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BR CATS bus rant
Posted on 5/18/15 at 2:25 pm
Posted on 5/18/15 at 2:25 pm
I'm sure this is not new to anyone in BR. I live and work in the Bluebonnet area. Frequently i see two buses and on occasion three at a time one behind the other with only a couple of people to none at all traveling the route. I am a public transportation advocate for those that need it but the waste is obscene. Why the need for these massive buses when fewer and smaller vehicles would suffice.
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Posted on 5/18/15 at 2:26 pm to foj1981
If they were using smaller buses they couldn't come whining to voters for more money every 5 years.
Posted on 5/18/15 at 2:27 pm to foj1981
They've got people on it. Don't worry they'll have 5 buses back to back to back before too long.
Posted on 5/18/15 at 2:33 pm to foj1981
FWIW.. I believe the Mall had become some sort of hub for CATS now. So it would make sense that they would have multiple busses there.
Posted on 5/18/15 at 2:34 pm to foj1981
If you cut CATS's budget, a certain subset of the population will scream that it is racist because it prevents them from getting to their jobs.. which they totally have and go to every day.
Posted on 5/18/15 at 2:34 pm to foj1981
NB4Racist
Posted on 5/18/15 at 2:37 pm to foj1981
Maybe we should get rid of CATS and give out Uber vouchers.
Posted on 5/18/15 at 3:06 pm to foj1981
How to fix the Baton Rouge Public transportation system:
1. Fire everyone at the CATS office and bid they system out
2. Streetcar on Nicholson from Campus to the Capital
3. Bus Rapid Transit line (only because BRT is cheaper than a streetcar and can be upgraded to a streetcar if the demand is ever there) from down Perkins from MOL to the overpass, then find a way to extend the line all the way to the airport
4. Another Bus Rapid Transi line down Florida or Government Street from the River to the Cortana Mall
5. Put casino busses or vans on the less traveled routes. They are cheaper, take up less space and would give the impression that atleast the company is trying to be as efficient as possible.
6. Build the NOLA-BR commuter train but make the BR downtown train station line up with the BRT routes.
1. Fire everyone at the CATS office and bid they system out
2. Streetcar on Nicholson from Campus to the Capital
3. Bus Rapid Transit line (only because BRT is cheaper than a streetcar and can be upgraded to a streetcar if the demand is ever there) from down Perkins from MOL to the overpass, then find a way to extend the line all the way to the airport
4. Another Bus Rapid Transi line down Florida or Government Street from the River to the Cortana Mall
5. Put casino busses or vans on the less traveled routes. They are cheaper, take up less space and would give the impression that atleast the company is trying to be as efficient as possible.
6. Build the NOLA-BR commuter train but make the BR downtown train station line up with the BRT routes.
Posted on 5/18/15 at 3:09 pm to foj1981
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I live and work in the Bluebonnet area. Frequently i see two buses and on occasion three at a time one behind the other with only a couple of people to none at all traveling the route
Don't let these 4 riders hear you criticizing their bus
Posted on 5/18/15 at 3:12 pm to foj1981
The people without jobs need to be able to go to walmart whenever they want
Posted on 5/18/15 at 3:26 pm to foj1981
quote:ARE YOU NUTS. You can't say anything bad about cats
Why the need for these massive buses
Posted on 5/18/15 at 3:29 pm to Catman88
quote:
FWIW.. I believe the Mall had become some sort of hub for CATS now.
That explains a lot about the mall as of late.
Posted on 5/18/15 at 3:29 pm to foj1981
I'm pretty sure there's a transfer point now at the Mall..so you're going to have multiple bus routes converging there.
Posted on 5/18/15 at 3:50 pm to Golfer
quote:Lets all go to the mall
transfer point now at the Mall
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