Mold problem at Van Mall C-Tran office?

The C-Tran customer service office at Vancouver Mall is closed, due to a water leak, according to the C-Tran website.  This morning, I heard that the closure was caused by mold, and drivers are wearing masks when they go into the office on their breaks.  

If the Van Mall office doesn't reopen by the end of December (I have no idea how long the cleanup will take), will the 7th Street office stay open?  It looks like it's still scheduled to close December 31.  Or will C-Tran move the customer service office to a temporary location in or near Van Mall?

Evergreen & Broadway Stop Closure

The bus stop at the SE corner of Evergreen & Broadway was supposed to temporarily close on Monday, 12/8, but the remodelling project has been put on indefinite hold, according to C-Tran dispatch.  I haven't seen any official notification of this from C-Tran, even though there was information on the buses about the closure.

Reduced service?

C-Tran is going to have reduced service on 3 days that aren't even holidays: the days after Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's Day.

The people who are making these decisions must forget that retail workers ride C-Tran. Many retail employees are required to work early or late that day, and C-Tran is making it very difficult.

On top of that, C-Tran drivers have to use their own vacation time for those days off. C-Tran has decided that if you're a rider, it's a holiday, but if you're a driver, it's a normal workday. Makes no sense to me.

C-Tran wants to raise fares

Here's an explanation of their proposal and a schedule of their public hearings.

Wednesday, November 5
Battle Ground City Hall
109 SW 1st Street
Battle Ground, WA 98604
6:00 p.m.–7:30 p.m.

Public Hearing–Tuesday, November 18
Clark County Public Service Center
1300 Franklin Street
Room 680 (6th floor)
Vancouver, WA 98666
5:30 p.m. 

Thursday, October 30
C-TRAN Citizens Advisory Committee Meeting
2425 NE 65th Avenue
Administration Building
Vancouver, WA 98661
5:30 p.m.–7:30 p.m.

Thursday, November 6
Fisher’s Landing Transit Center
Rose Besserman Community Room (2nd floor)
3510 SE 164th Avenue
Vancouver, WA 98683
6:00 p.m.–7:30 p.m.


*Mail comments to:
C-TRAN Fare Proposal  
PO Box 2529
Vancouver, WA 98668

*All written comments must be received no later than 12:00 p.m., Tuesday, November 18, 2008.