There are many people, who live in Portland, commute to work by the mass-transit system everyday. There many different reasons why they use this system. It’s from either they don’t have the money to buy vehicle to convenience or to saving the earth, but one thing that is for sure is that the mass-transit system is a great way to keep the earth greener.
However, the problem with Portland bus system is that it does not have a lot of routes for the public to use. “With the buses currently available, you have to switch bus lines, which extends the amount of time it takes to get to work," Granger said. "We have a residential community of workforce housing. These are the folks that do the heavy lifting.....Many bus riders in Portland have to take two or more different lines per day to reach the city's center” (Portland's Cully neighborhood pushes for improved transit). Therefore they are trying to add more bus routes.
Even though, there are many obstacles that arrived when this project was submitted. For example, they have problem financially because the city does not have a lot of money to spend at the current time, but they have set up meetings to resolve this problem (Portland's Cully neighborhood pushes for improved transit).
Nevertheless, this is a great project to work on because the new improvement would make it easier for public to travel, and that might persuade more people to use the buses which will then help the earth.
Do you think this is a good way to spend public money?
Would you take the bus if it was more convenient for you?
Worked cited
Weinstein, Nathalie. "Portland's Cully neighborhood pushes for improved transit."
Daily Journal of Commerce. 18 November 2009. Web. 28 Oct. 2010.
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