Comments on: Twirlwind on the 21 http://www.munidiaries.com/2009/06/25/twirlwind-on-the-21/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=twirlwind-on-the-21 Fri, 30 Jul 2010 18:52:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Jane Monroe http://www.munidiaries.com/2009/06/25/twirlwind-on-the-21/comment-page-1/#comment-2704 Jane Monroe Tue, 07 Jul 2009 17:54:52 +0000 http://www.munidiaries.com/?p=3504#comment-2704 I take the 5 bus to and from work. I have endured two summers of the ballet dancers overloading the bus and making me late for work. This morning, for example, the bus was so overcrowded it didn't even stop at Masonic and Fulton - an earlier stop on the line. I've also noticed that they often fail to pay attention to where they need to get off and it's just a ridiculous amount of commotion as they all pile out yelling and screaming. I don't really know how you can justify barring any group from taking public transit, but I think it's more of an issue that the school should take on. They shouldn't let these children travel without adult supervision and they should at least teach them basic etiquette for riding MUNI. I can't wait until they all go back home and I can resume my regular commute. I take the 5 bus to and from work. I have endured two summers of the ballet dancers overloading the bus and making me late for work. This morning, for example, the bus was so overcrowded it didn’t even stop at Masonic and Fulton – an earlier stop on the line.

I’ve also noticed that they often fail to pay attention to where they need to get off and it’s just a ridiculous amount of commotion as they all pile out yelling and screaming.

I don’t really know how you can justify barring any group from taking public transit, but I think it’s more of an issue that the school should take on. They shouldn’t let these children travel without adult supervision and they should at least teach them basic etiquette for riding MUNI.

I can’t wait until they all go back home and I can resume my regular commute.

]]> By: Whit http://www.munidiaries.com/2009/06/25/twirlwind-on-the-21/comment-page-1/#comment-2645 Whit Fri, 26 Jun 2009 05:48:28 +0000 http://www.munidiaries.com/?p=3504#comment-2645 Ugh, I got on the 21 at Hayes and Laguna this afternoon at 5:15PM, and 13 of these dancer kids, around age 14 or so, were hogging the front of the bus. The back was fairly empty; I could see 8 empty seats not including the back row when I got on the bus. But 6 of these bunheads were standing in the front, talking or texting on their cell phones, and standing in the middle of the bus row with their bags, which could each house an entire third-world country, swinging everywhere. It took several "Excuse me's" before I realized that their vacant stares meant they just didn't comprehend that they were supposed to move toward the outsides of the row (closer to the seats--also not holding onto the bars and stretching as far as they could towards the other side of seats as well as putting their bags between their feet would be nice, too) to let others by. There was a handicapped man with a walker who later had trouble maneuvering around them to get off the bus near Alamo Square. Ugh, I got on the 21 at Hayes and Laguna this afternoon at 5:15PM, and 13 of these dancer kids, around age 14 or so, were hogging the front of the bus. The back was fairly empty; I could see 8 empty seats not including the back row when I got on the bus. But 6 of these bunheads were standing in the front, talking or texting on their cell phones, and standing in the middle of the bus row with their bags, which could each house an entire third-world country, swinging everywhere. It took several “Excuse me’s” before I realized that their vacant stares meant they just didn’t comprehend that they were supposed to move toward the outsides of the row (closer to the seats–also not holding onto the bars and stretching as far as they could towards the other side of seats as well as putting their bags between their feet would be nice, too) to let others by. There was a handicapped man with a walker who later had trouble maneuvering around them to get off the bus near Alamo Square.

]]> By: Kevin http://www.munidiaries.com/2009/06/25/twirlwind-on-the-21/comment-page-1/#comment-2640 Kevin Thu, 25 Jun 2009 20:05:47 +0000 http://www.munidiaries.com/?p=3504#comment-2640 This post makes me wonder what type, if any, of system MUNI uses, if any, to adjust changes in demand for particular bus routes. It couldn't be that hard to monitor occupancy rates, travel times, congestion, etc. and adjust the number of buses on a given route accordingly. Am I crazy for thinking this? It seems like private businesses involved in shipping products monitor this type of thing religiously through trained logistics experts. Can you imagine software that keeps track and monitors dozens (hundreds?) of variables to predict route demand at various times and adjusts accordingly? This post makes me wonder what type, if any, of system MUNI uses, if any, to adjust changes in demand for particular bus routes. It couldn’t be that hard to monitor occupancy rates, travel times, congestion, etc. and adjust the number of buses on a given route accordingly. Am I crazy for thinking this? It seems like private businesses involved in shipping products monitor this type of thing religiously through trained logistics experts. Can you imagine software that keeps track and monitors dozens (hundreds?) of variables to predict route demand at various times and adjusts accordingly?

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