Comments for Cedar Rapids Bus Party http://busparty.org One ride at a time. Sat, 24 Jul 2010 22:29:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ Comment on Transit Study Open House #3 Report by Route 12 Bus Party Recap « Cedar Rapids Bus Party http://busparty.org/2009/11/27/transit-study-open-house-3-report/#comment-161 Route 12 Bus Party Recap « Cedar Rapids Bus Party Sat, 24 Jul 2010 22:29:01 +0000 http://busparty.org/?p=229#comment-161 [...] fall. Brady has written a nice summary and you can read our reports for Open House One, Two, and Three. If you can’t attend, please send your comments to Office of the City Clerk, 3851 River Ridge [...] [...] fall. Brady has written a nice summary and you can read our reports for Open House One, Two, and Three. If you can’t attend, please send your comments to Office of the City Clerk, 3851 River Ridge [...]

]]> Comment on Transit Study Open House #2 Report by Route 12 Bus Party Recap « Cedar Rapids Bus Party http://busparty.org/2009/10/21/transit-study-open-house-2-report/#comment-160 Route 12 Bus Party Recap « Cedar Rapids Bus Party Sat, 24 Jul 2010 22:28:58 +0000 http://busparty.org/?p=193#comment-160 [...] last fall. Brady has written a nice summary and you can read our reports for Open House One, Two, and Three. If you can’t attend, please send your comments to Office of the City Clerk, 3851 [...] [...] last fall. Brady has written a nice summary and you can read our reports for Open House One, Two, and Three. If you can’t attend, please send your comments to Office of the City Clerk, 3851 [...]

]]> Comment on Transit Study Open House #1 Report by Route 12 Bus Party Recap « Cedar Rapids Bus Party http://busparty.org/2009/09/23/transit-study-open-house-1-report/#comment-159 Route 12 Bus Party Recap « Cedar Rapids Bus Party Sat, 24 Jul 2010 22:28:51 +0000 http://busparty.org/?p=86#comment-159 [...] conducted last fall. Brady has written a nice summary and you can read our reports for Open House One, Two, and Three. If you can’t attend, please send your comments to Office of the City Clerk, [...] [...] conducted last fall. Brady has written a nice summary and you can read our reports for Open House One, Two, and Three. If you can’t attend, please send your comments to Office of the City Clerk, [...]

]]> Comment on Tips and Tricks: Freedom Festival and Summer Fares by Samantha http://busparty.org/2010/06/21/tips-and-tricks-freedom-festival-and-summer-fares/#comment-153 Samantha Fri, 25 Jun 2010 20:45:33 +0000 http://busparty.org/?p=413#comment-153 Good point. I would love to see CR Transit start offering service during local events. Marion Arts Festival, Freedom Festival, US Cellular events, the various pub crawls local groups put on. Even if it started off as a shuttle service to events from large parking areas in the metro instead of the full routes, I think that would help traffic when everyone is trying to leave. Good point. I would love to see CR Transit start offering service during local events. Marion Arts Festival, Freedom Festival, US Cellular events, the various pub crawls local groups put on. Even if it started off as a shuttle service to events from large parking areas in the metro instead of the full routes, I think that would help traffic when everyone is trying to leave.

]]> Comment on Tips and Tricks: Freedom Festival and Summer Fares by pdx77 http://busparty.org/2010/06/21/tips-and-tricks-freedom-festival-and-summer-fares/#comment-152 pdx77 Fri, 25 Jun 2010 20:28:36 +0000 http://busparty.org/?p=413#comment-152 That's great but they also fail to mention that most of the evening events you can't get to by bus. Let alone anything that's happening on the 4th since there is no bus service that day. If they really wanted people to leave their cars at home and take the bus to the events they would expand the service in the evening. It's embarrasing on how bad our bus system here really is. That’s great but they also fail to mention that most of the evening events you can’t get to by bus. Let alone anything that’s happening on the 4th since there is no bus service that day. If they really wanted people to leave their cars at home and take the bus to the events they would expand the service in the evening. It’s embarrasing on how bad our bus system here really is.

