’t get there in time and have to find another route home). Personally, I’d rather they mothball the $40 million downtown hub (or find some other solution), because actually getting to work is more important to me than waiting comfortably indoors for a bus.

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2 Responses to “More Riders, Less Routes?”

  1. dan t writes
    May 2nd, 2008 4:23 pm

    Good lord! I tell you some people will cry and complain over some of the most minor of things. GET IN YOUR VEHICLE AND DRIVE TOO WORK MS WALDEN! Where do u live Bellevue,Green Hills? Thats what, five or so miles into downtown? You ought to try driving like I do. I have to travel 120 miles round trip to work everyday in just my vehicle…thats not counting how much I drive in the company car. Me and my sister have also been having to take our mom to UAB in Birmingham once a week from her home in Savannah, Tn. for cancer treatments. Thats another 200 miles. I wished I was still living in green hills. Those days of only driving 50 miles a week sound like a long forgotten fantasy now.

  2. Martin Kennedy writes
    May 2nd, 2008 4:38 pm

    I think your comment misses the point somewhat dan t. Doesn’t it seem odd that MTA would cite rising fuel costs, precisely what will drive more riders their way, as the reason for cutting routes? Wouldn’t more riders per bus compensate for higher fuel costs? No one should encourage Ms. Walden to get into her car, if she has one. Her adoption of the personal auto imposes a cost on me. Put another way, her reliance on public transit is a benefit to me; it reduces congestion.

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