The 100th post on this weblog
photo by Gary D. Brune copyright 2008
For those who remember when I first started this weblog, back in September I wrote on the upcoming Chico Transit Center. At the time it seemed to be political costume jewelry, with a major oversight built into it.
As this afternoon's storm ushered in the new transit center, which the B-Line started using yesterday, the disparity between the city bus passengers and their county brethren is even more apparent. To the left of this shot, we have the transit center, while to the right we see a county passenger on one of three green benches set down on Normal last week.
While it looks like my research brought about the benches, the umbrellas in this picture illustrate that the county passengers still need their own shelter. This center is a whole lot of sound and fury, signifying nothing.
During last November's Unmet Transit Needs meeting in Chico, the point was made that the county has a budget for the construction of four shelters a year. Clearly what we see here is an unmet transit need. Since this transit center was in the planning since 1999, what is clear here is that nothing good is ever created by committee..