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swoldier_force t1_jbrgg8m wrote

I love the idea of free transportation but almost every bus I see is 95% empty.

Maybe just bad timing.

Are the schedules/routes just not great? Could smaller busses/vans be used in some cases to save money?

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BedazzledBritAccent t1_jbrrkme wrote

The buses on the routes that run more than once an hour are packed. But if your bus is unreliable and won't show up for more than an hour if you miss it, you stop relying on it and riding on it.

Free buses are great and the hop on hop off nature is fantastic but I walk an extra half a mile to main street because the buses on main Street will show up in 15 mins or so. My bus down the street will maybe show up and if I miss it, the next one is in an hour and a half.

They need to make the buses more reliable/predictable or more frequent.

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beaux-tie t1_jbrkd0q wrote

Big problem is scheduling. Unfortunately RTAs across MA have been underfunded by the state for years

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