24 January 2007
UH considers medical school proposal
The Chronicle's Todd Ackerman reports that leaders at the University of Houston are seriously considering a proposal to develop a medical school:
In a move that would ratchet up an ongoing rivalry in the Texas Medical Center, the University of Houston is considering starting a medical school in partnership with The Methodist Hospital and Cornell University.
The idea, quietly explored by UH leaders in recent months, comes amid appeals for medical school expansion because of projected statewide and nationwide doctor shortages. Houston now has two medical schools — Baylor College of Medicine and the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston.
"We would be remiss if we didn't explore the possibility," UH President Jay Gogue said. "When you're sitting next to the world's largest medical center, in a state that's 41st out of 50th in physicians per capita, it would be almost unconscionable not to do due diligence."
Under a consultant's proposal, UH would provide students' basic-science training in their first two years and Cornell-affiliated physicians at Methodist would provide the clinical training in the last two years. Students would get a medical degree jointly awarded by UH and Cornell.
UH acknowledged its interest in a medical school only after the Houston Chronicle filed a Texas Open Records request.
Developing a medical school is a natural component of UH's ambitions of becoming a top tier public urban research university, and the university (not to mention the greater Houston area) can make a compelling case for both.
Unfortunately, the compelling case is not likely enough to overcome longstanding academic/political realities that favor two state flagship educational institutions over all others -- logic, reason, and other concerns be damned.
It also is of no help when shortsighted lawmakers play the following sorts of games:
The University of Texas-Austin also is interested in starting a medical school, and state Rep. Garnet Coleman, D-Houston, is pushing for a medical school affiliated with Prairie View A&M."It would be my preference that Prairie View gets a medical school before UH or UT," said Coleman, UH's representative.
He's an embarrassment.
BLOGVERSATION: Houston's Clear Thinkers.
Posted by Kevin Whited @ 01/24/07 02:42 PM |
Imagine if each Park and Pillage had its own Jim Archer...
On their Sit and Spin blog today, METRO celebrates the first days of operation of its new HP/Cypress Park and Pillage facility:
Wednesday, January 24, 2007 12:38 PM [sic] On its second day of operation, the new 217 HP/Cypress Park & Ride was a resounding hit with most of its riders.
It had 26 percent higher ridership- or boardings - on opening day than the previous best Park & Ride – and 232 percent more ridership than the average Park & Ride during its first week of operation.
Jim Archer, manager of ridership analysis and service evaluation, stood in the parking lot for all 21 bus trips on Monday and watched passengers get on and off the buses.
That was probably reassuring to people who have heard about the crime at METRO's other Park and Pillages since the decision to remove security staff from the lots.
Unfortunately, Jim Archer probably isn't going to be standing out there every day. Good luck to the folks who park there when he's back in the office!
Posted by Kevin Whited @ 01/24/07 02:02 PM |
23 January 2007
Kellner: Airport likely to retain hub status
As the Chronicle's Bill Hensel reports, Continental chairman Larry Kellner was doing a little bit of damage control earlier this week in light of recent airline merger talk:
Continental Airlines Chairman Larry Kellner said Monday that he expects Houston to keep its status as a major connection point for airlines no matter the outcome of recent merger talks.
"It would be a little surprising to me not to see Houston have a big hub here for a very long time," Kellner said.
His remarks came in response to concerns raised at a meeting of the Indo-American Chamber of Commerce of Greater Houston about the airline industry's recent merger talks.
Houston has a considerable investment in Continental's hub operation at Bush Intercontinental, so it's hard to imagine Kellner saying anything different to a Houston crowd.
Posted by Kevin Whited @ 01/23/07 11:10 PM |
News you CAN get elsewhere (cont'd)
Chron.com has been better of late about updating its Froot Loop morning news "reporting" with details gathered by the newspaper's own reporters later.
Their reporters must have been too busy to fill in details today, though, as this morning report remains on the website:
Police are searching for a gunman they believe shot two men in northwest Harris County early this morning, according to televised reports by KTRK (Channel 13) and KHOU (Channel 11).
Authorities gave reporters this account: Police responded to reports of a shooting at an apartment at the 100 block of Hollow Tree near Interstate 45. Police found one man shot and several men fleeing the scene in a Ford Crown Victoria or Mercury Marquis with Louisiana plates.
The vehicle was later found at a nearby Lexus dealership where a security guard found a man hiding and other man shot in the stomach.
