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Which, as a patron who doesn't want to sit for an hour in the sun, is really not acceptable. The bus is not supposed to be in a race, they are supposed to make
by massivecali 8y ago
Which, as a patron who doesn't want to sit for an hour in the sun, is really not acceptable. The bus is not supposed to be in a race, they are supposed to make predictable stops along a predetermined route.
Most bus stops I have used in the US dont have covered shelters or enough space for passengers to wait outside of the elements. Usually this means sitting under the overhang of a nearby business. If the bus doesn't want to stop for whatever reason and blows by, it sucks.
Maybe a better future would be a public bus app or button at the stop that I can press to say I am waiting, but until that day, they should stop.
- kazinator 8y agoA better future is getting a car or hopping on a bike.
- ambicapter 8y agoWe're talking about bus bunching here. The bus is skipping your stop because there's an empty one right behind it.
- massivecali 8y agoThis is great in theory, but not in practice. A bus in back sees the bus in front stop so it passes. However the bus in front might be full and only drops off one pasenger while more than one pasenger is waiting to board and are thus denied. Again, simple dismissal of the problem is ignorant of reality.
- telesilla 8y agoThis is why I mentioned communication: surely there is a system that drivers could implement themselves with a code or something.