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Just passed a WRTA bus with digital sign over driver saying "MASK OPTIONAL". The bus was completely dark, no passengers, heading back to garage by Crompton Park and the driver was wearing a mask. Thought strange since nobody was on the bus...
I grew up taking the "6" when I lived on Dawson Road then the "2" bus when I moved to Stark Road. Sometimes we would even take the "10" , but do not remember why?? At least 100 times I took these buses maybe more.
But when is the last time you ever seen anyone waiting for a bus around the City of Worcester??? The public transportation has completely changed and now people can do so many things from home with the internet.
Literally do not remember a time, other then the bus station downtown, that I have seen anyone waiting for a WRTA bus.. Really how many people use the WRTA today??? Do we need it??? Now think about how much we have spent on the new garage by Quinsigamond Ave or the new station by Union Station?
Would this not be great debate for our City Council!!! Take that savings and buy open space versus increases real estate taxes..
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I use to take the city bus a lot when I didn’t have a car for a good period of time, and every time I went to Union Station it was packed (that was pre Covid as well) One thing the bus is great for is low income families that don’t have a license or car. The reason the grocery stores are so popular for the city buses is because those people can take a city bus from the block they live in, to that grocery store, and hop on to go back. Plus, the huge facilities (Amazon, Table Talk, Tj Maxx, Polar) have a lot of temp workers in them so they rely on city buses to transport them to and from work. You go past the TJ Maxx facility when they’re switching shifts (around 3pm) the city bus station on Goddard memorial has a lot of people there. I definitely think the city bus should never be gone because it is a great resource. I wish that the WRTA would work with Polar Park on helping fans get to the games and they changed the times for when the last city buses leave to accommodate that but the Woosox don’t care about what’s going on with city problems involving traffic, parking, etc as long as they’re making money.
How hurting poor working people”w, both riders and drivers, helps poor people requires blind socialist “thinking.” Virtue signaling replaces and eliminate actual virtue.