November 26, 200915 yr Florence to get TANK hub By Justin B. Duke, Cincinnati Enquirer, November 24, 2009 Public transportation is set to get a big boost in Florence. TANK plans to build a transit hub on a four-acre plot on the corner of Heights Boulevard and Mall Road.
December 21, 200915 yr Cincinnati Metro to cut five routes Business Courier of Cincinnati | December 17, 2009 Cincinnati’s Metro bus system will eliminate five routes as part of its 12 percent service cut effective Dec. 27. The routes to be cut include: Lexington Heights Express, 22X; Western Hills Express, 34X; Roselawn Express, 44X; Blue Ash Job Connection, 66; and Wyoming Express 76X. Most routes will have service reductions, Metro said in a news release. Twelve routes, including the Riverfront Parking Shuttle, will remained unchanged, due to steady ridership or other funding. Read full article here: http://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/stories/2009/12/14/daily47.html
January 19, 201015 yr Metro adds five new articulated buses to its fleet By Randy A. Simes, UrbanCincy | January 14, 2010 http://www.urbancincy.com/2010/01/metro-adds-five-new-articulated-buses.html Articulated buses have arrived in Cincinnati and will be used along Metro's highest capacity corridors to add capacity and improve productivity. Each of the five new articulated buses has a capacity in excess of 100 people (62 seated, 50+ standing) which represents a 50 percent increase over normal bus capacity. “The articulated buses are workhorses. They will allow us to carry more customers per bus and increase the efficiency on routes that are frequently crowded,” said Marilyn Shazor, Metro’s CEO. “This is especially important now as we try to stretch every dollar to serve as many customers as possible with a smaller budget.” Each of the new buses cost just over $611,000 and were paid for primarily with federal Congestion Mitigation/Air Quality (CMAQ) funds that were made available through the Ohio Department of Transportation and the OKI Regional Council of Governments. The new 24-ton articulated buses are being deployed along Metro's heavily used 43, 45, and 47 bus routes along the Reading Road corridor, and are replacing existing buses that were beyond their useful life according to Metro officials. Financially these buses represent a potential gain for Metro through the additional capacity added while maintaining the same labor costs with only one bus driver. Future articulated buses are being investigated and might even be hybrid like many of Metro's newer buses. View images of the new articulated buses here: http://www.urbancincy.com/2010/01/metro-adds-five-new-articulated-buses.html
January 19, 201015 yr Countywide tax could fund Cincinnati's Metro Business Courier of Cincinnati - by Lucy May and Dan Monk Senior Staff Reporters http://cincinnati.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/stories/2010/01/18/story3.html
January 19, 201015 yr Metro adds five new articulated buses to its fleet By Randy A. Simes, UrbanCincy | January 14, 2010 http://www.urbancincy.com/2010/01/metro-adds-five-new-articulated-buses.html Articulated buses have arrived in Cincinnati and will be used along Metro's highest capacity corridors to add capacity and improve productivity. Each of the five new articulated buses has a capacity in excess of 100 people (62 seated, 50+ standing) which represents a 50 percent increase over normal bus capacity. “The articulated buses are workhorses. They will allow us to carry more customers per bus and increase the efficiency on routes that are frequently crowded,” said Marilyn Shazor, Metro’s CEO. “This is especially important now as we try to stretch every dollar to serve as many customers as possible with a smaller budget.” Each of the new buses cost just over $611,000 and were paid for primarily with federal Congestion Mitigation/Air Quality (CMAQ) funds that were made available through the Ohio Department of Transportation and the OKI Regional Council of Governments. The new 24-ton articulated buses are being deployed along Metro's heavily used 43, 45, and 47 bus routes along the Reading Road corridor, and are replacing existing buses that were beyond their useful life according to Metro officials. Financially these buses represent a potential gain for Metro through the additional capacity added while maintaining the same labor costs with only one bus driver. Future articulated buses are being investigated and might even be hybrid like many of Metro's newer buses. View images of the new articulated buses here: http://www.urbancincy.com/2010/01/metro-adds-five-new-articulated-buses.html I have seen these around being tested, and again today being used. Pretty cool, I'm glad we have at least some corridors they can manage to run on. There are problem spots on a few routes that I would think make articulated buses out of the question, mainly the 17/18 and the turns in Clifton.
