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Rick's avatar

Voters have to be insane to give this system any more money. Buses are empty so let’s put more buses on the road. In what universe does that make sense?

Christopher James Hollins's avatar

It is against CATS rules to carry concealed on CATS vehicles. That makes CATS a gun free zone and therefore prime hunting grounds for such as Decarlos Brown.

Further, the low ridership vs high capitalization indicates that the business model is all messed up.

I’d scrap it. It’s a typical political boondoggle.

There’s no point in it if the dollars invested don’t align perfectly with what the market wants.

Let’s find a more efficient way to address the needs of mass transportation markets.

Patrick O'Brien's avatar

It sounds like micro-transit is a better solution to low ridership on the bus system than expanding the frequency that busses run on the same aging road infrastructure as all the cars carrying people back and forth to work. The Transit Plan obviously has not determined why ridership has declined so significantly on our busses and it is logical to question why we should invest more in a system that residents are hesitant to use.