TO THE EDITOR:
I used to ride the NS bus or T bus on a daily basis. I have literally seen bus drivers drive right by a stop with an almost empty bus (I was on a bus when this happened), leaving students standing at the bus stop looking perplexed. I have been left standing after one bus pulled off with me waving my arm, me being so close I could have thrown my keys and hit the bus. And those on the bus the next day told me that they told the driver I was coming.
I had a bus drive by me in the afternoon with plenty of standing room for more people in the aisle, leaving me standing there waiting another half hour for the next bus. I can vouch for those who stated in this article that this happens. I suggest that the buses that need to run in the morning hours when people are going to early classes or work — and afternoons around 4 p.m. until 6 p.m. on Martin Luther King Boulevard — need to run frequently, need to be the “caterpillar,” i.e., the double bus, not the regular bus. And they need to not be running every half hour but every 15 minutes.
There are way too many people using public transit at these times. I have seen the double bus running late in the evening — which makes no sense — with hardly anybody on it.
Changes should be made on scheduling and on what bus goes when.
Kathy Morgan
Continuing Education Office
Student Services