Police recovered a gun at the apartment parking lot and have one man in custody. The investigation continues at the crime scene. No word on the conditions of the men.
At least Chron.com is now crediting their early-morning news sources (which makes Chron.com look a little less dumb if those sources happen to get some facts wrong). It would be better, though, if the Chronicle city desk was actually doing its own city reporting.
Posted by Kevin Whited @ 01/23/07 10:43 PM |
Looking back at Bob Lanier's 1991 campaign dream team
On Sunday, the Chronicle's Rick Casey took a fascinating look back at Bob Lanier's 1991 campaign team -- and how members of that dream team have gone on to much bigger things.
It's an interesting read, especially coming from a columnist who did not live here during the Lanier campaign or administration and whose expertise is San Antonio.
Perhaps this line that effectively sets up the substance of the column is telling:
Consider this lineup of then-30 somethings, drawn largely from a short list culled for Lanier by longtime Houston political operative Dave Walden:
Does anyone else think that Walden dropped this great column idea on Casey, who then paid him back with that nice mention (nicely timed before the next municipal races)?
That would be a smooth move from a top local political operative. If it happened that way, of course.
Posted by Kevin Whited @ 01/23/07 10:16 PM |
22 January 2007
METRO fails Cuney Homes residents
METRO's latest service "improvements" have kicked in, and some people aren't happy. KHOU-11's Rucks Russell reports:
[Mary Thomas] said she’s used the same bus stop for 40 years – just a stone’s throw from her back porch – to get her to and from work.
But now that’s all changed.
“I’m angry. I’m very angry,” Thomas said.
Thomas’ bus, the No. 68 Brays Bayou, started traveling a brand new route Sunday, leaving behind The Cuney Homes and an 81-year-old loyal customer.
Now Thomas and other Cuney Homes residents have to walk several city blocks to catch their bus … and that has many in the neighborhood hopping mad.
[snip]
A Metro representative said that when a route moves, it may hurt one patron but help several others.
But that doesn’t help the residents of the Cuney Homes – or the TSU students just across the street. A number of students even said they believe the new routes could place their safety in jeopardy.
“These aren’t necessarily the safest places for high school, college students, young women to be roaming by themselves,” Jade Cooper, a student, said.
It's not the safest place, no.
Unfortunately, METRO more and more seems to think of itself as a real-estate redevelopment organization, instead of a transit organization focused on mobility (and especially on mobility of those who are less fortunate). Good for you, if you live in a loft along Main or plan on purchasing one at the redeveloped AstroWorld site. Too bad if you are a transit-dependent resident of one of Houston's poorer neighborhoods.
RELATED: METRO route changes worry some riders (KTRK-13).
BLOGVERSATION: METRO Is Full Of Crap.
Posted by Kevin Whited @ 01/22/07 11:37 PM |
21 January 2007
Foronda: I'm just tired of the spotlight
The Chronicle's Clifford Pugh checks in today on former KHOU-11 anchor Lisa Foronda, who walked away from the station she helped propel to the top of Houston's news ratings:
She has heard many of the rumors over the abrupt end to her broadcasting career, including a rift with management (false), an affair with a co-worker (false) and a change in sexual orientation (false). "The most outrageous (rumor) is that I'm a kept woman and that my sugar daddy doesn't want me working," she said with a laugh.She has a boyfriend close to her age, but even if he were richer than Bill Gates, which he isn't, she would never depend on a man for financial survival.
"I've never had a man take care of me and I don't ever want one to take care of me," she said. "Everything I've bought, I've done on my own. My mama taught me to save."
She maintains the real story of her departure is not nearly as sexy: She was simply tired of the spotlight and craved a life out of the public eye.
It's still a big loss for KHOU, and for Houston viewers.
Posted by Kevin Whited @ 01/21/07 10:28 PM |
Chron STAR section not for 8-year-olds
In today's Chronicle, reader representative James Campbell followed up on an earlier blog post about the STAR section's recent decision to reprint a New York Times feature on fiftysomething year-old porn stars. The decision upset some readers who didn't think the spread (pardon the pun) belonged in a family newspaper and asked "Where were the editors?"
