Well, I did it again. That’s right; I rode the METRO choo-choo to yet another appointment in the Medical Center. What can I say? I actually like the darn thing! Once again, the train was on time, clean, and saved me a couple of bucks. Can’t beat that with a stick. And guess what? Even [...]
METRO disputes “Lost Opportunity”
March 7, 2011 By
Last week, I wrote about my latest experience riding the METRO rails. METRO Vice President & Senior Press Officer Jerome Gray emailed me about the post and asked me to “adjust” the post in a couple of areas. The first objection Mr. Gray had was about the “Parking Ride” sign and the employees that I described [...]
Lost opportunity for METRO?
March 2, 2011 By
Well, I did it again. That’s right, I rode the METRO choo choo train yesterday to get to a doctor’s appointment in the middle of the Med Center. And I have the ticket to prove it! Everything worked out well except the parking. This time I came from Hwy 288, exiting at W. Bellfort St. [...]
METRO January Statistics Continue Trending Down
February 27, 2011 By
The fixed-route bus boardings declined -4.48% for Jan 2011 over 2010. The decline for the four months of FY2011 is -6.19%, or 11,426,500 boardings. The METRORail boardings declined -4.02% for January 2011 ove 2010. The decline for the four months of FY2011 is -3.01%, or -102,153. The decline of tram boardings over the past 30 months is -5.93%, or -1,712,353 [...]
ChooChoo! Ridin’ the METRO Rail
February 18, 2011 By
I finally did it. I finally rode on the METRO rail line. Why? Mainly because I’ve wanted to for some time but also because I noticed a bunch of bloggers got invited to a special lunch in METRO’s new PR campaign, which is designed to extract even more money for this boondoggle of a transportation solution. [...]
