The Chronicle's analysis also found nearly two-thirds of the tickets issued to bus drivers were dismissed. Records most often cite “Police officer not present.” Other reasons include “insufficient evidence” or “defective complaint.”
Gads.
Assuming one incident per vehicle, which probably isn’t true ... that means 85% of the METRO fleet was in wrecks last year.
My family had three teenagers at once, and we didn’t have anywhere NEAR that sort of record.
http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=news/13_undercover&id=7461426
Barnicle is playing catch up to Wayne Dolcefino at KTRK ch 13 in Houston including video of a bus running a red light.
Runnning red lights? Doesn’t suprise me. I saw two metro busses doing over 70mph in a 45 zone on the way to work the other day.
Most metro transit systems have been hotbeds of diversity and striving for a gender balanced work force for the last 20 years. Management spends more time building small empires than actually working at the process of moving human beings from one place in the city to another in an efficient and timely manner.
The transit unions have most city council members in the palm of their hands and have made it almost impossible to fire a driver, especially if that driver contributes to the diversity profile.
If you want to see this actual bus stop at McDonald's for 15 minutes or so be on North Eldridge between Briar Forest and Richmond Av. around 5:45pm any day Monday through Friday. You will not be disappointed as the driver eats there every day.
It’s Bill White’s fault.
If the Terror Train & Metro were a private enterprised, Big Government would have shut them down long ago.
I bet you can’t even fire one of those drivers if you wanted to.
Oh Willie !
Isn’t goobermint transportation wonderful ??
Now the toy train’s hitting busses too !