The newspaper's features editor responded as follows:
Kyrie O'Connor, deputy managing editor/features, responded: "We didn't choose the 50-plus porn star story deliberately to annoy people. We chose it because it was one of the most interesting stories we'd seen in a long time, well-written, lively, unusual. It's true that it may not be the first story you would want your 8-year-old to read that day, but while we need to be respectful of our readers, we don't need to plan the newspaper for 8-year-olds. Any child who could read that story should have his or her questions answered about it by a thoughtful adult. Our desire was not to endorse the over-50 porn star lifestyle or advocate for it — that's not what we do — but to give people something to read and think about, to be amused or mildly provoked, as they choose. The picture was not risqué."
She's right about one thing -- The STAR section sometimes seems run as if 12-year-olds just starting to hit puberty (not 8-year-olds) are both in charge and the targeted audience.
Campbell concludes:
So, where is the boundary when it comes to publishing stories about sex and sexuality? I agree with O'Connor that the story was "interesting." For some readers, however, it ultimately was about hedonistic sex and the too-salacious-to-discuss-in-public subject of pornography.
For those readers, the story crossed the line of good taste and judgment.
Those readers are right.
BLOGVERSATION: Lose an Eye, It's a Sport, Custos Fidei.
Posted by Kevin Whited @ 01/21/07 10:22 PM |
AstroWorld site developers seek management district designation
The Chronicle's Nancy Sarnoff reports that the group redeveloping the old AstroWorld site hopes to create a municipal management district and get a light rail extension:
Angel/McIver Interests is seeking the creation of a municipal management district for the site.
The special district would help finance infrastructure, such as roads and drainage systems, as well as parking facilities, landscaping and security, according to Robert Randolph, an attorney working with the Conroe-based company that bought the acreage last summer.
The investment group is planning a mixed-use transit-oriented development for the former theme park land. It would include high-density residential units, offices, shops and a hotel.
The management district would sell bonds to build the facilities, as well as collect taxes, user fees, parking revenues and potentially levy special assessments on property owners to pay for the bonds.
Part of the plan includes a proposal to reroute the light rail line through the property.
A Metro spokeswoman said the Metropolitan Transit Authority has requested a proposal from Angel/McIver, but it has not yet received it.
Why does it so often seem like METRO views itself as a vehicle for real-estate development, rather than a transit organization?
Posted by Kevin Whited @ 01/21/07 10:06 PM |
City's still in no rush to upgrade emergency radio system
More than three years ago, the city of Houston learned that HPD's radio system was outdated. Two years ago, KHOU-11 got its hands on the report and asked Mayor White what the city was going to do about it. His answer?
"It's not a problem that's going to be solved in one day. It will be over a period of years," said Mayor Bill White.
And he wasn't kidding. A year and a half after its first report, KHOU followed up to check on the progress of a new emergency radio system. The conclusion? No progress. Zip, zilch, nada.
Today the Chronicle gets into the act, questioning HPD's unreliable, unpredictable radio system. What's Mayor White's response this time?
Mayor Bill White scoffed at the criticism, insisting the city remains well prepared for disasters. He noted that the city's radio system withstood Hurricane Rita when more than a million people evacuated.
''I think that there tends to be an overemphasis in Washington on hardware and an underemphasis on the planning and cooperation and ability to improvise by our community," White said.
Planning and cooperation are going to be worth squat if Houston's front-line emergency responders don't have the ability to communicate with each other.
Steven Jones, executive director of the First Response Coalition, a nonprofit advocacy group that promotes for advanced communications systems for police, fire and other agencies called Houston's incompatibility with other local agencies "incredibly alarming."
[snip]
As the terrorist attacks in New York City and Washington made emphatically clear, emergency response crews must be able to communicate with each other during disasters. In New York, commanders were unable to radio firefighters to direct them to evacuate the World Trade Center before the towers collapsed on Sept. 11, 2001.
And the Chron's story points out that in addition to the 2003 study, the city commissioned ANOTHER study last year!
Here's the bottom line: The city has had years of notice that its emergency radio system is woefully inadequate, and the city, under Mayor White's leadership, has done nothing to start fixing the problem. (Two studies don't count.) The city is drawing in record tax revenue, has new revenue streams in place, and last year was sitting on a surplus. Considering that some of the cost of a new radio system will be covered by federal grants, Houston should be well into the upgrading process by now. Since the city has taken no steps to get a new system in place, it is facing a critical problem that will be much harder to tackle since it won't be able to do it in pieces, like Harris County has done.
