http://www.arounddesmoines.com/opinion-a-new-transportation-plan/ Blogging Des Moines Iowa Mon, 24 Jan 2011 04:41:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 http://www.arounddesmoines.com/opinion-a-new-transportation-plan/comment-page-1/#comment-6178 Richard Christie Thu, 05 Jun 2008 12:26:37 +0000 http://www.arounddesmoines.com/opinion-a-new-transportation-plan/#comment-6178 Very good M.R. - also: More buses needed now and even more in the future! Just wait until winter and you'll see a lot of overcrowding or people left at the curb. Perhaps Dart could change the new shuttle routes to start later and use these smaller buses for early in-city routes freeing the larger buses for the express routes. In any event, more buses should be added to the fleet before bus manufacturers are overwhelmed by orders. City bus routes and schedules should be modified to allow drivers, relief time at the ends of their two-hour loops. Shorten the loop, eliminate some bus stops or better yet, lengthen the schedules for every route from the current 60 minutes to 70. These changes would also allow drivers to meet schedules in most cases. Very good M.R. – also:
More buses needed now and even more in the future! Just wait until winter and you’ll see a lot of overcrowding or people left at the curb. Perhaps Dart could change the new shuttle routes to start later and use these smaller buses for early in-city routes freeing the larger buses for the express routes. In any event, more buses should be added to the fleet before bus manufacturers are overwhelmed by orders.
City bus routes and schedules should be modified to allow drivers, relief time at the ends of their two-hour loops. Shorten the loop, eliminate some bus stops or better yet, lengthen the schedules for every route from the current 60 minutes to 70. These changes would also allow drivers to meet schedules in most cases.

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