Dear Editor: Madison Metro is in trouble and refuses to admit it. A recent article compared ridership levels to the record set in 1982.
These numbers are so disingenuous and unsophisticated, it’s enough to make my head spin.
In 1982, Metro did not have thousands of UW student riders hopping on the bus every day to go every few blocks, as is the case today. Metro didn’t have large employers such as the UW and the city of Madison offering free bus passes to riders. And Metro didn’t have the infamous transfer point system, which forces more to make transfers to get from point A to point B.