January 22, 201015 yr Glad to see the announcement here. I saw the articulated buses on Reading Road.
March 10, 201015 yr NOTE the text in bold..... Pension board: Raise taxes? Sell City Hall? By Jane Prendergast • [email protected] • March 10, 2010 Trying to save Cincinnati's struggling pension fund, task force members are tossing out all kinds of possibilities: Sell or lease city-owned buildings. Raise property taxes. Sell the city-owned railroad. Lease the parking meters. ....Francis Wagner, retired city finance director, suggested cutting the amount of the city's 2.1% earnings tax that goes to the Southern Ohio Regional Transit Authority. Now, Metro's parent gets 0.3%. He suggested cutting that to 0.25% and giving half of the reduced amount to the pension fund. That might sell to council, he said, because it would mean a tax cut. But that 2.1% isn't all that certain to begin with - it makes up about two-thirds of the city's total $330 million operating budget, so its decline is the biggest reason the city faced a $51 million deficit this year. And SORTA already cut its 2010 budget and raised fares to cover its own budget gap. READ MORE AT: http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20100310/NEWS0108/3100348/1055/NEWS/Pension+board++Raise+taxes?+Sell+City+Hall? "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
March 11, 201015 yr Why the hell don't they just raise the earnings tax percentage that goes to Metro? Anyone able to do a rough estimate of what the annual revenue would be at 0.35%?
March 11, 201015 yr Why the hell don't they just raise the earnings tax percentage that goes to Metro? Anyone able to do a rough estimate of what the annual revenue would be at 0.35%? By charter the most they can level for METRO is .3% (but this can always be changed). 0.35% would generate approx $51.5 million.
March 11, 201015 yr Thanks for the figure, thomasbw. Very good perspective. Actually, I had a charter amendment in mind. For the 2011 budget, I have no idea what they plan to do to keep Metro from its promising tailspin. It seems like one of the only options.
September 7, 201014 yr Tomorrow September 7th from 3pm-6pm there will be an open house at the Metro offices discussing the Route 1 changes. "Catch the Route 1 – The Route One for Fun in Cincinnati!" http://www.go-metro.com/news/2010/nr36.html "Someone is sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago." - Warren Buffett
September 9, 201014 yr Notes from the open house I sent to our board in case your interested: *** "One For Fun" Metro Route 1 Open House *** * The new route is a slight modification on the existing route that goes from Union Terminal, through downtown, up to Mount Adams and ending at the zoo * Fare remains $1.75 * Due to budget constraints the hours of operation will be the same, but if it is really popular and money becomes available they may extend them. * The frequency will improve from the 30-60 minutes now to a more consistent every 30 minutes * New hybrid diesel/electric 30 foot buses will be purchased to run this route. The buses may be a bit smaller but they will have a distinct, fresh look inside and out (and be a bit quieter which is what I was geeked out about the most). * The signage will be much better on the streets with specific signs advertising stops that can be easily seen * The buses were to be available this month, but they are not quite in yet, so they are waiting to launch the new routing until they are delivered * Route intended for visitors both local and outside the region to see the sights, but also very beneficial for downtown residents * A Metro person will be presenting this and other information at the October 12th DRC meeting "Someone is sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago." - Warren Buffett
September 9, 201014 yr * The signage will be much better on the streets with specific signs advertising stops that can be easily seen It would be nice to see a subway-style representation of the stops and your progress along the line, at each stop. If not a map!!! I would just love to see Metro invest in some true quality signage.
September 9, 201014 yr I did talk a bit with the Metro folks and when I mentioned LED signs announcing the time the next bus would arrive they said they would be coming... eventually.... The issue as always is funding and the current funding of most of Metro comes from the City of Cincinnati payroll taxes (in a down economy). "Someone is sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago." - Warren Buffett
September 10, 201014 yr Anyone not already familiar with this route would look at this map and say "I'm not even going to attempt to ride that." Just saying... if you're going to try to market this route to suburbanites or "choice riders" -- simplify it.
September 10, 201014 yr Really nothing more clearly illustrates how nutty the local roads are than that bus map. It's almost like a parody.
September 10, 201014 yr In order to have better (and more expensive) signage they need to have fewer of them. The key to better signage is many fewer bus stops, probably 1/3 - 1/2 of the current number of stops.
September 20, 201014 yr Could the subway ever be used as a BRT tunnel (i.e. Downtown Seattle Transit Tunnel, MBTA Silver Line)?
