Comments on: Politics in Minnesota 7.7.2008

By: acalhoun

acalhoun — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 15:37:04 +0000

These are good ideas, Wayne. I dare you to go to Seward next Thursday and say this to their faces.

Or you could just stagnate here in MNspeak, like the li’l transit planner that could. I’m really hoping you do the former.

By: wayne

wayne — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 13:25:54 +0000

until they get a distance-based fare system, I don’t think they have any business raising fares.
if they want to talk about reworking the fare structure and putting increases into that formula, that’s awesome.
but no, they just want to charge someone $5.50 to get across town twice. No, thanks, I’ll bike there.

By: kc!

kc! — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 18:45:39 +0000

I will be particularly furious at that meeting if they don’t give the drivers a cost of living increase. We (drivers and whoever they tell, I don’t know if it will be public) will find out Sunday what the contract is shaping up to look like.

We have already stopped buying big extras and if things look bad on Sunday, we will go into “only necessities” mode. We really can’t afford a strike this year.

By: DouglasG

DouglasG — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 18:26:21 +0000

$5.50 a day for a 6 mile commute is also insane! Why don’t I ride the bus again? Oh yeah!

By: salothsa

salothsa — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 18:18:48 +0000

When I was a kid we had the school discount cards (Easy Rider?) and the bus cost .10 cents. That was in the early 80’s.

$7.00 a day for express is frickin’ insane.

By: mnblrmkr

mnblrmkr — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 17:54:42 +0000

wayne, I’m sure your girlfriend could use an evening’s break.

By: wayne

wayne — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 17:49:53 +0000

I will try to make it, but my schedule is awfully busy these days.

By: vlado4

vlado4 — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 17:44:47 +0000

Wayne I assume you will be at the Seward meeting if you are complaining so much.

I will try to attend as well.

Off-Topic: Corporate Land is way better than University MN (wanna-be corporate land)!!!

By: sandburg

sandburg — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 17:41:24 +0000

I’m going to the one on Wednesday at noon in Minneapolis. I’ll be letting loose and calling them out for being bogus motherfuckers. My grandma is 78 and remembers when it was a nickel, and my father remembers when it cost a dime.

By: kc!

kc! — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 16:53:48 +0000

Right, a quarter this year and 50 cents next year. That’s $1.50 a day extra, making it $5.50 a day for local rush hour fare or $7.00 a day for express rush hour fare. That’s crazy.