]]> Comment on Route 11 Bus Party Recap by Sam http://busparty.org/2010/06/05/route-11-bus-party-recap/#comment-143 Sam Sun, 06 Jun 2010 15:49:47 +0000 http://busparty.org/?p=410#comment-143 Here is the article I talked about, http://kottke.org/10/05/taming-manhattans-traffic Charles Komanoff's model and plan to improve traffic efficiency on the island of Manhattan. Here is the article I talked about, http://kottke.org/10/05/taming-manhattans-traffic Charles Komanoff’s model and plan to improve traffic efficiency on the island of Manhattan.

]]> Comment on Free Bus Rides for Bicyclists by Jill and Eric Penne » Blog Archive » Free Bus Rides for Bicyclists http://busparty.org/2010/05/12/free-bus-rides-for-bicyclists/#comment-132 Jill and Eric Penne » Blog Archive » Free Bus Rides for Bicyclists Wed, 26 May 2010 03:15:06 +0000 http://busparty.org/?p=374#comment-132 [...] This post may not originate from Eric and may not contain all the text. Click here for the full article. [...] [...] This post may not originate from Eric and may not contain all the text. Click here for the full article. [...]

]]> Comment on Next Step Improvements by Brady Dorman http://busparty.org/2010/03/24/next-step-improvements/#comment-118 Brady Dorman Wed, 24 Mar 2010 17:04:22 +0000 http://busparty.org/?p=355#comment-118 I think a lot of the little, easier changes such as improvements to the website could and should be done right away. But for the poll I voted for implementing route changes first, since this is the backbone step in improving the system that affects scheduling, frequency, and service levels. Since these route change recommendations are intended to improve the efficiency and legibility of routes it makes sense to implement them right away, and then improve marketing / information systems to promote the new routes. (Why waste resources on making the current routes more legible if they are going to be altered soon anyway? This would only cause more confusion to regular and new riders.) With route changes and a more regular schedule, hopefully this can lead to higher ridership, making increased frequency and expanded service hours more viable. I think a lot of the little, easier changes such as improvements to the website could and should be done right away. But for the poll I voted for implementing route changes first, since this is the backbone step in improving the system that affects scheduling, frequency, and service levels.

Since these route change recommendations are intended to improve the efficiency and legibility of routes it makes sense to implement them right away, and then improve marketing / information systems to promote the new routes. (Why waste resources on making the current routes more legible if they are going to be altered soon anyway? This would only cause more confusion to regular and new riders.)

With route changes and a more regular schedule, hopefully this can lead to higher ridership, making increased frequency and expanded service hours more viable.

]]> Comment on Route 8 Bus Party Recap by Tips to Implement a Kiss and Ride « Cedar Rapids Bus Party http://busparty.org/2010/02/20/route-8-bus-party-recap/#comment-97 Tips to Implement a Kiss and Ride « Cedar Rapids Bus Party Wed, 24 Feb 2010 13:07:23 +0000 http://busparty.org/?p=339#comment-97 [...] Cedar Rapids Bus Party One ride at a time. « Route 8 Bus Party Recap [...] [...] Cedar Rapids Bus Party One ride at a time. « Route 8 Bus Party Recap [...]

]]> Comment on Route 8 Bus Party Recap by Samantha http://busparty.org/2010/02/20/route-8-bus-party-recap/#comment-96 Samantha Sat, 20 Feb 2010 23:06:49 +0000 http://busparty.org/?p=339#comment-96 I can't confirm it because I haven't asked someone who knows, but I have seen one on Route 4 and Route 12 for a while too. Route 3 has had one sporadically, so maybe they keep three of them on certain routes fairly regularly and use the 4th to fill in where needed or rotate it. Just a guess, but I'll try to find out more. I can’t confirm it because I haven’t asked someone who knows, but I have seen one on Route 4 and Route 12 for a while too. Route 3 has had one sporadically, so maybe they keep three of them on certain routes fairly regularly and use the 4th to fill in where needed or rotate it. Just a guess, but I’ll try to find out more.

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