Tuesday, December 17, 2002

  • SARDINE LINES Never mind bus shortages, there seems to be a brain shortage at 1234 Market. In addition to the constant and dangerous overcrowding on some 104 PM peak trips from West Chester to 69 St Terminal (especially the 2:45pm pull-in off of the 119), there now appears to be another run where SEPTA has turned a blind eye and deaf ear to dangerous overcrowding. The 3:45pm, 4:45pm, and 5:45pm 113 short turns to Darby has been using an ElDorado almost daily since the August schedule change. The 3:45pm and 4:45pm trips in particular are overcrowded to the point where there's no reason not to use a 40 foot bus. The excuse from SEPTA is that the particular run which includes those 3 Darby short turns either begins or ends as a 305. You mean to tell me that there's no way SEPTA could do a bus swap at Darby or at 69 St Terminal upon completion of the last Darby short turn? Remember that when SEPTA tries to beg for $2 billion for it's Schuylkill Valley boondoggle...
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