After YEARS of loosing money and failing to notice we had not been riding--Linda and the board FINALLY eliminated premium fare. Took them long enough. There still are several severe problems.
Since it hadn't actually been designed for the people who would actually regularly (and need to) ride, several MetroRapid stations need to be (re) configured.
The North Lamar station has several stairs. and lacks lighting for night time service, making physical accessibility difficult. The 803 goes into the Pickle Research Center--even on Sundays---when the campus does not have classes and would likely be closed. The 803's northern most point is a hotel at the domain vs the arboretum, even though service on the 3 was scaled back.
It is what happens when public transit policy is designed and/or voted on by people who do not and will not utilize public transit for their own mobility. read more