BusStop. A plea to County Transit drivers.

Word from Transit is their concern that the demise of Transit TV will leave Transit but 'no choice' except to find a substitute system.  As a bus rider, I have a better idea. 

Dear Drivers

One bus driver on Route 15 announces all the stops. It is a pleasure to hear his voice and it gives him a commanding presence that is reassuring about the service as a whole. Why we needed Transit TV was that Transit management gave up on its efforts to get drivers to announce bus stops.

They might have thought that TTV filled the bill, but it does not. It announced only major stops, skipping the dark corners one can barely discern from inside the bus.  Dark corners are the corners the rider needs to get right.

Drivers, please spare us another version of TTV and call the stops, all of them.


Your riders have gone to bat for you against the cuts, against the fare increases that would reduce your hours. We need you on this one. Shout the stops. We'll thank you.

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I've heard that driver on

I've heard that driver on the 15; he's amazing! He was the driver one day when I was going home from work -- it was the day after a major snowstorm and work had shut down early. It must have been hard to just operate the bus, let alone announce *every* stop. I was impressed! I would have no objection to a system that *only* announces the stops, provided it actually worked properly. ANY other noise, however, is unacceptable. And the TV screens could be useful, SILENT tools. Let's see a map that shows every stop. Or maps that show what businesses are coming up ("Want to grab a coffee?" "Oh look, there's a coffee shop at the next stop. Let's go support the local economy..")

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