This is a failed system. Lets face it we will never make it work no matter what we throw at it. It looks pretty and shows well in city advertisements. But like years ago this will eventually be shut down. Its just a matter of how long that takes and how many more millions we throw at it.

I guess when one looks at MAPS 1/2/3, this is to me the only failure. Thats pretty good although it is a lot of wasted money. Omni/CC will help but we’ll need to see. MAPS overall has been a massive success story this will just happen to be the one that failed. We will subsidize it for years with wasted dollars.

I wish we had bought micro buses and run free of charge. Also can change routes as needed plus not stopped for things SC is.

Speaking of buses. I think the city bus system (all cities) is based on big bulky buses. This was likely due to not having other good vehicle options back in the day. But over time transportation companies have evolved and make so many great and smaller people mover vehicles.

I would love to see the whole city get rid of those bulky big buses and go to micro buses. More trips, more drivers and more efficiency. The cost of a micro bus is fractions of their big brother. Fuel economy is better (electric is future option). If you can get more efficiency and more trips run you will increase riders. Smaller is also more rider friendly. If the cost is 1/4th that of big buses (likely 1/5th or better) you can keep them up to date easier, less outlay per bus. Less maintenance, less costly parts, less traffic congestion (works better with traffic) and overall cheaper. If you increase riders you get more revenue to keep standards high and allows you to hire more drivers for the extra trips. It just seems so logical to me but my guess is big bus companies lobby a lot? Technology in auto manufacturing offers so many better options yet we keep the antiquated old big bus method.

Anyways, my 2 cents. I’ve had the opportunity to visit over 30 countries and quite a few use micro buses in cities.