Cost of UW shuttle buses pushing away Huskies fans

DerekJohnson

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82cTeABLBhc

PurpleBaze

Used to catch the bus to the games all the tim. At the time, it cost nothing. You just had to show your game ticket.

I'm sure Metro has a lot more to do with this than UWAD.

DerekJohnson

PurpleBaze said:

Used to catch the bus to the games all the tim. At the time, it cost nothing. You just had to show your game ticket.

I'm sure Metro has a lot more to do with this than UWAD.

UW probably used to subsidize it but no longer does

PurpleBaze

DerekJohnson said:

PurpleBaze said:

Used to catch the bus to the games all the tim. At the time, it cost nothing. You just had to show your game ticket.

I'm sure Metro has a lot more to do with this than UWAD.

UW probably used to subsidize it but no longer does

Or, they still subsidize the same amount and Metro has jacked up its prices. Their operating costs have gone up I'm sure.

Joey

Masks. Mandates. Higher Bus Rates. A shitty product. Violent drug addicts scattered through the city. What could go wrong?

Fire_Marshall_Bill

Just like everything else

soak the little guy while Jeff Bozos and Warren Buffet dodge taxes

PurpleBaze

JoeEDangerously said:

Masks. Mandates. Higher Bus Rates. A shitty product. Violent drug addicts scattered through the city. What could go wrong?

But, but, but, but... The Greatest Setting!

Joey

Fire_Marshall_Bill said:

Just like everything else

soak the little guy while Jeff Bozos and Warren Buffet dodge taxes

They hate Trump. Get out of jail free card.

GrundleStiltzkin

PurpleBaze said:

DerekJohnson said:

PurpleBaze said:

Used to catch the bus to the games all the tim. At the time, it cost nothing. You just had to show your game ticket.

I'm sure Metro has a lot more to do with this than UWAD.

UW probably used to subsidize it but no longer does

Or, they still subsidize the same amount and Metro has jacked up its prices. Their operating costs have gone up I'm sure.

Public transit metrics superiority guym^^

PurpleBaze

GrundleStiltzkin said:

PurpleBaze said:

DerekJohnson said:

PurpleBaze said:

Used to catch the bus to the games all the tim. At the time, it cost nothing. You just had to show your game ticket.

I'm sure Metro has a lot more to do with this than UWAD.

UW probably used to subsidize it but no longer does

Or, they still subsidize the same amount and Metro has jacked up its prices. Their operating costs have gone up I'm sure.

Public transit metrics superiority guym^^

lulz

Actually, @Logistics needs to chime in on this.

Mad_Son

There is a lot of speculation here with very legitimate possibilities. I would love to find out definitively if anyone wants to up their lifelessness cred.

Tequilla

PurpleBaze said:

DerekJohnson said:

PurpleBaze said:

Used to catch the bus to the games all the tim. At the time, it cost nothing. You just had to show your game ticket.

I'm sure Metro has a lot more to do with this than UWAD.

UW probably used to subsidize it but no longer does

Or, they still subsidize the same amount and Metro has jacked up its prices. Their operating costs have gone up I'm sure.

Do a Google search for annual salaries for bus drivers … there’s your answer

Tequilla

Imagine viewing the $30/$40 per game cost of parking on campus as being the cheaper option

Who really wants to pay for a $15 round trip on a packed feces smelling bus in THIS COVID environment

PurpleBaze

Tequilla said:

PurpleBaze said:

DerekJohnson said:

PurpleBaze said:

Used to catch the bus to the games all the tim. At the time, it cost nothing. You just had to show your game ticket.

I'm sure Metro has a lot more to do with this than UWAD.

UW probably used to subsidize it but no longer does

Or, they still subsidize the same amount and Metro has jacked up its prices. Their operating costs have gone up I'm sure.

Do a Google search for annual salaries for bus drivers … there’s your answer

I suspected that was a big part of it. Their OT pay plus all the operating costs which have increased rapidly over a short period of time are contributing to this.

DerekJohnson

Plus Uber has probably taken a bite

PurpleBaze

DerekJohnson said:

Plus Uber has probably taken a bite

It's a superior product; what can I say?

DerekJohnson

PurpleBaze said:

DerekJohnson said:

Plus Uber has probably taken a bite

It's a superior product; what can I say?

PurpleBaze

DerekJohnson said:

PurpleBaze said:

DerekJohnson said:

Plus Uber has probably taken a bite

It's a superior product; what can I say?

I definitely don't talk too much... just awkwardly stare at them through the rearview mirror.

Fire_Marshall_Bill

Bus fare is like 2.75? Seems like total price gouging

AtomicDawg

The busses are the only thing keeping me away. Hard for jimmy to pack the stands when everything is against him.

Canadawg

Does UW even want poor people there?