OPINION * USA - Empty buses are wasteful
If Cherriots was run like a business and not a charity, taxpayers would not have to be taxed for something they may never use
Salem,OR,USA -The Statesman Journal -April 19, 2009: -- For about a year, my family has been observing the Cherriots buses from all around the Salem-Keizer area. Observance is constant... Very few people (three to 10), if any, were on the buses at any time of the day, 6 a.m. to 9 p.m.... We are not sure how many buses run daily, but common sense shows that the empty buses are using far more energy, stopping and starting without sufficient customers than most cars on the road with one person... Our city and state would be better off to subsidize those that really require the service (seniors and handicapped) with electric or hydrogen state cars/vans (they are paid for) that use much less energy and are faster and safer and let the others pay their way... (Photo from masstransitmag: waiting for Cherriots buses)Labels: empty buses
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