Transit update: 8, 11, 43, 48 YES; 10, 12 NO!

I totally agree. What's with the 10/12 anyway? 15th is clear. Even Grandview (the alley where the 10 turns around) is clear. I think Metro decided early this morning what they were going to run today, and haven't changed anything since. The last time I was able to ride a bus was 2 weeks ago yesterday!

I spoke to a driver, and she said the 10 had to wait longer to start running again because cars were parked sideways or so far out into the road that the bus couldn't get through some narrow areas. They didn't want to tow them in the snow, so they finally started towing them when it cleared up, and getting the 10/12 running again.

5: 20 PM http://transit.metrokc.gov/up/rr/adverseweather.html
#10 This route will only be operating between Downtown Seattle and 15/John. There is no service north of John St.

Unbelievable that the #10 isn't running the full route today! And that Charlie (and probably others) only discovered this fact by waiting in vain - 90 minutes!

There were at least three of us at 15th and Galer. Are they turning around on 16th behind Group Health?

I'm guessing that Metro decided to turn the 10 at John because the bus zone southbound on 15th at Galer (where they usually wait to start a new run) is still piled high with snow. SDOT plowed (only) the traffic lanes a couple of days ago, and shoved large chunks of snow and ice into the Metro zone.

So I can just see Metro blaming SDOT for blocking the zone, while riders blame Metro for poor updates on their web site. (It took them 3 hours to update the temporary routing of the 10.)

Frankly, we as riders shouldn't have to deal with this. The city, the county and everyone else involved need to talk with each other, and with us! I really worry now about how well governments will coordinate in an earthquake, even with their fancy operations centers, drills, and so on, that we've been hearing about in recent years.

Or maybe transit isn't considered important. As I said yesterday on Slog (when I was in a particularly cynical mood): "Metro is messed up because it is widely assumed to serve two groups of people: A) Greenies who take the bus to feel good, but who can dig out the SUVs when they have to; and B) The poor, the homeless, the elderly, the disabled and others who have no transportation alternatives. But since (it is assumed) they don't vote, they aren't important.

"I'm just waiting for some stories of little old ladies who starved during the storms because they couldn't get out to get food. I hope I'm wrong, but I won't be surprised if that gets in the news next week. It seems like things only get moving in this town after somebody dies (last year's Madison Park floods, the viaduct... read more lling down...)"

But on CHS, other neighborhood blogs, Slog and Twitter, people are complaining loudly. Even the Facebook group at http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=41375452797, which seems to have been started as a joke, is hosting a lot of serious discussion. I hope that people like Ron Sims, who has been active on Facebook and Twitter, and the folks at WSDOT and SDOT, who have been twittering, are taking our complaints seriously.