Public Transportation
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1/10/2010
Sacramento is a place that not only was I born and raised in, but lived in for forty of my fifty years and I am here to tell all that Sacramento receives a D+ in the area of public transportation. This system stops running for the most part at 9:30 p.m. Sure the light rail runs until after midnight, but that only works for people who live in the downtown area or near the light rail.
People who live and work and depend on the buses are out of luck, limiting them to where they can work or live in Sacramento. A person can forget working a night job unless they have a car, or can afford a taxi.
I was told not long ago by a Sacramento Regional Transit bus driver that Sacramemto is politicaly a "car town" and will never change.
I have experienced many a day waiting an hour or more for a bus to arrive at my stop. Only to experience rude and unwilling to help drivers, who think that their only job requirement is to drive and take long breaks. Ninety five percent of the time I will run into fellow passengers complain about the services provided and how they will be glad to get an automobile so that they will not have to take the bus anymore. Great! Sacramentos' air quality is already bad enough.
In conclusion, Sacramento public transit is far from ranking as a great alternative to getting around.
John | Arden-Arcade, CA