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CATS won't service LSU football games
Posted on 9/7/16 at 2:56 pm
Posted on 9/7/16 at 2:56 pm
So this public transit, to which I pay a significant portion of my property taxes, does ONE thing that I utilize. That being rides to LSU Stadium and now they aren't doing that. Their excuses are pretty thin, no buses lost but they were "damaged" and some staff had homes flooded. ???
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The Capital Area Transit System will not offer its Touchdown Express bus service for at least the first few LSU football games as the agency tries to restore normal operations in the wake of the region's severe flooding. The special routes have been used to shuttle riders to Tigers games from various points in the city, particularly downtown.
n a Wednesday statement, interim CEO Bill Deville said Touchdown Express won't run in September, but he hopes the service will resume later in the season.
CATS didn't lose any buses in the flood but several were damaged while moving evacuees, according to the statement. CATS assisted in the evacuation of approximately 6,000 people.
The agency is also facing staffing concerns, as 43 drivers and about a dozen mechanical and administrative employees were affected by the floods.
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This post was edited on 9/7/16 at 2:58 pm
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Posted on 9/7/16 at 2:58 pm to jbgleason
No one cares about you rich crackers going to the LSU games. Buses are meant for poor folk.
Posted on 9/7/16 at 2:59 pm to jbgleason
call me crazy but I'll give the folks who lost property and potentially friends/family in the flood a pass for not wanting to drive a bunch of drunks to a football game.
Why don't you drive yourself to the 2 games affected?
Why don't you drive yourself to the 2 games affected?
Posted on 9/7/16 at 3:00 pm to jbgleason
Dont worry. tiger stadium wont have a soul in it when lsu is 3-9
-the rant
-the rant
Posted on 9/7/16 at 3:00 pm to jbgleason
That's awesome.
The only time 97% of the property tax payers ever set foot on them.
The article should read that the real reason they won't be doing it is
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They're needed to be driving around town empty elsewhere at that time
What a joke
Posted on 9/7/16 at 3:05 pm to WG_Dawg
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I'll give the folks who lost property and potentially friends/family in the flood a pass for not wanting to drive a bunch of drunks to a football game
I live in the area too. Life goes on and I am at work doing my job. CATS drivers can do theirs.
People need to get off the pity train and put on their big boy shorts. Handle your business and quit crying.
Posted on 9/7/16 at 3:06 pm to jbgleason
RATS
Posted on 9/7/16 at 3:10 pm to jbgleason
Don't worry. There won't be traffic Saturday
Posted on 9/7/16 at 3:16 pm to jbgleason
Take the gondola.
Posted on 9/7/16 at 3:22 pm to ksayetiger
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Dont worry. tiger stadium wont have a soul in it when lsu is 3-9
Posted on 9/7/16 at 3:24 pm to jbgleason
do they offer it for southern games?
Posted on 9/7/16 at 3:28 pm to LSU-MNCBABY
quote:i keep reading this on this board time and time again. Is this really true? I'm curious what the numbers are.
They're needed to be driving around town empty elsewhere at that time
Maybe this is a reason BR is behind the times and won't ever be anything but a backwoods hick town. Do the people of BR really have a stigma against using public transportation?
they bitch about public transportation while bitching about how bad the traffic is. Smh
Posted on 9/7/16 at 3:51 pm to SuperSaint
There's 10 sketchy homeless dudes at every bus stop. Probably why no one uses it
Posted on 9/7/16 at 4:02 pm to SuperSaint
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i keep reading this on this board time and time again. Is this really true? I'm curious what the numbers are. Maybe this is a reason BR is behind the times and won't ever be anything but a backwoods hick town. Do the people of BR really have a stigma against using public transportation? they bitch about public transportation while bitching about how bad the traffic is. Smh
good lord man.
I was on Airline by Goodwood yesterday at 4:30 and saw the bus next to me in traffic. 3 people on it, which is more than normal.
I guess i'm a backwoods hick kind of guy for not wanting to drive 10 minutes to catch the bus, since this bus that I pay for doesn't pass anywhere near my house.
Until they recently changed some of the routes, the buses basically followed the homicide map of Baton Rouge and took those people to the mall. Now they make it look like it goes more places where white people live, but no one is riding the bus and it is a complete waste of money and road space.
Posted on 9/7/16 at 4:03 pm to TeddyPadillac
Bus stops are always placed in the sketchiest corners of town. I'm not sure which way the cause and effect goes
Posted on 9/7/16 at 4:05 pm to jbgleason
This is a good example of white privilege in a majority black town.
Posted on 9/7/16 at 4:06 pm to jbgleason
CATS is already anticipating the empty seats in Tiger Stadium this season.
Posted on 9/7/16 at 4:08 pm to jbgleason
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So this public transit, to which I pay a significant portion of my property taxes, does ONE thing that I utilize. That being rides to LSU Stadium and now they aren't doing that. Their excuses are pretty thin, no buses lost but they were "damaged" and some staff had homes flooded. ???
They are just scared that someone many finally ride a CATS bus
Posted on 9/7/16 at 4:25 pm to SuperSaint
This is a pretty dumb post.
The entire bus system is set up for north Baton Rouge, they don't run any of the routes in locations the property tax paying public would use them.
To answer your other question yes, any time you see one its just driving around empty.
The entire bus system is set up for north Baton Rouge, they don't run any of the routes in locations the property tax paying public would use them.
To answer your other question yes, any time you see one its just driving around empty.
Posted on 9/7/16 at 4:27 pm to jbgleason
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jbgleason
At least you won't have to worry about traffic and parking this year.
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