<p>Am I the only one who finds this completely ridiculous? People, the busses run every 10 minutes--20 on weekends. $450,000 so people can say "thank god i know its going to be 7 minutes until the next bus. now i know exactly how long i have to not be able to do anything before it arrives."</p>
<p>What they really need to add to this is a notification on whether a bus is full or not. I can't tell you how exasperating it is to wait 9minutes for a bus, then it's full, and you're late to class. As a Beta Bridge Orange bus regular, though, I sort of find this cool. Since there are very few timed stops, this will keep us riders a bit more in on the whole "when is the bus going to come?" game. I like the idea, but if it doesn't work, I whole-heartedly agree with you...dumb idea.</p>
<p>the other day i had to wait about 30 mins with this other kid who had been waiting for a good deal longer for the bus back from emmet/ivy - at least one out of service bus passed us... i think it is a bit ridiculous but i also think the bus service is a bit ridiculous too. i think more useful would be one for the trolley, that thing is so horribly late all of the time...</p>
<p>Actually, you'll appreciate that GPS system once you get it. I like knowing when a bus/train is coming. </p>
<p>Supposedly in NYC, the subways are supposed to come every 7-15 minutes depending on the train line and the time of day, but anyone who has ridden the NY subways will know that's total BS. (Why is NYC's subway system so behind all other cities' metros? I know it's old and all, but jeez! Now, they want to raise the fares and the service sucks...but I digress.) The L Train now tells you when the next 2 trains are coming. It's just comforting to know especially late at night and on the weekends.</p>
<p>What they should install is a monitoring device at every UTS bus stop, so that one would not be likely to "hurry" to the bus stop. This can be problematic however, due to the close proximity from one bus stop to the next, so the indicated waiting time may be under or over-valued.</p>
<p>After an experience today, I fully support this plan.
So, I'm standing on Beta Bridge, right next to the bus stop sign, leaning up on Beta. Another kid is standing near the curb farther down the bridge. We see a bus coming, so I step out and go a bit down the bridge, and it begins to pull into the stop. It pulls up along the sidewalk and stops nearly RIGHT in front of the other kid, and I'm right next to the bus about 5 feet from the door. THEN, the dumb chick driving the bus pulls away and drives off! HELLOOO?!?! We both sat there totally stunned, going "***?!" Another bus came along 5min later, but still.</p>
<p>So, I support this bus thingie simply because
a) it gives me time to walk to the curb and basically flag down the bus
b) if another bus pulls a s***ty move like that again, I can know how long before another bus will come along and possibly do the same thing.</p>
<p>a trolley did that to me last year. i was pretty annoyed and upset. it makes you feel like less than a person. ...lol. but... it does.</p>
<p>its still a stupid idea.</p>
<p>Doesn't seem stupid to me.....It's not like UVa is pinching pennies here......</p>
<p>I think for places like the Chem building or Clark where you have 4 buses rolling by it's not necessary, but I'd definitely like to see this at places like in front of my apartment on JPA so I don't end up waiting 20 minutes for a Blue Route, or a bus won't pass me within one minute of deciding to walk. Also I think the full/not full thing would be pretty useful too if that was possible. I remember when I was catching buses on Beta Bridge last year half of them would be full and they were late a lot.</p>