I could not pass up this photo-op today on Franklin Boulevard of LTDs new million-dollar bus temporarily stranded in the bus only lane.
While I will concede that the concept of having a special lane to decrease commuter time to get around traffic might be a good idea, I still think that spending over $900,000 per bus as compared to the $472,000{Lane Transit District Budget Committee 2004-2005}-- for the standard articulated buses is still a bit overpriced.
Hopefully this bus will not suffer the same fate as the six blue hybrid Breeze busses that were retired by LTD and sold at a loss in April 2004 due to costly repairs.
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Not ALL of the EMX lanes have been reinforced. They still travel on the regular roads for quite a distance. I wonder how extensive the damage will be. If it isn't significant, then we got ripped off paying for new lanes we didn't need; if it is extensive then we still get ripped off paying for repairs to the regular road OR we end up with more of those wonderful potholes (abyss is a better word) that never get filled in.
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