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Public Transportation and Smart Growth

Travis_0004

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2. My city wanted smaller busses, and it almost lead to a strike

Reply to KamaAina (Original post)

Thu Aug 4, 2016, 07:23 PM

Aug 2016

Smaller buses would allow more frequent routes, and to service routes that were not popular enough for large buses.

The union threatened a strike, because the smaller buses were non CDL (despite keeping CDL level buses and paying the same rate to a CDL driver if he was driving a smaller bus.

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Cities Need More Public Transit, Not More Uber and Self-Driving Cars (xpost from GD) [View all] KamaAina Aug 2016 OP

Well maybe the handful of cities whatthehey Aug 2016 #1

Like, um, Chapel Hill, NC? KamaAina Aug 2016 #5

How much does a ride cost and how much is paid? whatthehey Aug 2016 #6

How much is paid: Zero. How much it costs: Ask unc70. KamaAina Aug 2016 #7

All transit is subsidized -- public or private unc70 Aug 2016 #8

My city wanted smaller busses, and it almost lead to a strike Travis_0004 Aug 2016 #2

Smaller buses don't save much, if anything unc70 Aug 2016 #9

I find that a bit hard to believe Travis_0004 Aug 2016 #10

My city has free public transit for everyone!! unc70 Aug 2016 #3

McCrony hasn't found a way to fsck that up yet?! KamaAina Aug 2016 #4