September 20, 201014 yr Could the subway ever be used as a BRT tunnel (i.e. Downtown Seattle Transit Tunnel, MBTA Silver Line)? It would be cost prohibitive. There is already so little traffic on the parkway, you could just dedicate two lanes if you wanted to run BRT
September 20, 201014 yr There are a lot of problems with operating buses in single-lane tunnels. The subway tubes are 13 feet wide, which is plenty wide for a 10-foot wide subway or light rail train but restricts the speed of a bus. Also, if a train breaks down they can be easily towed or pushed since they run on tracks. A bus must be towed and runs a very real risk of scraping tunnel walls.
September 20, 201014 yr That's too bad. I thought we could at least have some BIG bus transit improvement with the subway. If only, if only Cincinnati had built something like the MBTA Green Line or Newark City Subway instead..........and still had light rail.
October 16, 201014 yr So when and where exactly will the Uptown Transportation Center be built? Are there any renderings of the planned hub?
October 17, 201014 yr There are a lot of problems with operating buses in single-lane tunnels. The subway tubes are 13 feet wide, which is plenty wide for a 10-foot wide subway or light rail train but restricts the speed of a bus. Also, if a train breaks down they can be easily towed or pushed since they run on tracks. A bus must be towed and runs a very real risk of scraping tunnel walls. There's also the issue of venting diesel exhaust from the tunnels. You'd have to run electric trolley buses, which would require an entirely new infrastructure and new vehicles. May as well just build light rail at that point.
October 21, 201014 yr Has anyone seen the buses that have been driving down 71 recently? They are transit buses but do not have a metro design on them. Instead they have diagonal stripes, much like NJ Transit buses. I see one about once a week between the Red Bank and Taft exits on 71 south. I can never get close enough to one to see what where they are from or what their destination signs say.
January 11, 201114 yr So, besides screwing up any hope for having a true balanced budget, we have begun pillaging the funds of ... S.O.R.T.A. OPPOSES CITY'S USE OF DEDICATED TRANSIT FUNDING City's actions violate contract, reduce Metro's 2011 budget by $1 million net CINCINNATI: The government board that operates Metro is taking steps to protect public transit interests, in response to the City of Cincinnati's decision to take more than $2.4 million from an account intended for transit funding only. The Southwest Ohio Regional Transit Authority (SORTA) opposes the city's plans to use transit funding to pay utility costs for street lights, a non-transit expense. The city's action violates the 38-year funding contract with SORTA. Multiple legal opinions from the city's attorneys since 1973 have protected the transit fund from the city's attempts to use the tax revenue for non-transit purposes. The $2.4 million reduction comes on the heels of a 2009 budget shortfall that forced SORTA to reduce Metro service by 12%, make changes in Access service for people with disabilities, increase fare, and layoff employees to balance its budget due to a severe reduction in the city earnings tax collections. The net reduction to SORTA's 2011 budget is estimated to be about $1 million, assuming the city's increased earnings tax projections are correct. The impact could be higher, if projected earnings tax revenue does not materialize. SORTA's loss of revenue could affect access to employment, health care, and education for thousands of commuters, people with disabilities, and low-income residents who depend on Metro and Access service for people with disabilities. The city's decision to use dedicated transit funding to pay for a shortfall in its general city budget is a direct violation of the contract between our two organizations, said Sean Rugless, SORTA chairman. We are sympathetic to the city's budget dilemma, but we have a responsibility to maintain public transit service for the community. We intend to vigorously protect public transit interests and to oppose the city's attempts to use transit funding for other purposes. The SORTA board directed Metro staff to evaluate all options, both legal and operational, to address this fiscal crisis that threatens SORTA's ability to maintain current service on behalf of the citizens that rely on Metro and Access for 19 million rides per year. Today, the SORTA board also sent a letter to Cincinnati Mayor Mark Mallory and City Council outlining the SORTA board's position: * Using transit funds for non-transit purposes violates the contract between SORTA and the city and runs counter to 38 years of past practice. * Using the transit fund for non-transit purposes ignores the will of the voters that passed the transit tax levy in 1972. * The transit fund was never intended to and cannot be used to offset City budget shortfalls. * SORTA depends on the transit fund for almost half of its operating revenue, for bus purchases, and to secure federal grants. * The city's actions jeopardize transit service to the community and threaten Metro service levels and fares. * The continuous erosion of Metro and Access transit services collapses the foundation on which to build future transportation options. Attempting to use the transit fund for non-transit purposes sets a dangerous precedent and is not good public policy. Transit fund background SORTA receives earnings tax revenue collected by the city under the terms of a 1973 contract between the two government entities called the City-SORTA Agreement. In 2010, the city retained about $700,000 to cover the cost of collecting the 3/10th of 1% of the earnings tax revenue dedicated to transit and to cover transit-related staffing and liability expenses. For 2011, the city voted to more than triple that amount and use about $2.4 million for city budget purposes. SORTA 2011 budget background The earnings tax revenue collected by the city was originally projected to fund about $41.3 million of SORTA's operating and capital budgets this year. Last week, the city approved 2011 funding for SORTA of only $40.3 million. The first transit fund payment to SORTA for 2011 was received on Monday, and it reflected the city's unilateral decision to reduce the amount that SORTA receives. Metro and Access are non-profit public services of the Southwest Ohio Regional Transit Authority, providing about 19 million rides per year in Greater Cincinnati.
