Attention Westside Red Line Riders!
Your rush hour ride is about to get a lot cozier. Starting November 9, the following RTA service changes will take effect:
#75 North Olmsted
Route will converted to a Red Line feeder route operating to/from West Park Station (see map).
#87 Westwood
Route will be converted into a Red Line feeder route to/from West Park Station (see map). Not all portions of the current #87 route will be served.
#96 Butternut
Route will be converted into a Red Line feeder route to/from Triskett Station (see map).
This means that the Red Line will be taking on three additional bus routes' worth of people during rush hour.
During the winter (when people don't like to drive), and when the price of gas goes up, the Red Line can get pretty crowded. Like, Manhattan crowded.
Looking at these changes, I am seriously concerned about whether anyone's even going to be able to get on at all past West 117th!
#75 North Olmsted
Route will converted to a Red Line feeder route operating to/from West Park Station (see map).
#87 Westwood
Route will be converted into a Red Line feeder route to/from West Park Station (see map). Not all portions of the current #87 route will be served.
#96 Butternut
Route will be converted into a Red Line feeder route to/from Triskett Station (see map).
This means that the Red Line will be taking on three additional bus routes' worth of people during rush hour.
During the winter (when people don't like to drive), and when the price of gas goes up, the Red Line can get pretty crowded. Like, Manhattan crowded.
Looking at these changes, I am seriously concerned about whether anyone's even going to be able to get on at all past West 117th!
posted by Christine at 4:09 PM
2 Comments:
I know they had to cut somewhere but the cuts to the 75 have really messed me up. I don't mind the Rapid, but I did like to have either option to get me home by 6pm.
Yeah,I know what you mean. Like when the rapid decides not to run because there's ice on the overhead line, it would be nice to know you can just take the bus instead. And I thought it was lousy to mess around with the 75X period.
I haven't notice a huge difference in ridership, but it could just be because people have taken 4 day weekends for Veterans' Day. It did seem like there were a few more people in the evening last night -- particularly people I'd never seen before.
We'll see.
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