tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11021719.post1974819725980315025..comments2024-03-01T02:02:02.520-08:00Comments on VTA Watch: AC Transit's second set of cuts this year, MTC's transit sustainabilityaccountablevtahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14035365902584938185noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11021719.post-45912699046507127892010-05-01T10:10:49.570-07:002010-05-01T10:10:49.570-07:00Merging agencies means you would be merging differ...Merging agencies means you would be merging different workforces. Some agencies are more expensive to run than some others. Unless merging it would somehow translate into lower operating cost (which probably won't) than it doesn't really benefit passengers.<br /><br />Some merges are good though, like some smaller contracted operations. Larger agencies like AC Transit, Muni, or VTA are poor candidates for mergers.accountablevtahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14035365902584938185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11021719.post-10912014820199621512010-05-01T08:50:38.503-07:002010-05-01T08:50:38.503-07:00What's wrong with consolidating transit agenci...What's wrong with consolidating transit agencies? Contra Costa county has FOUR different public bus systems serving different parts of that county! Surely there would be cost savings by combining them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11021719.post-69082993499447160472010-04-30T16:50:25.043-07:002010-04-30T16:50:25.043-07:00Don't forget the MTC's other great success...Don't forget the MTC's other great success: Translink (soon to be Clipper), which is a decade late, only partly functional, and, at least in my experience, fairly poorly designed and implemented, and with little news on when, if ever, it will finally fulfill its promise of being accepted on all 20-some local transit agencies. Anyway, this data on rising costs is pretty worrisome. Where does all that money go? Do other agencies in other areas have the same problem? How much of this is due to Muni and their Charter-guaranteed second highest in the nation pay?crzwdjkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06394805356595604336noreply@blogger.com