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.