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Posted by The Flxible Neofan on Thu Jul 1 14:38:23 2010, in response to Re: WhineMATA, posted by Scrabbleship on Thu Jul 1 14:25:43 2010. I'll admit that I don't fully understand the history of all the routes that were taken over ridership wise, but I'd hazard a guess that the routes taken over weren't the strongest routes out there. I'd even go as far as saying that the weekend service on the L8, T2, and Z2 would be horrendous if Ride On didn't step in to take over the service. I really don't consider the L8, T2, and Z2 to be "line haul", or should I say "heavy duty high ridership" services, unless that has changed recently.I stand by my initial statement that Ride On wasn't created to run line haul routes, considering it started off with minibuses and 30 footers as its base bus fleet until the mid 1990's. Ridership has skyrocketed since then, requiring them to purchase 40 foot buses in 1999, then 2000, and while they attempted to go back to 35 feet, they ended up making 40 foot buses the standard. Unless there are enough of the new Gilligs running now, Ride On is still having capacity issues, and also very recently had funding issues (which I imagine are still going on). Hold WMATA to the fire for their shortcomings. The counties/jurisdictions are still paying for their service despite the community buses. |
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