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[tags]metrolink, public transit, orange county, los angeles, riverside[/tags]
It seems Metrolink riders know how good they’ve got it.
According to the Riverside Press-Enterprise, commuters on the Metrolink 706 train on the 91 Line are a wild bunch. A recent article describes how passengers in the last car of the 706 behave like reckless, uninhibited teenagers although most are creeping past middle age. It all started 8 years ago when a conductor would repeatedly nearly miss a stop (La Sierra in Riverside). The passengers found it amusing and decided to let the conductor know when the stop was coming, in the most immature way possible, by screaming like banshees when they passed the Magnolia Bird Farm.
In past years the group of commuters have also thrown toga parties on the platform, started whiffle ball games, crammed 13 people into the bathroom, among other bits of tomfoolery. What makes these grown adults feel that they can act like children while real commuters are idling out on the 91 Freeway? Maybe because they’ve got a sweet subsidized ride and they’re not afraid to use it. And I say, more power to them.
Apologies to underground indie hipster comedian Johnny Pemberton for the headline.
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Sorry Fred, I’m afraid you’ve just done more to undermine any case for public transit than any number of real advocates can repair. Zing!
Seems to me the Metrolink passengers are the ones that have done the damage, not to mention that Metrolink apparently doesn’t enforce the rules against rowdy behavior on the train.
Don’t blame Fred.
party on metrolink riders. i’d rather witness a bunch of middle somethings screaming like maniacs near a bird farm any day of the week than sit in traffic and listen to maniacs crash their cars and sound off their horns.