As it stands now, the city says it's probably five years away from the radio system it needs. But Mayor White says he'll be ready to tackle it...down the road. He just needs to be reelected again:
"If the public allows me to keep the job for the next three years, I do want to put in place a strategy and contracts and a financing plan to get us into a state-of-the-art public safety communications system," White said.
Meanwhile, take any of Mayor White's pet causes over the past several years and note how fast he's moved to implement them: $AFEclear, Parking Authority, red light cameras, smoking ban, downtown park, Proposition 1, Proposition G, commercial vehicle parking ordinance, subsidized housing, apartment remodeling, etc., etc.
It's quite a contrast.
Posted by Anne Linehan @ 01/21/07 04:26 PM |
Editorial LiveJournalists open mouth, insert foot
The Chronicle's Editorial LiveJournalists came out today strongly in favor of keeping the Houston's Gay Pride parade in Montrose:
Few events are as unique to a neighborhood as this city's best-known gay celebration, the Pride Houston Parade, is to Montrose. For nearly 30 years, that midtown neighborhood has not merely served as a place to stage the pride parade and its associated festivities; it has been the soul of Houston's gay community.
That is why the idea to relocate the event to the humdrum environs of downtown should be rejected.
Humdrum environs?
That certainly caught Cory Crow's eye:
Humdrum environs? Our "vibrant, and energetic" Downtown district?
The same district that has been "revitalized" by the DangerTrain, new bars, more bars, the Theatre District expansion, Minute Maid Park, Toyota Center, and more bars?
Humdrum?
To quote Matt Bramanti: Heh.
We'll see that "heh" and raise!
Posted by Kevin Whited @ 01/21/07 03:23 PM |
HPD officers accused of bad behavior
News of alleged wrongdoing by HPD officers has dominated the local news this weekend.
The Chronicle reports that HPD's internal affairs division has busted an officer for taking bribes:
A veteran Houston police officer arrested Friday in an undercover bribery sting is among the highest paid and most-disciplined employees on the force, city records show.
The officer, Alfred Alaniz, is charged with felony bribery after police allege he took cash during a traffic stop from an undercover officer posing as a civilian motorist.
A complaint about Alaniz, a 20-year veteran accident investigator, prompted the Houston Police Department's internal affairs division to conduct the roadside sting.
"The department had received information that he was accepting money in exchange for not writing citations," said Assistant Chief Michael Dirden, who heads internal affairs.
KRIV-26's Isiah Carey reports that HPD's internal affairs division is also investigating the arrest of a local political activist on a gun charge, even though the woman has a concealed carry permit. Carey reports that the woman says she was tipped off by an HPD sergeant that the arrest was retaliation for a complaint she registered with the department's internal affairs division. The video report is available here. Carey promises to stay on top of HPD's internal affairs investigation.
We're always hesitant to blame cops first, as some people do, in part because they're doing a hard job in tough circumstances right now (thanks to the manpower shortage and surge in bad guys). But if there are cops behaving badly, here's hoping that the internal affairs division gets it sorted out -- quickly.
BLOGVERSATION: Isiah Carey's Insite.
Posted by Kevin Whited @ 01/21/07 12:50 PM |
20 January 2007
Put red light camera money to good use
Yesterday ten more red light cameras starting clicking away in Houston; for safety purposes, of course, not revenue purposes (wink, wink).
Interestingly, Charlotte, North Carolina, ended its red light camera program last week after a state appeals court said revenue generated from fines must be turned over to public schools. It would seem Charlotte city officials weren't that interested in safety if it meant losing ticket revenue while still having to pay the camera vendor.
Closer to home, MayorWhiteChiefHurtt could prove their dedication to safety by giving all Houston red light camera revenue to a very worthwhile cause: funding an adoption-only municipal animal care facility.
Posted by Anne Linehan @ 01/20/07 10:58 AM |
19 January 2007
Hurricane LeeP hits New Orleans
A week ago, KHOU-11 reported that Lee Brown had been hired to help New Orleans with its crime problem (really!).
Today, the Chronicle's Kristen Mack devoted over half of her weekly column (really!) to this bit of news. Here's an excerpt:
Former Mayor Lee Brown is headed to New Orleans to help the storm-ravaged city develop community-policing tactics he pioneered while he was Houston's police chief back in the 1980s.His consulting company, Brown Group International, will evaluate the New Orleans Police Department and help it improve its relationship with residents.
