TARC Executive Director Barry Barker alluded to TARC busses leaving people standing at the curb due to full capacity. Suprising - I thought you could always fit in one more. Why is TARC so coy with its month-to-month ridership stats?

BB also says that the Lime Kiln route - #59 - is suddenly running with huge swarms of people on it, probably affluent east-end kids busing to school. If so, this is really good news! Those people have strong political connections, and can use them for Transit. I want these people on our side.

Every participant at the public meetings appeared to feel that it would be better to raise fares even more, to maintain service. To put it in economic terms, they felt tickets were undervalued at their current price. Given the huge subsidy these things get, how can we argue? $2 isn't going to break most people. The trick is finding the people it will hurt and somehow helping them make the cut.