Gas Prices Past the Tipping Point
July 24, 2008 · Published By Admin
Demand for all services by Valley Metro Regional Public Transportation Authority increased to the highest levels ever recorded in June as gasoline surpassed $4 a gallon and Maricopa County recorded more high pollution advisories in a single month than it did during all of last year.
Ridership on commuter Express bus routes rose 40 percent year-over-year to top 9,000 boardings in June, while new registrants in Valley Metro’s online carpool partner matchlist grew 380 percent year-over-year. Currently, there are more than 7,100 commuters in the database who are looking to share the ride.
Valley Metro’s website-which allows visitors to map a bus trip, purchase online fare, and find a carpool or vanpool partner-also saw enormous spikes in demand. Page views of www.ValleyMetro.org increased 156 percent year-over-year in June to more than 1.38 million views.
Gas Prices Past the Tipping Point
Well I was using the bus system but I’ won’t anymore its cheaper to use my own car now. When the number of people using the bus goes down will the prices go down too? And also when are you going to extend the lines out to at least Ellsworth Road?
If your going to raise the price at least extend the service a little bit more. Since the 202 loop goes all the way to Ellsworth now.
I’m glad they have a bus system that runs the way it is… but it’s ridiculous that they raise the price to $5 and some change for a day pass… their site claims it’s to “minimize time spent putting change in the machine, so that the busses may run more efficiently and on time”… and of course I could see this hasn’t changed a thing… yesterday the bus came 5 min early and missed me:( Because of that I sat out in the sun for an hour (110+ degrees), got off class today and the bus was 10 min late… and broke down… damn glad to know that the extra $3 is making up for the lack of riders now… seems counter-intuitive… I like the bus as an alternative to driving… but this is bullshit.