Feb 8, 2018

Lanta's Snow Hysteria


Yesterday's snow wasn't expected to slow down the earth's rotation.  Never the less,  Lanta put in effect their Snow Emergency Routes.  Standing outside in the cold for a bus isn't the picnic Lanta thinks.  On their website they state that you can access information free of charge on your iPhone.   Nice of them to make the information free,  and of of course we must assume that everybody has an iPhone,  even those low income bus riders.

What would motivate them to implement snow detour routes for less than 2" of snow? Perhaps they have a special position for such decisions,  and he/she feels less useless by declaring the emergency routing.

At the end of the day, or I should say the beginning, it's quite a kick in the teeth to wait for a bus not coming. 

1 comment:

  1. I don't think it was the snow as much as the ice, which makes it hard for 45-foot buses to travel on streets with grades. Also, when I ride the bus, which is about a dozen times a year, I see everybody with smartphones. That app that Lanta has shows you exactly when your bus is going to arrive at your bus stop. That's great on bad weather days because you can stay warm and dry at home or at work until the bus arrives. I used to hate waiting in the rain or snow when a bus was late. Now I can get to the stop just as it arrives.

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