January 11, 201114 yr More...... January 7, 2011 SORTA opposes city's use of dedicated transit funding Cincinnati's Southwest Ohio Regional Transit Authority (SORTA) is taking steps to protect public transit interests, in response to the City of Cincinnati's decision to take more than $2.4 million from an account intended for transit funding only. SORTA opposes the city's plans to use transit funding to pay utility costs for street lights, a non-transit expense. The city's action violates the 38-year funding contract with SORTA. Multiple legal opinions from the city's attorneys since 1973 have protected the transit fund from the city's attempts to use the tax revenue for non-transit purposes. The $2.4 million reduction comes on the heels of a 2009 budget shortfall that forced SORTA to reduce Metro service by 12 percent, make changes in Access service for people with disabilities, increase fares, and layoff employees to balance its budget due to a severe reduction in the city earnings tax collections. READ MORE AT: http://www.metro-magazine.com/News/Story/2011/01/SORTA-opposes-city-s-use-of-dedicated-transit-funding.aspx "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
January 11, 201114 yr Yesterday on the Route 17, the driver announced (during a driver switch) that the union may be going on strike as soon as 1/17 because SORTA is cutting their benefits and pay. Is this at all related to the city budget fiascos?
January 12, 201114 yr Is anyone in NKY advocated for a streetcar extension? Or is CincyStreetcar the only group? And how would Metro be involved with a potential spur in NKY?
January 12, 201114 yr http://cincystreetcar.wordpress.com/2009/11/06/covington-passes-resolution-in-support-of-the-cincinnati-streetcar/
January 12, 201114 yr http://cincystreetcar.wordpress.com/2009/11/06/covington-passes-resolution-in-support-of-the-cincinnati-streetcar/ great, thanks. i really hope nky is added to the loop
January 14, 201114 yr Why you should be riding the Metro By Krista Ramsey January 14, 2011 At the 11th hour, police officers' and firefighters' jobs were spared in the new city budget. Metro bus service wasn't. Last year's cut to the system resulted in a 12 percent reduction in services. The new city budget scrapes an additional $1 million off Metro's skin-and-bones budget. Cutting public transportation may not tug at heartstrings or draw protesters to budget hearings, but make no mistake: Lack of commitment to a comprehensive system is one of Greater Cincinnati's fatal flaws. Good public transportation is crucial to economic recovery. Metro should be expanding to support job growth and worker retraining. Instead it is contracting. Citizens wonder how they can help resolve economic problems. With Metro, it's easy. They can ride. “All truly great thoughts are conceived while walking.” -Friedrich Nietzsche
April 23, 201114 yr Google Transit is up and running in Cincinnati, and it seems as though both TANK and Metro have been seamlessly integrated. Metro is looking for people to give feedback on the system and will be awarding some free transit passes to lucky winners. http://www.urbancincy.com/2011/04/metro-officials-looking-for-feedback-on-preliminary-google-transit-interface/
June 13, 201114 yr Are there any Cincinnati UO members that ride Metro regularly? I'm asking because I'm (or maybe WAS) considering taking the bus more often, but it almost seems like more of a hassle than it's worth. I was looking at some of routes on their website, and since the last time I rode the bus, it looks like they don't have a direct route anymore from my house to Clifton during the time that I need it. I would also have to leave the front door about 50 minutes earlier than I normally would, and my normally 10-15 minute commute would turn into a 60 minute commute. Frankly, I'm not a patient person, so adding all that time for the sake of using public transit is a big turnoff and inconvenience to me. Additionally, instead of being able to go directly from Madisonville to Clifton, I would have to go from Madisonvile to downtown, and transfer from downtown to Clifton, which makes absolutely no sense at all. No wonder hardly anyone uses public transit around here; it's immensely inefficient for a large city But enough of the rambling, for those of you who use the bus system regularly: Do you find Metro to be a fairly easy and convenient system? -From looking on the site, the routes seems rather confusing, and I've heard Metro buses are notoriously late. Is there any special thing you have to do if there is a transfer on your route? Do they take dollar bills?
