A number of transit systems across the county will participate Thursday in the Second Annual National Dump the Pump Day. The idea, sponsored by the American Public Transportation Association, is to get people to leave their cars behind and take mass transit. The day?s major issue is this country?s dependence on oil, but there also will be an emphasis on the environmental benefits of using public transit.
Unlike some of the Internet chain letters that have encouraged people to not buy gas from a specific company for a day as a way of “punishing” that company for high prices, this effort is a bit more positive and educational.
The APTA says U.S. public transportation systems save 1.4 billion gallons of gasoline every year, the equivalent of 108 million cars filling up in a year.
120 bus isn?t the only erratic route
There have been a lot of complaints here about the 120 bus route, and they have been valid as far as I can tell.
The other side of the coin, though, as Gloria writes, is that changes or improvements to the 120 could have an impact on other routes: “OK, now all the riders on the 35 are going to be very angry. We already have enough problems on this line. The afternoon buses are always late, and we are often waiting a half-hour or more for a bus. We see the 120 buses come by all the time and there are many, and this irks me when there are so many of them and we are left waiting every day, especially in the afternoon.”
“The people who live in the Maiden Choice area have enough problems with the length of time between buses in the morning; they do not need one pulled off the line. This is being totally unfair to the riders on this line. I hope some other riders see this and complain.”
