The new schedule was developed in response to a long-running workforce shortage, officials said.
A People Mover bus on Route 25 arrives at the downtown transit center on Monday. took effect Monday, coinciding with the city’s first major snowfall, which made roads slick and slowed traffic — and left some bus commuters waiting for longer than usual in the snow.from every 15 minutes to every 30 minutes, said transit planner Stephen Stone.
Behind White, following a stream of wet footprints, bundled passengers occupied nearly every row. Some were unfazed by the service changes while others said they had been inconvenienced.Stephen Dilley, a daily bus rider since a health condition caused him to quit driving in 2003, said he was aware of the changes, so he planned for them. He used the bus tracker application on his phone to minimize his time spent waiting in the cold.
Overall, service reductions were incentivized by an overburdened public transportation system, which in turn overburdened its drivers, according to Stone. The new schedule cuts out 52 hours of service time on weekdays, mostly by staggering frequency for the roughly 60-minute Route 25 run. Caryn Bush waited along Tudor Road in the snowstorm on Monday to catch a People Mover bus on Route 25.
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