BGI's specialties include public safety, homeland security, crisis management and government relations.
Hmm, many Houstonians understand the "specialties" of Brown Group International somewhat differently from Mack's glossy version!
After his disastrous run as Houston mayor, Brown spent a year as "scholar in residence" (using that term lightly) at Rice University, allegedly to complete a textbook on neighborhood policing. His hagiographer at the Chronicle is forced to concede it still has not been completed:
After leaving the mayor's office in 2002, Brown spent a year as a "scholar in residence" at Rice University writing a textbook on community policing. It has yet to be published. Brown said he's done with the research, now he just needs to finish writing."It's long overdue," Brown said. "I would not give you a deadline. I've passed all the past deadlines."
At least now he can show another city how it's done before people there can refer to his book and figure it out for themselves.
Ha ha ha, what a jokester that Mack is.
Or, of course, the people of New Orleans may figure out that the bumbling Brown's inattention to detail and deadlines related to the overdue book is just a manifestation of his general incompetence.
BLOGVERSATION: Lone Star Times I, Lone Star Times II.
BLAST FROM THE PAST: Mayor Pothole's Archives (TBIFOC).
Posted by Kevin Whited @ 01/19/07 09:39 PM |
Romantic Houston
Just in time for Valentine's Day, Texas Highways magazine highlights Houston's "Flirty Dozen" -- twelve places to inspire romance. Here's an excerpt:
THE CHOCOLATE BAR
Sweets for your sweet
If you imagine anything appealing that can be done with chocolate, you can probably find it in this well-appointed shop in Houston's Montrose District (see "Move Over, Godiva...," page 20 of the print issue). You can smell the aroma before you enter, and watch chocolate being made once you do.
Ice cream. Chocolate-covered fruit. Chocolate pizza. And all things covered in chocolate, from Nutter Butters to popcorn. Get it to go or eat it here. There's an ice-cream wing, where the staff will scoop multiple flavors to your fancy, and, in the cake wing, enough cake to get you through the worst heartbreaks. You'll fall in love with the best-selling Aunt Etta's Cake. This rich, moist chocolate cake lives up to every great chocolate-cake experience you've ever had. It's a decadent meal in itself.
JPMORGAN CHASE TOWER OBERVATION DECK
Room with a view
Need a little inspiration? Take a trip up to the Chase Tower's 60th-floor "Sky Lobby" observation deck for a terrific view of the cityscape. As it gets dark, you can see the countless stars in the sky and the millions of city lights below the horizon.
Formerly the Texas Commerce Tower, the 75-story building was designed by renowned architect I.M. Pei and was the tallest building west of the Mississippi until the Library Tower building went up in Los Angeles. (It's only got 16 feet on the Chase.)
The entire article is not available online, so here are the top twelve:
1. Events
2. The Chocolate Bar
3. Houston Arboretum
4. JPMorgan Chase Tower Observation Deck
5. Cocktails at Marfreless
6. Dinner at the Rainbow Lodge
7. Stages Repertory Theatre
8. Bergamos Spa Retreat
9. Picnic at The Menil
10. Williams Tower Park
11. Nazar's
12. The Lancaster Hotel
Posted by Anne Linehan @ 01/19/07 08:45 PM |
"Ice storm" leads to severe blood shortage in local hospitals
Local hospitals are having to cancel surgeries because of a shortage of blood, due in part to this week's weather hysteria:
The Texas Medical Center and other hospitals around town were hit hard by the winter weather in Houston and across Texas. It not only kept regular donors away, but also forced organizers to cancel blood drives and blocked shipments expected from other cities.
They're actually having to ration blood at the worlds biggest cancer center. They have been canceling cancer surgeries this week with no end in sight.
"We've had to cancel between 10 and 15 cases over the last three days because of the shortage," said Dr. Garrett Walsh, head of surgical services at M.D. Anderson Cancer Center.
The blood supply there is so low, they think surgeries Friday and all of next week will also be canceled. And that's a real hardship for patients.
"They come from all areas of the U.S.; they come to Houston. They get geared to the time of surgery and then when you tell them the operation is canceled because of a blood shortage, there's obviously a tremendous amount of anxiety surrounding that," said Dr. Walsh.
Surgeries are often timed between radiation and chemotherapy treatment programs. And canceling is hard, too, because many surgeries involve huge medical teams because they're so complex.
