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Old 08-15-2008, 05:02 PM
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Default Re: Public Transportation...The Lack Of IT In TV

Public bus systems in Florida have proven to be a bottomless money pit of low-volume ridership. The combination of heat and thunderstorms make for absolutely lousy waits.

Routing through all of TV to provide service to connect all villages, LSL, Spanish Springs, and wherever else would be desired brings a price tag. It is highly doubtful that such a bus service would be self-sustaining, and subsidies (taxes!) would be necessary to pay the deficit costs. The schedule for such service would never satisfy anyone, either, as it would be a too-late, too-early, not-often-enough and/or wrong-spot operation.

The old line that there is no such thing as a fully-funded problem holds well here. The question is, out of whose pocket does the fully-funded part come from?

The Daily Sun's classified section usually has several listings for airport-limo types of service to supplement the shuttle bus.