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Why cancel highly used route?  Letter by Kenneth D. Rose, Gig
Harbor on June 22, 2011 at 12:51 pm | 4 Comments » June 22, 2011
1:04 pm  One of Pierce Transit’s budget solutions to its fiscal
crisis is to completely cancel the 601 Express bus service to
Olympia (TNT, 6-20). That’s not only bad for the riders, it’s
bad for other commuters using the Interstate 5 corridor during
rush hours and it’s also not good for Pierce Transit.  Judging
from how quickly the decision was made to cancel the route after
the meeting, I’d say it was a waste of time for those riders who
attended the meeting. The decision had already been made.
That’s too bad, because the 601 route has been enjoying 90
percent occupancy lately. On some days it has even been standing
room only. Pierce Transit says its reduction plan focuses on
maintaining ridership. How does completely eliminating a route
maintains ridership?  If the agency were to again reduce the
route to only one trip