The City of White Plains needs to get data from the county on the Bee Line bus system, specifically its ridership in White Plains. Any casual observation draws two conclusions:
- many buses are "not in service" but are parked on busy city streets such as Hamilton Avenue or driving on major streets "not in service"
- the buses that are in service have very few passengers.
Yesterday at 6 PM a "not in service" Bee Line was traveling north on North Broadway near Park Avenue. That area has many apartments. "not in service" in the middle of rush hour and heading out of downtown. What the heck?
This morning at 11 AM a DOUBLE Bee Line bus was roaring past apartment buildings on Barker Avenue towards the TransMania Center EMPTY. What the heck?
The county and/or the city are negligent for not monitoring all this negative quality of life bus traffic for way too many years.
Is there any oversight of the Bee Line by any municipality?
It's about the same on Garth Road in Eastchester where I lived for a couple of years.
The City should not even begin planning the train station/bus depots area changes until it resolves not only the county Bee Line public system, but also all those Adirondack, Greyhound, etc. private regional bus companies that dominate downtown White Plains streets, causing White Plains tax payers to pay for the additional wear on the streets with little apparent benefit to the residents of White Plains.
Somebody in a position of authority needs to take responsibility for this.
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