SFist: What Goes Up, Sometimes Doesn't Come Down

Eve

Wed, 31 Aug 2005 14:48:30 -0800

Yes, I did, but the results are not for publication. Let's just say I am completely satisfied with how things turned out. Persistence truly pays when it comes to stuff like this, and I encourage anyone who has a conflict with a driver to complain until you get an answer.

Rain

Wed, 31 Aug 2005 13:56:19 -0800

Say, Eve, didya ever hear back from MUNI about that crazy N-Judah driver?

seamus

Tue, 30 Aug 2005 14:18:57 -0800

Ed, I think I've seen auditors on buses and trains, counting passengers and noting arrival times. But I agree, it's ridiculous that they have the nerve to raise fares by 50% in two years without improvement in service. And $5 to ride the cable car now! Ouch.

ed

Tue, 30 Aug 2005 11:44:18 -0800

The hilarious thing about all this is that this all comes back to mismanagement in the end. If MUNI actually performed a rider audit and figured out how many people actually used each line, then they'd be able to (a) offer a realistic schedule to adhere to, (b) wouldn't have to pay out all that budget-sapping overtime to drivers and (c) would create a system in which both drivers and passengers were satisfied in some quasi-utopian way.