Today on the show, I presented 6 questions that Augusta Public Transit, that's APT to you and me, need to answer about their alleged bus system. These questions are about to e-mailed to the director of the APT and will also be presented at the next Augusta-Richmond County Public Services Committee meeting (currently scheduled for Monday, September 28).
Those questions are:
1. Since APT requires exact change to ride the bus ($1.25 for a ride, $1.75 for a ride plus one transfer), why is no change available at the APT Transit Station? The employees at the station will not provide change to the customers, nor is there a change machine available at the station.
2. Why is there not a single route map, schedule, or information telephone number at a single bus stop in the entire city? The lack of such basic rider information at every bus stop makes the APT system almost impossible to use for the non-daily rider.
3. Why are several of the online route schedules / maps out of date? The Route 1 – Walton Way online route map / schedule hasn’t been updated since April of 2000, despite changes in the route and bus stop schedules.
4. Why has the APT not submitted its bus routes and schedules to Google Transit so that, for free, anyone at a computer can instantly find out how to get from point A to point B in less than one second (as opposed to the current system of having to cross-reference 11 different – and inaccurate – maps)? A request for the necessary data to be compiled and submitted – for free – to Google Transit was submitted 5 months ago.
5. Why do most bus shelters that contain attached trashcans have overflowing trash most of the time? What is the schedule for trash to be picked up at the bus shelters and can it be increased so ants are not attracted to the sheltered seating areas and the bus stops cease to be eyesores.
6. On Tuesday, May 19, 2009, Mr. James McLaughlin of Wilbur Smith Associates spoke before the commission regarding an update on their Transportation Development Plan for Augusta Public Transit. During that presentation, Mr. McLaughlin assured the commission that there would be public input into their recommendations for improving APT and there would be public meetings where citizens could express their ideas and concerns regarding APT. Why is it that when asked via phone for the time and location of one of these promised public meetings, Mr. Heyward Johnson, the Director of APT, was unable to provide the time and location of a single public meeting by Wilbur Smith Associates?
Our lankey in-studio guests for the day were the USC-Aiken Volleyball Team!!! Oh, don't think this was a tall group? Well check out this post-interview pic:
(Note how the girl to my left is scrunching down a bit - I requested that so she wouldn't be taller than me!)
I had the pleasure of chatting with 2nd year coach, Glenn Cox, and three of his volleyball stars - Susan MacClary, Jessica Loper, and Lauren Cedeno! Because of my cutting edge volleyball strategy of (1) Bump, (2) Set, (3) Spike!, Coach Cox is letting me be an assistant coach at their next home game!! That game is scheduled for Thursday, October 1 at 7pm at the USC-Aiken Convocation Center against none other than Augusta State University! Show up an hour early (aka, 6pm) so you can participate in the USC-Aiken Volleyball Team's silent auction to stop cancer, called "Dig for the Cure." See you there in two weeks!
Tomorrow on the show, we've got local political consultant, Butch Gallop, mixed martial artist, David Jones, and more on these strange Betty Beard - Maxwell House - Gastric Bypass love triangle. See you then!
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