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Help for a Arcata High student. More convenient times
I live in Willow Creek, CA. Sometimes it can be really hard to commute to Arcata. There is a transit bus that goes from Willow Creek to Arcata at 6:30am, therefore that is the bus i take to school. Then there is the last bus ride that comes at 3:37pm. It's hard for me to get a job or participating in after-school activities. Is there any chance you could add on/or push back the time for the bus to leave at 3:37pm and have a bus that goes from around 6:00 or 6:30 pm? I'm sure I'm not the only one who would like this change.
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Inappropriate?Ryan,
It was good to meet you yesterday. Your suggestion makes sense to me. It seems worth exploring what the best time would be for the maximum number of folks. Lot's of people finish work at 5pm, so I imagine 5:15 would be a good departure time from Arcata back to Willow Creek for a lot of people although perhaps not as ideal for you. Maybe HTA should do some market research and find out what time would benefit the most people.
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Inappropriate?I noticed that the Willow Creek bus makes two round trips in the morning, and one in the afternoon. This balance strikes me as something which should be considered and evaluated.
Might it make more sense for there to be only one trip in the morning, as commuters traveling to both work and school generally need to arrive around the same time, and for there to be two afternoon/evening trips, one for students and the other for working commuters after 5pm?
Also, I notice that the bus actually makes four round trips daily, but only three and a half are revenue earning. The bus probably travels from the yard in Eureka to Willow Creek in the morning (non-revenue earning). It takes passengers on the last return trip of the day from Willow Creek, but probably not many. If the bus could be stored in Willow Creek and and driven by someone who lives in Willow Creek, perhaps more service could be added? I don't know about the feasibility of this idea -- it might be difficult to have the bus away from the maintenance yard overnight -- but I am just throwing it out there.
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Inappropriate?Ryan,
Good news! HTA has informed me there ALREADY is a second bus to Willow Creek in the afternoon which leaves Arcata at 5:30pm.
This information had been poorly represented at http://redwoodtransit.org/schedules/w... before (it showed the bus serving Valley West, but not going all the way to the Arcata Transit Center). I apologize.
I have fixed the schedule display, and Google Transit will be updated shortly.
Aaron
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