My innate optimism has been thwarted by my city's public transportation. There are two things this system does that I've not experienced with other transit systems, but in all other respects, it is actually transit rider-hostile and -antagonistic. It sure seems that the board does not understand standard public transportation standards, nor do they understand the needs of riders or even how to manage a system at all. Nor do they understand the disabled community. And for the regional service, it's even worse, Going one direction, there is 1-2 hour service, which is reasonable for the ridership. But coming back, there is an over 7 hour lag where you are orphaned in the other city. I was holding out hope that this was going to be improved over time, but today I learned they're going to reduce regional service even further next January. When I had to give up driving for medical reasons, I made sure there was public transportation available where I live. I was sure it could get me where I needed to go reasonably. Now I really wish I had held out to move to the other city, or to move back to the West Coast, where they build quality transit systems. #PublicTransportation