http://thegldc.com/blog/2010/07/11/cleveland-rta-frustrations/ Greening America one blog post at a time Wed, 26 Oct 2011 17:32:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://thegldc.com/blog/2010/07/11/cleveland-rta-frustrations/#comment-9052 Annabel Wed, 11 Aug 2010 13:24:37 +0000 http://thegldc.com/blog/?p=2238#comment-9052 Thank you for voicing the frustration of riding the RTA....the worst is those silly ticket machines. So confusing! Whoever designed that user interface should be fired. What a waste of money. Thank you for voicing the frustration of riding the RTA….the worst is those silly ticket machines. So confusing! Whoever designed that user interface should be fired. What a waste of money.

]]> http://thegldc.com/blog/2010/07/11/cleveland-rta-frustrations/#comment-8869 Robert Stockham Mon, 12 Jul 2010 18:16:35 +0000 http://thegldc.com/blog/?p=2238#comment-8869 Thanks for that! I wondered where they got this designation. This was my partner's only second attempt at using RTA, and likely his last. I have ridden many times, but find that the entire system is broken, inefficient, and in need of a make over. I have ridden many times and ranted about the lack of ability to figure it out, how expensive it is, and how frustratiing to ride. In the meantime, routes are cut, rates have risen, and the less able to deal with rate hikes are the tho only people riding it. It is a system in dire straits. Thanks for that! I wondered where they got this designation. This was my partner’s only second attempt at using RTA, and likely his last. I have ridden many times, but find that the entire system is broken, inefficient, and in need of a make over. I have ridden many times and ranted about the lack of ability to figure it out, how expensive it is, and how frustratiing to ride. In the meantime, routes are cut, rates have risen, and the less able to deal with rate hikes are the tho only people riding it. It is a system in dire straits.

]]> http://thegldc.com/blog/2010/07/11/cleveland-rta-frustrations/#comment-8859 Rob Mon, 12 Jul 2010 01:15:04 +0000 http://thegldc.com/blog/?p=2238#comment-8859 If you read the actual press release from APTA, it lists very specific improvements that RTA made in 2007 that warrant giving the award. The idea that the award could be used to label the RTA system as inherently 'best' was, in my opinion, <a href="http://blog.robpitingolo.org/2010/02/when-best-isnt-that-great.html" rel="nofollow">a botched attempt</a> by RTA's PR department, not the intent of APTA. If you read the actual press release from APTA, it lists very specific improvements that RTA made in 2007 that warrant giving the award. The idea that the award could be used to label the RTA system as inherently ‘best’ was, in my opinion, a botched attempt by RTA’s PR department, not the intent of APTA.

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