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The articles, especially the one on 9/21, are highly biased. they made GTA look bad and blamed it for poor planning on the part of at least one rider, the reporter. Busses run late, at times, but that is unavoidable. Experienced riders understand this. GTA is doing its best to cope with the increased ridership and a tight budget. If they had more money, they could do things like splitting routes or establishing crosstown routes that would take the load off many busses. Until someone is willing to spend some money, things will continue as they are.

As an experienced rider I do understand that there may be a delay sometimes, but not almost everyday. I ride the bus five days a week, and I get to work on time (when the bus doesn't break down) so i'm ok. But coming home I think it's horrible. Something can be done about the routes in the evening. If they know that the traffic is heavier, why not place an additional bus on the routes before rush hour starts? I come from an area of the country where the traffic that I experience riding the West Wendover happens on a daily basis, but buses were never off schedule by more than 3 minutes. Not even on a day when it snowed like crazy. I just believe that GTA could do so much better if people stopped living in the 50's and realize that life doesn't have to be limited to a stop here and there and then back to downtown. Please visit the chicago transit system, milwaukee county transit system, marta system of atlanta system, and the best in the us San diego transit system websites to see where the GTA system can grow. Businesses would do so much better if people weren't limited to life stopping on Sunday. So many people have no other option but to ride the bus and if all they experience is lateness or crowded buses why not offer something more?

I think i read something about a connector on Friendly Ave...ok make it happen. Why aren't there routes on Holden road or something going up and down Aycock? It almost seems like the system is in place because it has to be, and not because it's looking to be a help to the city. The world is evolving, why hasn't Greensboro?

Just so the record is clear, I have no bias against GTA, Hi Tran, PART or mass transit in general. I do confess to several relevant biases, however: Bias toward getting to work on time so as to maintain gainful employment. Bias against surrendering to the daily commute any more time at home with my family, morning or evening, than is absolutely necessary. Bias against paying $44 per month for a service that I, a 57-year-old fogey with kidney issues, can beat downtown on my circa-1987 mountain bike with big, fat, high-traction, off-road tires that the bicycle shop tells me really are not suitable for maximum expedience on the street.