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News & ArtsFriday, January 2, 2009
City Happy, Um, Early Valentine's Day?
Posted by Erica C. Barnett on Fri, Jan 2, 2009 at 12:07 PM
Yes, Metro, I know you need some time to repair buses damaged in the storm. But today is January 2—a day when most people, even those with ample time off, are back on the job and in need of express buses (and normal service levels) to get them there. What "holiday" do you believe your riders are celebrating today?
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Actually, we are "Metro," please direct your comments to us, and remember to vote for us in the next election too!
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It must be FixBudgetShortfall, where people bring cakes and dress in funny costumes and sing the songs of days gone by........
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In the real world, people in Seattle take bus lines to work.
In Metro's world, the 40 percent of tax revenue for King County and our more than 30 percent of county population means we get 20 percent of new bus funding.
I think Seattle needs to secede and call ourselves Sealth County and take back our bus service that works a lot better than the rest of the county, IMHO.
In Metro's world, the 40 percent of tax revenue for King County and our more than 30 percent of county population means we get 20 percent of new bus funding.
I think Seattle needs to secede and call ourselves Sealth County and take back our bus service that works a lot better than the rest of the county, IMHO.
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Anyone ever ride a bus full of 5 classrooms of schoolkids going on a field trip? WTF is that all about? Im all for teaching kids the merits of public transportation, but what are those Long yellow busses for? Ive even been unable to get on a bus because there were so many kids, thus missing meetings downtown.
Public transpo in this cow-town is a joke!
Public transpo in this cow-town is a joke!
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Its an official county furlough day. Metro KC is county. They'll do it again on Feb 13 I believe, which is not a holiday either.
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Buses aren't actually meant to be riden. They only exist so people on their high-horses can tell others that they don't need cars.
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You're not going to find out the answer this way; you have to call them. Even Metro isn't so pathetic that they read Slog.
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Metro is a public agency, but remarkably closed off from the public. Trying to call the customer service line is an exercise in futility (got busy signals for an hour before I finally gave up). They won't reply to e-mails, and attempts to talk to someone in person downtown result in "We don't do that here, you'll have to call customer service." Metro is so out of touch with the people who actually ride the buses, it's no wonder we get bullshit "holidays" and unscheduled reroutes.
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Today's bus came exactly on time. And it got to downtown quicker than usual since there were less students on board (UW is still on break). Many of those on the bus were quietly reading books or iphones, etc. No complaints here. Yay for Metro.
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Stop calling it Metro, it's us!
You can call us when you need info, and remember to vote for us in the next election.
You can call us when you need info, and remember to vote for us in the next election.
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Actually, it is a holiday, ECB.
Sandra C declared today to be "Wear your pj's, eat chocolate, watch bad movies all day long" day, in honour of her birthday.
Just because America doesn't celebrate it, maybe Metro is on a Canadian Artist calendar?
Sandra C declared today to be "Wear your pj's, eat chocolate, watch bad movies all day long" day, in honour of her birthday.
Just because America doesn't celebrate it, maybe Metro is on a Canadian Artist calendar?
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There's a rumor that malevolent gypsies, angry they couldn't get on the 120 last week, sprinkled small amounts of salt on many of the Metro buses, thereby destroying them and wrecking ecological havoc for miles downstream...
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Kinaedos @8: Metro employees were not included in the furlough, because Metro is funded separately from the county's general-fund budget.
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ECB - What part of "School is Out" do you not understand?
UW students alone probably account for 10% of Metro's daily ridership.
Many workers and ALL students are off this week. Traffic is light. Restaurants are packed today like it's a weekend. Metro screwed the pooch during the snowstorm, and they could do a better job of communicating altered schedules, but they are doing the right thing by running less buses this week.
UW students alone probably account for 10% of Metro's daily ridership.
Many workers and ALL students are off this week. Traffic is light. Restaurants are packed today like it's a weekend. Metro screwed the pooch during the snowstorm, and they could do a better job of communicating altered schedules, but they are doing the right thing by running less buses this week.
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Yeah, but @21, that might account for not running the 46 bus line and some other express runs, but UW students are at most half the ridership along the major U Dist lines - the rest of us still have to work.
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By the dearth of posts on Slog you'd think today was a holiday. Did Metro's schedule prevent Savage from making it in?
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In Metro's defense, Jan. 2nd (unlike the rest of the week...) has been scheduled for partial holiday service for months. While I would have appreciated a couple extra 194's running to the airport this afternoon, most of the commuter routes from downtown seemed pretty dead.
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It's a semi holiday, on ly 20 people were in our office today.
All of my buses (166, 564, 560) were on time and my 560, 550, Sounder 1507, Metro 166 were all stunningly on-time.
Monday, I expect the 166 to be its usual 10 to 50 minutes late.
All of my buses (166, 564, 560) were on time and my 560, 550, Sounder 1507, Metro 166 were all stunningly on-time.
Monday, I expect the 166 to be its usual 10 to 50 minutes late.
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