You seem like an asshat to me. Bug off.

We read this drivel. If I were holding true the publics feelings about Bus and Light Rail Drivers I would refer to Yada Yada Yada as an ill informed asshat.

Simply put, the budget impasse in California snatches monies that are gravely needed to maintain current service (which most people think is terrible) as well as the dollars to expand service to areas that are not connected or are barely a blip on the screen in terms of public transportation options.

The Governor robbed Peter to pay Paul, and thats the bottom line. I would love to drive my train to the Airport….but even at my youthful age I do not see that happening before I buck the kicket.

“It’s a Catch 22 really, because RT could also attract more riders by offering more service.

Enticing people with more service can’t happen because that assumes a ready supply of funding for expansion. Our environmentalist governor has just worked a deal with our compliant environmentalist majority Democrats that significantly reduces transit funding. Clearly, existing transit riders will be lucky if current service levels are maintained. There will be no new services with which to attract riders.

John — it’s a Catch 22 really, because RT could also attract more riders by offering more service. I’d be curious to see how many commuters would actually take advantage of that offer (not just got the pass but used it).

why SF/Baltimore/Atlanta yada yada have decent urban planning and Sac ’s suck is beyond me…

oh, that’s right, the genius Angelides gave us new urbanism TOD at his Laguna stucco slum, BUT WITHOUT the mass transit…figures

Unfortunately, one person misses a bus because it is early and he tells his friends buses are unreliable and people who have never boarded a bus never do, feeling they are better off not bothering with the hassle.

More needs to be done to encourage people to give transit a try.

I would like to see more from RT in the way of promotional offers. For instance, in the last week of the month, give away that month’s transit passes to people who want to try the system out. For that one week, all they have to do is show their pass to the driver just like any other monthly pass holder. They get to ride as much as they want. What’s the cost to RT? The benefit is obvious.

Service is way too slim in most of the city, let alone the ‘burbs. Those of us who live close to downtown are really lucky.

The bus I take home from work routinely has to wait three minutes at the first timing point, which means the previous two or three stops we were more than two minutes ahead of schedule. (There are just three timing points in the 18-mile route.)

I am assuming that the timing points are located at important stops, important being places were the most riders can be expected. That’s certainly the case on my regular route — Kaiser Hospital, Wal-Mart, etc.

There may be drivers who go out of their way to keep to the schedule between timing points, but that hasn’t been my experience in the months I’ve been relying on RT to get to and from work.

As for your potential half-hour wait, on too many of RT’s suburban routes that wait can be more than an hour, especially after 6 p.m. And if the state funding gets significantly cut this year, as it appears it will, suburban riders will be lucky to have what little service they have today.