Bob Groves
Bob Groves
busiest certainly downtown loops mayor work
As our Downtown loops go, that is probably the busiest one. It would be a challenge, but certainly we would work with the mayor on this and see what we could do. It can be done.
commission cutting funding increasing indication options received reform service whatsoever
At this time, we've received no indication whatsoever from the Transportation Funding and Reform Commission that increasing fares and cutting service are unavoidable. But those are always options that we must consider.
bumps goose
I've got goose bumps up my back. Big time.
alive attitude days lose positive stay tough
It was tough to stay alive even before the fire. You've got to keep a positive attitude or you'll lose it. Some days you don't think you'll make it.
drive love
He could drive one of our buses. We'd love to have him.
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It kind of builds on the Burma Shave concept. When you start reading them, naturally you want to get to the end of the rhyme.
although light open tunnel view
The Wabash Tunnel has only been open for 16 months, and although the usage is light and we would like it to be more, we view it as being long-term.
december dedicated funding funds literally run situation solution transit unless year
One year from now, in December of '06, unless there's a funding solution for more dedicated funds for transit statewide, we will literally run out of money. That's the situation we're in.
face light rail sexier
Let's face it, I think light rail is much sexier than buses.
broke car extended fire glass ladder people truck walking
They had a fire truck ladder extended to the car and broke the glass in the car. They started walking each of these people one by one down the ladder from the car.
numbers people quite stations waiting
We've had hundreds of people waiting at stations but we just don't have enough room. We're doing everything we can ... but the numbers are just quite heavy.
tonight
Tonight is going to be like a big reunion.
feet few move until
Usually what we do is 'jog' the car, manually move it a few feet at a time, until it's in the station. We could not do that this time. ... That's very unusual.
arena bus downtown headed late minutes routes virtually
Virtually every bus headed Downtown was affected. Some routes were 45 or more minutes late because of the arena event.