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Would you use the Lawrence public bus service if its hours were expanded into the evening?
| Response | Percent | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No | 60% | 421 | |
| Yes | 33% | 237 | |
| Not sure | 5% | 40 | |
| Total | 698 | ||
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Comments
oneeye_wilbur 10 months, 3 weeks ago
Yes is in the minority so the commission will do it. Schumm does not have the guts to raise the fares
hear_me 10 months, 3 weeks ago
Extended hours would allow me to do things I cannot do now. It will also give my teenager more options.
cheeseburger 10 months, 3 weeks ago
At my expense? Great! When I want to do extra things or give my teenager more options, I pay for it myself.
What was it that Margaret Thatcher said - socialism works fine until you run out of other people's money to spend . . . .
hear_me 10 months, 3 weeks ago
Accommodating Independent vehicles with road maintenance and epansion, traffic controls including synchroniztion, police monitoring, court system. I'd say we are at least even.
Cant_have_it_both_ways 10 months, 2 weeks ago
Maybe Cheeseburger chooses not to be a moocher!
queequeg 10 months, 3 weeks ago
Yes, and my expense too. It's money well spent. Calling a bus service socialism is just plain stupid.
none2 10 months, 3 weeks ago
Wow, 9 yes votes. The empTy will definitely go in the black!
Did_I_say_that 10 months, 3 weeks ago
More people would ride the T if the routes were not so convoluted.
hear_me 10 months, 3 weeks ago
In small cities, you usually find looped routes to cover as much of the city as possible. The west side is problematic, because there are very few through streets.
Larger cities have straight runs on major streets. Passengers still have to walk to a bus stop and plan their routes with transfers or walking.
Buses are rather liberating, once you get used to them. No parking problems. Walking is healthy exercise. Safer than driving.
Cant_have_it_both_ways 10 months, 3 weeks ago
Sex is better if you have someone else with you also...so what is your point? This empT is a bottomless money pit that serves less than 1% of the population at what $5 million a year? To support this is just stupid.
Did_I_say_that 10 months, 3 weeks ago
There's that blasted 1% again ... taking from the poor. Oh, wait.. never mind.
just_another_bozo_on_this_bus 10 months, 3 weeks ago
If a majority said yes, and actually did ride it, they'd need to add more buses.
hear_me 10 months, 3 weeks ago
Bus passengers are almost extinct. The option has to be there to bring them out. In our neighborhood, there a lot of people waiting for the bus at various times. The number of passengers has gradually increased.
lawrencemom2 10 months, 3 weeks ago
Might be more efficient for the city to contract with local can companies for this service using vouchers, etc. Might be less expensive than the $250,000 budget expense proposed and it would help local business owners.
lawrencemom2 10 months, 3 weeks ago
Of course I meant local CAB companies!
mr_right_wing 10 months, 3 weeks ago
Wow...I had no idea the city had some extra money laying around to do this!
Public transit (anywhere) very seldom even 'breaks even' $$ wise.
Would these people still be interested in riding if the expansion in hours was accompanied by a FARE INCREASE?? Hmmmm??
RoeDapple 10 months, 3 weeks ago
"Wow...I had no idea the city had some extra money laying around to do this!"
Yup. It's called "yours".
hear_me 10 months, 3 weeks ago
I think $150,000 is from fedgov for mass transportation.
kuguardgrl13 10 months, 3 weeks ago
If some of the extended hours were on the KU on Wheels buses, I might consider using it. However, being a student they don't get my fare money. I do believe something comes out of tuition though.
lawrencelifer 10 months, 3 weeks ago
I have NO idea regarding costs, but I'd be more inclined to support bike paths being built to hit all of the major roads in Lawrence, making it possible for people to ride safely to all destinations in town. This might include adding paths east of Iowa street on 23rd, 9th street, 6th Street, 19th Street, Iowa Street, Naismith Dr. to KU, and Main Street down to the hospital area. A route might also be run along N. 2nd Street, as well. This sounds costly, but then public transportation could be curtailed to support only senior citizens, and those with disabilities.
May sound like too much, but I might actually USE the bike paths . . . . and lots of others would benefit by being able to get to all destinations in town according to their own schedule, instead of walking to bus stops, only to wait long periods of time.
Just my two cents . . .
JackMcKee 10 months, 3 weeks ago
I see every single person that road the bus last year voted.
scaramouchepart2 10 months, 3 weeks ago
A journal world survey is already biased based on the fact only those who do not work or have access to a computer during day working hours vote or care and even of those, unless they can state a confidence interval, should acknowledge that there could not be the least chance that this survey has any basis in reality. So for those of you who are so against helping your fellow man should know better than to assume that these JW surveys have any credance. Except for those who have personally taken a survey of every person who road the bus.
hear_me 10 months, 3 weeks ago
"Would you use the Lawrence public bus service if its hours were expanded into the evening?"
It looks like the population that needs to be surveyed would be everyone in Lawrence, not just bus passengers. Newspaper polls always have a bias or two anyway. The population sampled is everyone who wants to read the same newspaper you do. In Lawrence, that's a very small fraction of he population.
none2 10 months, 3 weeks ago
"helping your fellow man"...
Is this about helping yourself to your fellow man's wallet in the form of more and more taxes?
kansasdaughter 10 months, 3 weeks ago
I rode the bus down the road once.
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