June 13, 201114 yr For Metro to be convenient, you need to move to a house or apartment that is a one-seat ride from your workplace.
June 13, 201114 yr I actually wouldn't say that Metro is so horribly inefficient...considering the circumstances. There's two kinds of sprawl out there, residential sprawl and job sprawl. If you only have residential sprawl, with the bulk of the jobs remaining downtown, you can provide very good transit service with a simple hub and spoke system. This is how streetcar suburbs worked, with only very small bits of local-service retail in the residential neighborhoods, but with all the major shopping and working going on downtown. In today's world, while it isn't ideal, transit companies can still deal with residential sprawl by providing park and rides, feeder buses, or whatever, because they only have to deliver people to one place. Job sprawl, on the other hand, is extremely difficult to accommodate with transit. Instead of collecting people from all over and funneling them to one destination, you have to collect people from all over and distribute them all over. That's simply not possible to serve with transit. For every person living in Madisonville who works in Clifton, there's another who works Downtown, in Kenwood, Blue Ash, Eastgate, or Sharonville. No crosstown route from suburb to suburb (or even city neighborhood to city neighborhood) can get enough ridership to make it viable. So all that's left is the original hub and spoke system, since those are the only routes that still have some meat left in them. This is why Metro sucks for anything but trips to and from downtown, for the most part. But for those trips, I'd say it works pretty well. This isn't a new problem. 90 years ago when the Cincinnati & Columbus Traction Company was petitioning to abandon its route, the people of Madisonville threw a fit. Many of them worked at factories in Norwood, and at the time Norwood was still somewhat of an exclusive railroad suburb. There was a significant shortage of affordable housing in Norwood, so workers had to live elsewhere until more apartments were built and the mansions were sold off and divided up. The C&C had a direct route from Madisonville to Harris Avenue (right by the municipal pool and Waterworks Park today) that only took 10 minutes. After abandonment, the only alternative was to take a Cincinnati Traction Company streetcar up Erie and Madison to Peeble's Corner and transfer to a Gilbert-Montgomery car to Norwood, which would take 40-50 minutes. Nevertheless, Cincinnati Traction didn't find there was enough demand to take over any portion of the C&C or to build their own Madisonville to Norwood route. Such is still the case today.
June 13, 201114 yr What Jake said. yes, Metro takes dollar bills - for regular use & if transferring, a Metro card is invaluable. A cross town route from Madisonville thru Clifton was, I believe, in the Metro Moves plan & I have no idea why that route was shelved. There might be a route to Oakley/Hyde Park that will connect to a Clifton bus. You can frequently drive to Columbus in the time it takes to get across town via Metro. Is a bus/bike option any good?
