KPLU Local News
(2009-08-07)
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But the most important cut is the one he can say the least about: Reductions of service.
"The most productive route is the route that's taken by the person on the bus, right?" Triplett said. "Everybody has a heavy investment in their own bus route."
The issue promises to be critical and contentious. Triplett has proposed that all routes take a nine percent roll back. This might mean for less frequent routes, such as 81, the Ballard night owl, a day of service might go away. For popular Route 1 in Queen Anne, buses might roll less frequently. But "might" is the operative word here.
This is because Triplett's office can't yet say exactly what a nine percent cut means to any of the system's 200 bus lines. First, they haven't entirely figured it out and second they don't want to get riders and their political representatives riled up any earlier than necessary.
Triplett recalled the time Route 41 was mentioned at a public transit forum on service cuts. No reductions were planned for 41. It didn't matter.
"What we learned from that was until you know what you're actually exactly going to do to a spcific route you shouldn't talk about it," he said.
Triplett's proposal is likely to reach the county council within five or six weeks.
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