GoRaleigh reducing service starting Sept. 11
LOOK AT YOUR LABOR DAY
>> BACK NOW WITH THE SHORTAGE
OF BUS DRIVERS FORCING GO
RALEIGH TO CUT BACK ON SERVICE.
THE TRANSIT SYSTEM CURRENTLY
OPERATES ABOUT 1000 TRIPS A DAY
AND CARES ABOUT 350,000 RIDERS
EVERY MONTH. HOWEVER, LATELY
THERE'S BEEN MORE MISSED TRIPS
WITH SOME RIDERS STRANDED AT
BUS STOPS. WRAL'S JOE FISHER
IS INVESTIGATING HOW A DRIVER
SHORTAGE IS IMPACTING PUBLIC
TRANSPORTATION ACROSS THE
TRIANGLE.
>> CUTTING SERVICE. IT'S A BIG
BLOW TO GO. RALEIGH, WHICH HAS
EXPANSION PLANS IN THE WORKS.
THEY WANT MORE PEOPLE RIDING
THE BUS. BUT RIGHT NOW THEY
CAN'T EVEN COVER THE ROUTES.
THEY ALREADY HAVE AND GO WILDLY
IS NOT ALONE.
>> GETTING AROUND IN RALEIGH,
IT'S RIDICULOUS. IT'S TRULY
RIDICULOUS. HAS BECOME A
MISERABLE EXPERIENCE. I WAS
WAITING FOR 40 MAN THAT MANY
WRITERS SAY HAS GOTTEN WORSE
THIS
>> RIGHT NOW HAS TO THERE'S NO
BUS DRIVER, MY VIEW, THE LONG
WAITS AND MISSED TRIPS. I'VE
HAD RAPIDS, RIGHT, RIGHT PAST
ME HAS ANDRE TYSON WASTING AWAY
HOURS AT THE BUS TERMINAL.
IT'S BEEN SO UNRELIABLE AND
I'VE BEEN SO LATE TO WORK.
I CAN'T KEEP DOING THIS.
SO I HAVE TO GET TO WORK AT
THE PLANT TO BE TO WORK SO
EARLY, JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT I
DON'T GET FIRED BECAUSE OF THE
BUS.
>> RALEIGH IS SHORT. 30 DRIVERS
AND MISSING 150 TO 200 TRIPS
A WEEK LEAVING RIDERS STRANDED
AT THE BUS. STOP. THAT'S THE
THE REALLY BAD PART ABOUT THIS
SITUATION THAT WE'RE IN.
>> WE DON'T KNOW UNTIL YOU
DON'T SHOW UP BECAUSE YOU'RE
SICK TO YOUR WORKPLACE TODAY.
AND SO WE DON'T HAVE THE TIME
THAT'S NEEDED TO GET THAT
MESSAGING OUT THERE STARTING
SEPTEMBER. 11TH GO, RALEIGH
WILL REDUCE SERVICE ON 11
ROUTES FROM EVERY HALF HOUR OR
2 EVERY HOUR.
>> GO RALEIGH'S 14% VACANCY
RATE IS STILL LOWER THAN GO
DUEHREN'S 19% AND GO TRIANGLES.
42%. THEY TOO HAVE REDUCED
SERVICE. IT GOES AGAINST EVERY
PRINCIPLE THAT WE HAVE IN
TRYING TO GET PEOPLE TO COME
OUT AND RIDE THE BUS.
>> WALKER SAYS REDUCING THE
FREQUENCY OF ROUTES WILL
INCREASE RELIABILITY WILL BE
MISSING THOSE TRIPS ANYMORE.
THAT'S WELCOME NEWS TO JUST SIT
PEOPLE'S WHOSE LAST RUSSOM
NEVER HE SWITCHED FROM THE BUS
TO UBER AND LYFT WHICH CUTS
INTO SAVINGS FROM HIS PART-TIME
AND YOU'RE BASICALLY PAYING AN
HOUR'S WORTH OF EARNINGS ON A
LIFT TO GET TO WORK. WELL,
YEAH, I WANT TO GET HOME TO AND
GO RALEIGH RECENTLY INCREASED
STARTING PAID AT $19 AN HOUR.
ONLY GO. CARY PAYS MORE.
>> AT $21 AN HOUR AND THEY ARE
FULLY STAFFED GO. RALEIGH IS
HOPING THE RECENT INCREASES
WILL HELP AND THEY HOPE TO
RESUME SERVICE IN FALL BY