Seattlest: We Need More Buses

Queegmire

Wed, 14 May 2008 21:43:24 -0800

Just wait for Friday afternoon when it the temperature hits the mid 80's. Nothing more fun than to spend 45 minutes on a crowded bus in hot weather.

johnnye

Wed, 14 May 2008 19:26:11 -0800

More buses with WHAT money? If people are driving less, there goes your funding for more buses. Ironic ain't it?

jessejb

Wed, 14 May 2008 16:41:13 -0800

^lalalala not listening! -Seattle City Council

MattEngineer

Wed, 14 May 2008 15:15:35 -0800

More buses = more drivers = more annual dollars (each one will cost you several million dollars every decade). Longer buses would help, or we could let the outside areas have our old buses and get a higher-capacity in-city system. You know, something like traffic-separated streetcars, a city-level light rail system, or a monorail...

ozmafan

Wed, 14 May 2008 10:50:26 -0800

sometimes it seems like the solution to overcrowded buses is as simple as GETTING A LONGER BUS. i've been crammed onto short/normal size buses so many times and always wonder why a longer/articulated bus couldn't be brought to the route. of course there's the issue of not having longer/articulated buses available, but maybe some bus swapping could occur...?

polyrhythmic

Wed, 14 May 2008 10:31:50 -0800

+1 While I was running 4 blocks to my transfer -- the 16 ran 12+ minutes late again today -- I was thinking the exact same thing...

TroyJMorris

Wed, 14 May 2008 10:15:52 -0800

Too bad Ron's a jackass and couldn't build rail because it infringed on his prize Rapid Bus Lines. Boy, he's a jackass.

jessejb

Wed, 14 May 2008 10:10:43 -0800

No, because that would require common sense to solve. Just like the common sense it took for them to go out there and madly build out streetcar and light rail routes no matter what the obstrucionists say, in order to accomodate the surge. Oh..wait..no theyre not.