Some People are trying to Give me the Impression that I am "Beating on a Dead Horse" That there is no chance the Lesser-Privelaged and Senior Members of the DFW area can Hope to Be Able to Get to Work,Church,Shopping, Activities,Visit Relatives,Get To the Clinic or Hospital---You See---You who Can Afford a car---There are a Lot of things you take for Granted---We NEED PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION---If Every Driver in the Metroplex Donated 1 Cent, We could probably pay the wages of the Bus Drivers---AND Make a fair Hole in the cost of Gas & Oil to Provide the Service---I've Been told that we need 300 Signatures to even get the proposal on the Waiting List. We Don't ask for much,and to be Honest about it We get a lot less than Fair For Our Afforts During Our Working Years in the Community---Now that it HAS BEEN Finally Admitted that Vehicles are a LARGE CONTRIBUTER to the Green House Gasses---Maybe We CAN Reduce This in the DFW area by Making Some Concerned Efforts By EVERYONE---Signed---JEM
2007-03-21 01:55:14 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cars & Transportation ➔ Commuting
The bottom line is the dollar sign. On weekdays the transit company has guaranteed ridership. Weekends and Holidays are slower. Drivers get double time pay and sometimes triple time on Holidays. It's all about cost. Gas and Diesel fuel costs are up, etc.
Out here in California, we do have weekend and holiday mass transit but its because we have so many more people working split shifts, swing and graveyard shifts in LA. Jobs go around the clock out here. If you work sale/retail you are going to be working weekends period. Some full time employers will even pay a certain percentage of the transit pass.
You should be able to get more than 300 signatures in that area because mass transit is cheaper than owning a car. It takes a lot of work to get new lines and additional buses on existing lines. You just have to prove to the transit agency that it will be worth while ($$ in their pocket) to make the needed changes. Check in with AARP to see if they can give you a helping hand. Check with the city to see if there are any federal funding projects for transportation. Good luck hope some of these ideas help.
2007-03-29 00:22:06 · answer #1 · answered by Ding-Ding 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Don't you understand? We live 1/2 way round the world. We don't give a crap if you have weekend bus service or not. Take a cab, get a friend to give you a lift (if you have any).
Move closer to town. There are govt supplemented old folks homes you could be in, all your friends are already there (if you have any, if not go make some)
No matter what you do, the world doesn't revolve around you and no one on Yahoo Answers is going to help you.
2007-03-21 17:38:34 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
What's more important to you? Mobility? Or staying in the DFW area?
You need to get out of Texas, man. A real city with real transit. Chicago. Atlanta. Austin.
2007-03-22 03:23:46 · answer #3 · answered by Wolf Harper 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
cause workers need days off to to spend with there family and friends don't depend on other people or the goverment to take care of you if you do then you will end up in a bad place just save some money up and buy a car it is not that hard to do it is called hard work. you can get what you want if you put hard work in
2007-03-21 12:40:59 · answer #4 · answered by mario l 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Move to a Northeastern city. Many cities here have PT service EVERY day , weekends and holidays included. ( Here in New Haven, CT we do, and we're only a city of 130,000.)
2007-03-22 00:44:52 · answer #5 · answered by coderednation2007 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
thats why i drive
2007-03-21 08:58:25 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