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More Dubious Projects-Public Busing, Who Will Benefit?

4/12/2013

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Lakewood Township announced it is hoping to have public buses up and running within the town by this Fall.

The bus service, contracted out to a private company, will provide service running North and South on Route 9, with one route running to the Westgate area. 

Officials hope the public transportation will help ease some of the town’s most congested roads.

They can continue hoping. If anything the opposite will happen. Our roads are not set up for numerous buses stopping to pick up and drop off passengers. The traffic backup caused by these buses will be frustrating for drivers. 

The goal is to have nine buses out on the roads, though the Township will begin with six during the initial start-up.

Although these buse are donated through a grant, the operations will come from tax dollars. The fare on the bus is likely to be approximately one dollar, which would hardly cover the millions of dollars it will cost to operate these buses yearly. Add in the fact that most people that might use the bus have erratic schedules, need to drop off children at babysitters, pickup kids from play groups and it will end up costing the taxpayers.

The Job Link Bus program has already proven that buses are not used in Lakewood. We wasted over 2 million dollars a year in UEZ funds to provide busing for less than ten riders a day. This new program will probably end up being more of the same waste, an will end up coming out of the taxpayer's pocket.

As usual there are those that are trying to make out town into something it is not able to become. This is yet another example of certain people trying to fit a square peg into a round hole for the benefit of a few people.
HH
6 Comments
Mike
4/12/2013 07:23:18 am

Im curious who won the contract for this.

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Economist
4/12/2013 07:25:14 am

Economically it's not feasible. Others are of the opinion if you offered an elephant (the upkeep in feed, etc is a killer) they say "no cost to me? give me 2 elephants.

If BMG tells the LPD to increase the ticket blitz in the fire zones of BMG (unless it's BMG vehicles), then they'll use the busses.

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Dubious
4/13/2013 10:07:13 pm

Harold, when you win, can I be your Deputy Dubious?

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iwish
4/14/2013 10:50:52 am

it can be done right, that there wud be no rt 9 traffic, as most is from the yeshiva congestion of men who mostly dont want to drive and would luv public transp to yeshiva. if each bus holds 50 yungerleit, 10 busses will save 500 cars from rt 9

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nervous puppet master
4/14/2013 02:54:20 pm

Alright Raboisai, thank-you all for coming on such short notice. Remember what happens on Courtney, stays on Courtney-- especially any damn ultimatum letters to Hershel about school admissions....I can't believe he was able to copy it on his fax machine. Good scotch, no? So, HH may actually beat our alte meshumad Bob. Unless we can stop him. If I hear ONE more cellphone ring when I'm talking, your son-in-laws will go to kollel in Stamford. Will non-Lakewood townships vote for a frume with a beard? Yea, you're right, HH has the TLS picture of me getting Maran Rav Shteinman shaking Bob's hand--makes Bob look frum too. Excuse me- just a minute- yes, yes, 10 carving stations--it's a Kollel tent EVENT--not a 2 bit picnic..... O.K., where was I? How many times did Hershel miss mussar seder when he was in BMG--if we nail him on that, yhe yungerleit will never vote for him, no?? yes?? HELP!!!

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Abe
4/15/2013 06:31:23 am

Chemeds Halberstam says CEO needs these buses in order to throw the fellas under the bus. Once he "used" you & don't needs you no more. he throws you under the bus.

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