Why does a town with 10,000 people and wide open spaces need 31 buses?
Ski town. Tons of low wage workers. Lack of parking.
I was a member at 3 different ski clubs in Chicago. We would go on ski trips to upper Michigan or Wisconsin. The diesel bus was ideal for a group of 45 skiers. And the bus ferried as from motel to ski place, and no parking hassles on slippery, icy, low volume parking lots. I think I have done at least 50 ski trips and enjoyed every one of them because of the bus. If I drove myself, it was 7 hour drive each way from Chicago burbs to ski area. With ski-club bus, we left on Friday after work, partied on the way to ski area, the motel was already booked by ski-club, the motel had breakfast, skied all day Saturday & Sunday, and were back in Chicago area at mid-night. No way to do this driving by yourself.
Why does a town with 10,000 people and wide open spaces need 31 buses?
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That has been my question all along.
I’m originally from small town Missouri with a population of about 20,000 and they still don’t have a single city bus. They did have a couple of independent cab drivers last I checked.
I now live about 25 miles from a city in Illinois of 100,000 and they do have a lot of city busses and it’s common to see them on their routes completely empty or with one or two passengers. I have always known that I’m subsidizing this nonsense with my taxes for the convivence of a relatively few privileged class people.
Jackson is a resort town like Sun Valley, Park City or Aspen. They have 10,000 full time residents, but probably 3X that many home owners who live there less than 3 months per year. And a massive seasonal influx of tourists.
Good point. Someone got a big kickback.
I think they encourage all the vacationing snow skiers to ride the bus to town (cause it is super cold and icy).
“Why does a town with 10,000 people and wide open spaces need 31 buses?”
Ever been there? Have you seen the home prices? The employees are bused in from out of town...