The lemonade arrived promptly, but the iced tea (after ten minutes of waiting) had to be asked for again. Then the Team sat back and took in the incredible view…for another 35 minutes or so. Could it really take 35 minutes to prepare chowder, fish and chips, and salad? We bolted the food and hurried back to the office, but even so, the trip including travel took two hours. Continue reading It’s a Shame about Ray’s Cafe’s Lunch Service
We were already running late–the driver had arrived at his second stop on the run 5 minutes behind and yawning, as if from a nap, and managed to coast a bit past every stop on the way, coming to a halt next to a pole, usually, that people had to insinuate themselves around to get on or off. Occasionally he stopped for no one. Continue reading Make the Bus Suck Less–Advice for Seattle’s New Transit Riders Union
It’s an unsettling sign of the times that the King County Council needed to think as hard as it did about approving a $20, two-year, car-licensing fee to forestall a 17 percent cut in Metro bus service. As mentioned earlier, that’s a nickel a day to keep bus service going that carries over 340,000 people every day. People who can’t afford that have other, more significant financial problems that have little to do with Metro funding and car tabs. Continue reading King County Council to Okay $20 Congestion Reduction Charge
In King County, we’re facing major cuts in transit unless funding can be found. Sums up Seattlepi.com: “Without extra funds, a total of 600,000 hours of transit service would be eliminated over the next two years. This is about 17 percent of Metro’s entire system, but it would affect up to 80 percent of bus riders.” Continue reading After Carmageddon, The Buspocalypse