June 13, 201114 yr I ride it infrequently now, but I rode Metro full time for many years. As Jake said, it is most useful when your house and job are on the same line. If you live in an inner-ring suburb on one of the main lines and work downtown, then riding Metro is the best way to go. If you live in an outer-ring suburb or work anywhere other than downtown, it is less useful. Pros of riding Metro: Less expensive, especially if it lets you eliminate a car along with all associated maintenance, fueling, and ownership costs. No need for parking. Allows you to meet people in your community. Can use the travel time to read. Arrive at your destination relaxed and not stressed from driving. Cons of riding Metro: Mobility is limited by routes and schedules. You will find yourself arranging your schedule around the bus schedule. You will spend a lot of time waiting for the bus. Add 5 to 15 minutes to total travel time for waiting. Many of the bus stops are in undesireable locations. Pandhandlers make easy targets of waiting bus riders. Sometimes buses are crowded. You may encounter bums, rowdy school kids, crying babies, rude people, etc. You may not eat, drink, smoke, or listen to the radio while riding. In bad weather the bus schedules may get messed up and leave you stranded. I haven't ridden in a while, so this may be out of date: They take dollar bills. To transfer, ask the driver for a transfer when you get on the first leg. He gives you a slip of paper. On the second leg, you pay for the fare with the slip of paper. I find the system to be realitively easy and convenient, but I had to learn a few things the hard way. I find the route maps confusing, since many routes have daily variations. Buses were generally on time, or at least consistent, but then there was that one time when the bus was an hour late in good weather... If the trip takes 50 minutes more with the transfer, I probably wouldn't ride. My route used to take 25 minutes by car plus parking and walking versus 35 minutes and no walking by bus, so it wasn't too bad - except at rush hour, where I had to transfer and a typical ride took about an hour.
June 14, 201114 yr Madisonville is served by the 69 Madisonville, the 11 Madison Rd/Oakley, and the 11 Erie Av./Hyde Park. They all connect to the 31 and 51 Crosstowns. And the 11's connect with the 24 Anderson/UC. The google transit app would probably be invaluable to you in figuring out the system.
June 14, 201114 yr For Metro to be convenient, you need to move to a house or apartment that is a one-seat ride from your workplace. The easiest way to use Metro is to move downtown, which is pretty much a one-seat ride to everywhere Metro goes. Housing cost is higher, but transportation is really cheap and easy. Nice to never worry about a car anymore.
June 14, 201114 yr For Metro to be convenient, you need to move to a house or apartment that is a one-seat ride from your workplace. The easiest way to use Metro is to move downtown, which is pretty much a one-seat ride to everywhere Metro goes. Housing cost is higher, but transportation is really cheap and easy. Nice to never worry about a car anymore. This is a major reason my girlfriend and I are moving in to the Belmain Apts in OTR. We are a short walk from nearly every bus line in the city.
June 14, 201114 yr Thanks guys for the responses, especially Eight and State for your detailed feedback. I rode the bus yesterday with no problems, and since I don't have class or work or anything today, I'm kind of just "playing" around with some of the routes to familiarize myself with them. I'm actually at a bus stop as I type this. Surprisingly, a number of buses I've been on so far have been relatively packed. The 11 bus going downtown actually had a few people standing. The interiors of the buses are a lot nicer and cleaner since the last time I remember riding them. Overall, I'm pretty impressed and will probably start riding regularly.
June 15, 201114 yr >Job sprawl What's crazy is that Metro does not mark stops in outer counties. I believe this is because those routes aren't even technically Metro routes, since Butler, Warren, and Clermont Counties pay for them.
June 15, 201113 yr If you can make it work then that's great, but consider yourself lucky. To do a reverse commute on transit you either have to be lucky enough to live along the route in question (and hopefully it actually stops rather than just bypasses your house) or you have to get downtown first. The only route to the Blue Ash industrial park, for instance, runs express from downtown up I-71 to Pfeiffer. There's no way to use it without first taking another bus downtown. Of course you can make it work in some instances, especially in larger cities with better transit, but you usually have to plan very carefully where you live to be sure you're on *THE* right line and that it stops where you can catch it. When you work downtown, you only need to live near *A* transit line, because with few exceptions it's going downtown.
June 15, 201113 yr By total chance I was able to do a reverse bus commute when I lived in Columbus. The bus drove through the office park, except the one time when it didn't, and I was helpless to watch it coast past the entrance (a train over course could never do that, unless it simply didn't stop at a station). It was a nice night out so I walked the 11 miles back to my apartment. The problem with these reverse commutes is that there are usually just one or two buses to catch in the evening, so if you need to stay late for some reason, you're totally out of luck since there are no other buses anywhere close.
July 12, 201113 yr HHS78--hopefully you've already sampled the Madisonville-to-Clifton Metro connections that NEVILLE pointed out, but if not just let me reassure you that both #11 bus-routes intersect with either the crosstown #51 or #31 at several locations. And, as you probably already know, the #51 takes you through the Clifton Gaslight District, while the #31 crosses through Clifton past the Corryville Krogers. Both of these crosstown buses run frequently. Good luck in your new ridership!
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