The Really reputable USA Today is reporting that the Flyaway departing from Van Nuys, Union Station and Westwood will begin being serviced by smaller "21 Passenger Buses"
I'm not sure why USA today is the only mention i've heard of this but this should be big (and negative news) for public transit in Los Angeles. The worst news is that they plan to begin using the smaller buses in December. Everytime i'm on a flyaway bus from or to Van Nuys duing december every seat is full and people are standing in line - often times the bus is full by the time it gets to terminal 5 or 6. That's with using the full size 55 seat coach buses - i shudder to think what the flyaway service is going to be like in and out of van nuys over christmas this year if they do in fact plan to use the shorter buses. This is the quickest way to kill this system - make it inconvenient for everyone to use over a major holiday season. I hope someone over at LAWA has thought about this and possibly actually rides the flyaway.
As a side note - one of the reasons i liked the flyaway so much is that they were huge comfortable coach buses. I usually got my own seat and could relax. I think 21 person buses are pushing the limits of a normal route and not looking for future growth.
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If they run the smaller buses more often, everyone wins...
it is very clear to me that the transit board of directors(or whatever it is) is populated by people who do not use the transit system. it should be a requirement.
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