06-20-2019, 05:41 PM
(06-20-2019, 03:57 PM)taylortbb Wrote:(06-20-2019, 03:48 PM)jeffster Wrote: But those grumbling about the GRT cancelling (or more like reducing) service is fairly truthful. As I said, in my case, the GRT is useless now.
I think it's not truthful at all. The June 24th changes are a massive expansion of GRT service. More buses, more service hours, etc. By every metric it's a huge expansion.
It's also a re-organization. Some people are now further from transit, some are now closer. For those that are further I understand that sucks, but that doesn't make it a reduction.
It's expected to make 70% of trips of faster. Yes, that does mean there's some that will be slower, but transit is always going to be a compromise. Not every street will have a bus route.
Well, it's true if you are in a suburb that has reduced or eliminated services. In our case, it was eliminated (I've been in the same area for 29 years, the first 25 had transit). I think those complaining are the ones that are negatively affected. I have a car, so at the end of the day, it doesn't matter. I'll likely check out the ION by parking at the Charles and Benton garage and hop on a ride somewhere, but that sort of defeats to the purpose of 'ditching the car'.