While I can’t find this in Google’s cache, Gigablast Cache, or in the Web Archive, I could’ve swore that before it made it’s official debut yesterday that the Bend Area Transit Web Site was a dedicated web site that wasn’t under the City of Bend umbrella. The other web site was blue, setup and easy to follow like their brochures, and actually looked fine in Firefox. Now it looks like crap. Did I miss something here, or am I just losing my mind? I know back when Jon linked to it the site wasn’t under the City of Bend’s domain and design.
Please somebody tell me I’m not losing it.
Before somebody asks, no, I haven’t ridden the bus yet (though a lot of people did). When it runs to Sunriver, I’ll start (I’m not holding my breath on that one), but it just doesn’t help me at all right now. Maybe if I ever start working in Bend, but that doesn’t seem possible, either (as much as I’d like it to be sometimes).
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I’m just glad they seem to have removed the “Northwest Crossing” route. What a waste of mone THAT was. Like the kids at Summit High are going to ride the bus. yeah… Right.
Yeah, the Summit HS parking lot is like a german and japanese auto dealership. Those spoiled little brats have better cars than most adults.
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I don’t think the Northwest Crossing route has been dropped…(route 11). I don’t think they are planning any changes for at least one year so as not to confuse riders and to see where additional demands might be. I think the highschools are included as many students have after school activities and miss the (school) bus, as it were.
Well, by “the high schools are included” do you mean all three of them? I don’t remember seeing much in the way of Bend Sr. High. And the entire southeast quadrant is completely underserved. Make that NON-served. And that would be where a LOT of people NEED a bus.
is that the proper term 😉
I take it back… I do see one that’s sort of close to BSH.
But I still say it would be nice to have something in SE. Oh well, I should have been a squeaky wheel when I had the chance 😉
I can’t imagine never taking the bus. I transit by train AND bus on a daily basis.
Paul, until a couple days ago Bend was the largest city in the nation without a transit system.
That one girl, I think I heard that the reasoning for no route in the SE was density based, but I like you was really surprised that it wasn’t represented despite this. I have heard that the system is to be considered a “starter system” for the time being.