The Tuesday, October 13, 2015 agenda of the Mass Transit Department Board (aka Sun Metro) includes this item:
- Presentation and discussion on the following items:
9A. Sun Metro Fixed Route Indicators for FY15 4TH QTR for period ending August 31, 2015
We saw a 15% drop in ridership for the first three quarters of 2015 ending May 31 compared to the same period last year. That is even after the super expensive Brio system came online.
Will the fourth quarter numbers be even worse?
The Times recently ran an article where they published the fourth quarter numbers.
It is difficult to believe what we read in the Times. In Total eclipse of the Sun we wrote about how the Times printed in their article that “Sun Metro averages 1,800-2,000 riders each day”.
Looking on the Times website now the article has been changed to read “Sun Metro averages 42,000-43,000 riders each day”.
They changed the article without noting their earlier mistake. That is just plain dishonest behavior for a newspaper.
We deserve better
Brutus
elpasospeak 
Never let the facts get in the way of a good story.
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42000 riders per day is just BS. Dishonesty reigns in this town!
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For 42,000 riders to be correct, one out of every 20 El Paso residents would have to be taking the bus daily. That’s simply not credible. It’s even less believable when you consider the number of babies and elderly people who do not get out each day.
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Now you know why they darkened the windows. But at the correct angle, you can see the driver and maybe two passenagers.
But careful with this report, the city is known to solve low customer numbers of anything by doubling the size of a facility, buses, buildings. Great rationale, to increase the extremely low numbers, just increase the size!
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