LAist: If You Don't Like LA Public Transit, Speak Up!

Wad

Thu, 04 Jan 2007 20:58:06 -0800

The Consent Decree, if in effect, would not have stopped any of these service cuts from taking place. Metro could still cut the service, but the Bus Riders Union would have had to go to the special master to see if the service has to be restarted. It did not ban service cuts per se. The nut of Kymberleigh Richards' e-mail about the service cuts was to rebalance service from unproductive lines to productive ones. For instance, Line 183 has been duplicated for years by a Glendale Beeline bus, and Line 168 is the Valley's least productive service. I think that cutting services to peak-hours only is ludicrous. Either eliminate the service or run at least 60 minute service weekdays. There's no premium in running an ordinary local service just for rush hours.

FredCamino

Thu, 04 Jan 2007 08:19:42 -0800

Bart, perhaps it was a mistake for us to celebrate the end of the consent decree?

FredCamino

Thu, 04 Jan 2007 08:17:00 -0800

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Bart Reed

Wed, 03 Jan 2007 22:04:23 -0800

Well, this is the year of the METRO slash and burn campaign to kill off a lot of bus service. For example, Metro proposes to discontinue the Lassen / Paxton Line 168. Also getting slashed is 154 Oxnard, former 152 Universal City via City of Burbank to Burbank Metrolink. Line 183 in Burbank and Glendale. There is all sorts of service up to be killed. Have you even tried to get to/from the Orange Line on a north / south bus in the West S.F. Valley? It's bad, but these proposals are even worse.

Zach Behrens

Wed, 03 Jan 2007 20:35:13 -0800

See. Even comedians use public transit!

amy ma

Wed, 03 Jan 2007 19:17:20 -0800

dude, that's johnny pemberton in the photo