Sun Metro’s numbers for the first quarter of the 2019 fiscal year are out:
Ridership fell another 5.6% from last year’s lows.
Yet they stubbornly continue to show a goal of more riders this year than last.
If somehow they reached their goal they would still be 19% below where they were back in 2012.
Their cost per trip for the quarter went up 21% from the same period last year.
Isn’t it time that we rethink how our bus system operates?
We deserve better
Brutus
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Several people trying to get through the traffic mess on alternate routes that was caused by the closure of I-10 the other day have commented to me about the lack of assistance from our local traffic people.
They commented about stop lights that held traffic back when there were few if any cars coming from the perpendicular side of the intersection.
In this day of electronic communication couldn’t we have a system where someone or some computer changed the traffic signal controller to compensate for the massive change in traffic conditions?
Or maybe people could be dispatched to the intersections to manually control the signals to maximize traffic flow.
These situations are bad but measures could be taken to lessen the problems.
We deserve better
Brutus
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I cannot think of anything that could more clearly demonstrate the city’s attitude to the public than the below slide:
The city is telling us that they start with their internal project management employees and then involve
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Brutus
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Take a look at this:
The city has been quite efficient on this one. The above slide came from a presentation that was to be made to city council.
Before city council even considered the issue the project was removed from the city’s list of bond projects.
Elections have consequences.
We deserve better
Brutus
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Rich Wright over at elchuqueno.com makes some interesting predictions about today’s (Monday, February 4, 2019) special city council meeting.
Our city council has decided to have “special” city council meetings where they deal with things that they don’t want the voters involved in.
Look at this picture taken at a recent special meeting.
We deserve better
Brutus
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