Primed for disappointment
Tri-Met's dismantling of urban core "frequent" bus service draws a big question mark here.
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Comments (7)
This is bad, for sure, but it could be worse. For one thing, 15 minutes isn't frequent enough to be "frequent". But the current gps technology that tracks buses and tells us reliably when the next one is coming mitigates the loss of freqency. With a smart phone this info is accessible when and where you need it.
Posted by Allan L. | November 4, 2009 6:23 PM
tells us reliably when the next one is coming
The reliability is improving, but it's not foolproof.
Posted by Jack Bog | November 4, 2009 6:48 PM
Wow. All this confusion. Looks like we'll have to send Fred to some exotic country for the winter to study how they time their routes there...
Posted by notapottedplant | November 4, 2009 7:15 PM
In other TriMet news, an article in today's Oregonian pits TriMet against the company that operates WES on the issue of the volume of WES train horns at railroad crossings.
Posted by none | November 4, 2009 8:03 PM
Ah, yes -- leave it to Portland and Tri-Met to mandate people to convert to the septendecimal system of timekeeping. All aboard!
Posted by Mojo | November 4, 2009 9:29 PM
Did you notice his sensible, albeit heretical take on streetcars?
http://www.humantransit.org/2009/07/what-i-meant-by-mobility-could-also-be-called-access.html
(Which is one of the posts that pops up under the Portland tag.)
Posted by George Anonymuncule Seldes | November 4, 2009 10:27 PM
Going from 15 minutes to 17 minutes per bus would be a dream in my neighborhood.
On the line I ride to commute to work and play, it is every 30 minutes, at best, fades to every hour at certain points, and ends entirely by 10:30pm weekdays and 6:30pm weekends. With no alternatives anywhere nearby.
Posted by none | November 5, 2009 10:20 AM