Metro: adding bus service and hiding new maps
Finally! A Metro service improvement than might actually be considered an improvement:
METRO’s August service changes include 14 more local trips on routes that include the 1 Hospital and 85 Antoine, and one new commuter trip on the 221 Kingsland. In total, METRO is adding more than 78 hours each weekday that its buses will be on the street.
It's a small step, but it's a step, one that hopefully signals a rethinking of priorities inside the Lee P. Brown Administration Building.
We also learn that while light rail is Metro's transit backbone, bus service "is the heartbeat of our business,” [Metro President Frank] Wilson said. “We’ll continue to expand and improve that service as this region grows and prospers.” Yeah, well, "continue to expand and improve" are not the best choice of words. After several years of nothing but cuts in bus service, Metro might need a heart transplant.
Then Metro's blogger Mary Sit announced that Metro has a new system map. There's just one little problem:
Those of you who have seen our new system map, now available at our RideStores (behind the counter - you have to ask for one), will see some welcomed changes.
Ha! That's the funniest paragraph we've read in a long time. Unfortunately, she wasn't trying to be funny. Typical Metro.
Posted by Anne Linehan @ 07/08/07 05:05 PM | Print |
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