RE: CARTA Ridership Down
I have a couple of ideas that came after reading the above mentioned article.
First, if ridership is down that dramatically, perhaps we should begin to phase out the least-used routes. These must be the most heavily subsidized routes, obviously because no revenue is being generated. Revenue seems to be important to CARTA, considering that they have been entrusted to enforce the parking laws downtown. Ninety thousand dollars revenue sounds good for CARTA, but what about the citizens and tourists?
Second, If the city truly wants to be progressive, eliminate the fines. The city seems ready to sell the King street parking lot for 1.5 months of parking fine revenue. Let's see more free parking, or at least more city-provided parking.
William Hopkins