Ridden the bus lately in King County? Or, rather, tried to ride it? Things are a bit sticky of late. Why? Well, let's run down the laundry list. First, ( what you know. )
The worst is when route cuts are made based on ridership numbers, which obviously will suffer when routes are cancelled. Riders get screwed.
Okay, I'll bite. Why is that "screwing" the riders? If one of those riders happens to be you enjoying a dying route, I supposed I could commiserate, but I would still see the advantages of cutting.
Whenever someone argues that a government agency is doing the best they can with the resources available, I laugh and laugh.
It's like Churchill's observation about Democracy. Having public officials in charge is the worst thing that anyone could do, but we do it because it is better than any other alternative.
Chicken and egg scenario, sure. That's not what I'm talking about, though. I'm referring to the scenario of a dying neighborhood with legacy service from a more populous time, or a neighborhood where the Must Drive Or Be Seen As Poor! new residents atrophy the ridership stats.
In these cases, it makes sense to take a bus off the line and put it somewhere that is packed to the rafters on many if not most runs.
The random cancellations don't help anyone, true. As far as I know, though, the dispatchers do their best to share the pain across the system so one does not get a chronically beset route/run.
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Okay, I'll bite. Why is that "screwing" the riders? If one of those riders happens to be you enjoying a dying route, I supposed I could commiserate, but I would still see the advantages of cutting.
Whenever someone argues that a government agency is doing the best they can with the resources available, I laugh and laugh.
It's like Churchill's observation about Democracy. Having public officials in charge is the worst thing that anyone could do, but we do it because it is better than any other alternative.
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In these cases, it makes sense to take a bus off the line and put it somewhere that is packed to the rafters on many if not most runs.
The random cancellations don't help anyone, true. As far as I know, though, the dispatchers do their best to share the pain across the system so one does not get a chronically beset route/run.
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