“Ridership isn’t there” they say, oblivious to or purposely ignoring the fact that low investment has led to reliability issues and pushed lifelong bus users to alternative options.

I Uber to appointments, work, and basically anything I need to be to on time because it’s almost guaranteed the bus will get me there late. Most of the time I bus home, but the train’s down more often than not, and I refuse to subject myself to the nonsense R1 busses. Wait an hour and five of them show up at once, all full. No thank you.