Nassau County, Increase Funding to Save NICE Bus from Service Cuts!!


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2016-01-29 22:12

The N80 is the only means of transportation in the area other than expensive taxis. It's how I get to the railroad, grocery, pharmacy, bank, post office, town hall, etc. It's the only way to connect with other bus routes on Hempstead Tpke, Jerusalem Ave, or Sunrise Hwy. NICE Bus took over promising to keep all routes, knowing some were not money-makers - that promise didn't last long. And they never tried smaller buses, less frequent buses, or anything else that might have eased the losses. They just dropped us as soon as they could. And if the buses had been more reliable, maybe more people would have used them. Schedules can't be exact, but buses passing stops 20 minutes earlier than scheduled and drivers passing right by stops with people waiting is not the way to encourage ridership.