Bus Fares to go up
23 June 2005 09:03![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
wyntir_knightToday, I am glad I have a car. I will be even more glad come July 2010 when a regular adult bus pas is going to cost 90$/month. This is to cover gas and to put more of the burden on the riders.
Looking at OC Transpos recent history, I seriously doubt that they will be using this money to increase service or reinstate ParaTranspo. Nope, all they are going to do is continue to descriminate against the elderly and invalid, and those who live in the country suburbs.
I do have to wonder, what happens when one of those new lowride buses (2, 85, 95, 97) is packed and a person in a wheelchair needs a ride? Does the driver ignore him or does he kick off the sitting riders? I wonder what the policy is on that.
OC Transpo has admitted that they will loose riders over this. This means more cars on the road, when folks are going on about air quality. And it's not just the SUVs that are to blame on that. A good number of sedans now have v-6, v-8, and even v-12 engines! Do you grasp how much gas those use? And this after OC Transpo makes such a big deal of how they are the environment friendly alternative. Not so much if people don't use your services.
Of course, that's another rant entirely ...
Looking at OC Transpos recent history, I seriously doubt that they will be using this money to increase service or reinstate ParaTranspo. Nope, all they are going to do is continue to descriminate against the elderly and invalid, and those who live in the country suburbs.
I do have to wonder, what happens when one of those new lowride buses (2, 85, 95, 97) is packed and a person in a wheelchair needs a ride? Does the driver ignore him or does he kick off the sitting riders? I wonder what the policy is on that.
OC Transpo has admitted that they will loose riders over this. This means more cars on the road, when folks are going on about air quality. And it's not just the SUVs that are to blame on that. A good number of sedans now have v-6, v-8, and even v-12 engines! Do you grasp how much gas those use? And this after OC Transpo makes such a big deal of how they are the environment friendly alternative. Not so much if people don't use your services.
Of course, that's another rant entirely ...