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717 and 714 Rapid Woes

Contributed by tykejohnson on June 12th, 2006 at 5:33 pm

Can someone please explain to me why several of the rapid busses stop running during peak hours of traffic? That when I get off at Wilshire and Fairfax from my jam-packed east bound 720 Rapid anytime after 6:20pm the 717 northbound Rapid has passed for the last time and the twenty to thirty people at the stop all have to jump aboard the 217 local instead. Half of these passengers all get off at Rapid stops anyway, therefore wouldn’t it make sense to make the 717 continue through at least 7pm, which according to “tow-away” and “illegal left turn signs” is the end of peak traffic. And I don’t mean the 717 finishing it’s last stop (Hollywood/Argyle) BY 7pm, which it currently does, reaching its final stop at approx. 6:42pm, I mean starting its last northbound trip (from the West LA Transit Station) at 7pm. South bound’s last trip leaving from Hollywood/Argyle at 7pm as well of course. Another line that is guilty of this is the 714, which ends its tiresome day at 6:30pm for eastbound buses and 6:19pm for its westbound busses. Are other lines guilty of this? I downloaded all the rapid timetables and it seemed like it was just these two… WTF?!

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There are 4 Responses to “717 and 714 Rapid Woes”:

  1. I hear that man! My problem today was that I just missed my 757 at 1:15 pm (which supposedly comes every 12 minutes in the afternoon.) So I thought “no problem.” Then I sat there waiting untill 1:49!!!! wtf man. -posted via hiptop on the 217-

    Comment by Matt Walsh on June 12th, 2006 at 8:48 pm »Reply« resta suma

  2. My apologies to the Metro Red Line Blog for this word for word rip from one of their posts, but: You can e-mail the entire MTA Board or you can phone or fax them.  As great as these blogs are, it’s best to try and hit the problem at the source.

    Comment by FredCamino on June 13th, 2006 at 1:12 am »Reply« resta suma

  3. My apologies as well, i was unaware, but i guess it shows its a real problem.

    Comment by tykejohnson on June 13th, 2006 at 10:08 am »Reply« resta suma

  4. My apologies were directed towards the advice to email metro, not your post Tyke.

    Comment by FredCamino on June 13th, 2006 at 10:28 am »Reply« resta suma