Thankfully, the Houston area is recovering from the "ice storm." Hopefully, blood donation levels will recover too.
Posted by Anne Linehan @ 01/19/07 07:57 PM |
18 January 2007
A tale of two headlines
This is an example of a bad headline:
This is an example of a better headline:
Continental has profitable 2006 after cutting fourth-quarter losses
Posted by Kevin Whited @ 01/18/07 11:21 PM |
Light rail no boon to Wheeler Watch Clinic
Several days ago, the Chronicle's Mason Lerner reported that the promise by light-rail boosters of increased foot traffic and untold commercial possibilities hasn't worked out so well for one business on Main:
In its 50 years downtown, Wheeler Watch Clinic has survived three moves and changed generations once — major feats for any small business.
But its owners say the threat to its business by Houston's light rail is a new challenge that's getting hard to take.
"We were doing really well before the train came along," said John Galvan, who with his three brothers has taken charge of the business founded by their father, Richard Galvan Sr. "We still get business, but we don't have the volume that we used to."
Galvan did not want to disclose his store's revenue, but he estimated that it is down by about a third since the train started running by in 2004.
He attributed this to the fact that the train has decreased foot traffic passing by the store and made it much harder for drivers to park nearby.
Galvan explained that the only way drivers coming from the west side of town can reach the store is by using cross streets several blocks away.
"People used to come and see me from all over the city," he said. "Now it's more difficult for them to get here, so we are losing them all."
To "balance" the story, the reporter found a University of Houston intellectual who thinks the problems are easily solved. James Evans, the director of the University of Houston Small Business Development Center within its prestigious Bauer College of Business Administration, advises the following:
[Evans] suggested that the business deal with the decrease in customer traffic by focusing on new residential developments in the downtown and Midtown areas nearby.
"They have to market to those people," he said. "They have to make colorful, attention-grabbing fliers and distribute them throughout the neighborhood."
Colorful fliers! It's so obvious, yet so elusive. We hope the Galvans are paying attention to that cutting-edge business advice from Houston's university.
We thought perhaps METRO's Sit and Spin blog might comment on the story, but apparently the site has simply become a daily press-release depository.
BLOGVERSATION: METRO Is Full Of Crap, This Blog Is Full Of Crap.
Posted by Kevin Whited @ 01/18/07 10:55 PM |
So this is running government like a business?
Slampo's been poking around on the webpages of the Mayor's Office of Immigrant and Refugee Affairs, and has a few observations:
In addition to advising the mayor on immigration policy---which we thought he himself has said is a federal matter---the office seeks to “inform and educate the public about immigrant and immigration policies, act as a liaison between immigrant communities and city government [and] advocate on behalf of constituents.”
Some picky sorts might take issue with the notion that all people living in Houston are entitled to the “full benefits” offered by the city “regardless of … current citizenship status,” but we wouldn’t quibble with the larger notion that in a city with so many immigrants---many of them legal!---the mayor’s office ought to have some sort of formal liaison with the newcomers and the various institutions, organizations, Bar card holders and gum-beaters who represent them.
But check out almost any issue of MOIRA’s newsletter and it’s apparent that this arm of the mayor’s office takes its charge to “advocate on behalf of constituents” (which constituents, by the way?) to mean advocate in one of the most blatantly partisan and political manners that we’ve seen in supposedly non-partisan city government.
It's the usual good stuff from Slampo, so better go read it all.
Posted by Kevin Whited @ 01/18/07 10:17 PM |
17 January 2007
New Metro service "improvements" coming January 21st!
It's a new year and Metro has decided it's time for some new service adjustments. (Alas, Metro no longer calls them service "improvements." What a shame.) Metro is so excited about this latest round of adjustments (including some route downsizing), there's an exclamation point at the end of the press release title! Woo hoo!
METRO Service Adjustments Coming Sunday, January 21, 2007!
METRO is implementing the following route and schedule modifications to provide more efficient service. The information within this brochure will inform you of any changes that may affect your daily travel.
Please note that METRO peak service hours are Monday through Friday from 5 to 9 a.m. and 3 to 7 p.m. Late Evening service begins at 7 p.m. and continues until the last trip of the night. The frequency of each bus is calculated by how often, on average, a bus arrives at each stop along its route. Of course, weather, traffic and the number of boardings may affect the frequency of a route.
The list of adjustments follows:
Posted by Anne Linehan @ 01/17/07 04:56 PM |
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