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Posted by mtancct on Wed Aug 6 14:32:47 2008, in response to Re: Redskins, WMATA Discontinue Shuttle Service Due to New FTA Regulations, posted by WMATAGMOAGH on Wed Aug 6 12:36:21 2008. And those are the factors to which I do not understand, PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION is for the GENERAL PUBLIC so it should be provide for anyone who would like to use it for as many purposes as possible to help move citizens to and fro.Now grant it, there are private companies out there, who would like to work shuttle operations out there to generate income...and have some unfair competition in bidding on shuttle contracts, school bus services (in areas where the school system cannot afford to provide their own), and convention shuttles (in the case of the first issue I saw come up in Charleston, S.C.)...I get that and there should be some markets and instances where those companies can effectively provide that service to those areas. As for those that are currently being served by public transportation agencies...there should be some balanced proposition to which if it can be turned over to a private company (where it can benefit the company and the public who they will serve) then fine, if the public is adversely affected then I am not so sure about that. I feel that the public transportation agencies should be able to provide shuttle services in the event they are the only ones capable of doing so. That means that the sports team, convention or school system has no way of completely affording to provide the service themselves, or to hire a private company to provide the services rendered. This is about serving the interest of the common good including those who have no choice but to drive...decrease the percentage of those who DO have a option (to drive or take an alternative) that use the highways and byways...to allow those who DO NOT have an option a better way to ride and everyone a lessor degree of stress. |
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