Pittsboro Express

Last Week’s Hottest Bulletin Board Topics – Week of April 17

On: April 26, 2011

Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2011 00:01:05 -0400 From: Gene Gallin Subject: Last Week’s Hottest Bulletin Board Topics 1. DMV Seeking Applicants For New Plate Agency In Chatham County (Read 2210 times) at http://chatham-county-nc.com/bulletinboard/index.php/topic,21972.0.html 2, Thanks Chatham Sheriffs Dept!!!!! (Read 1877 times) at http://chatham-county-nc.com/bulletinboard/index.php/topic,22347.0.html 3. What is planted on the HighwayContinue Reading

Taxpayers foot 99% of the Pittsboro Express cost

On: January 27, 2011

In: 27312, 27514, 27516, Chapel Hill, Government, Pittsboro

Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2011 23:53:50 -0500 From: Gene Galin Subject: Taxpayers foot 99% of the Pittsboro Express cost Taxpayers foot 99% of the Pittsboro Express cost Read the entire article at http://www.chathamjournal.com/ By Donna Kelly Pittsboro, NC – Why did the Board of Commissioners decide not to continue fundingContinue Reading

Step up to the plate and be an Eco Hero, Chris Garriss

On: January 16, 2011

In: 27312, 27514, 27516, 27517, Chapel Hill, Pittsboro

Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2011 11:31:06 -0500 From: Tom West Subject: Step up to the plate and be an Eco Hero, Chris Garriss Chris – Happy to hear that you have been around for more than 60 years. Hopefully it means you are a man of some wisdom. I amContinue Reading

Don’t tell me that a big bus is worse than no bus at all

On: January 16, 2011

In: 27312, 27514, 27516, 27517, Chapel Hill, Government, Pittsboro

Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2011 18:40:00 +0000 From: Karen E Crowell Subject: public transportation & on the job training To quote a recent chatlist post: “Why is it my responsibility as a taxpayer to subsidize transportation for you to get to work? Should I also buy your food and payContinue Reading

We all take time to build new habits

On: January 16, 2011

In: 27312, 27514, Chapel Hill, Pittsboro, Transportation

Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2011 09:56:46 -0500 From: Dr John R Dykers Subject: Ghost bus/new physician We all take time to build new habits, like riding a new bus or finding the new location of our favorite items at the grocery store. By the way, Dr. Betsy Jones Walker hasContinue Reading

The problem is getting to the Pittsboro Express ghost bus

On: January 16, 2011

In: 27312, 27514, 27516, 27517, Chapel Hill, Pittsboro

Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2011 03:04:45 -0800 (PST) From: deborah bair Subject: I am going to throw this out there I am going to throw this out there for some consideration reg/the ghost bus.. For those of us that don’t drive, it would be marvelous, except for one fact: weContinue Reading

Last word about the ghost riders on the Pittsboro Express bus

On: January 14, 2011

In: 27312, 27514, Chapel Hill, Pittsboro, Transportation

Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2011 08:57:57 -0500 From: Meg Miller Subject: Ghost riders on the Bus??? Last word on my opinion about the GHOST bus: I need my car for work and cannot ride the bus. I have to run errands for my work daily. When I lived in ChapelContinue Reading

Ghost bus? I think we’re missing the point

On: January 14, 2011

In: 27312, 27514, Chapel Hill, Government, Pittsboro

Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2011 11:25:59 -0500 From: Chris Jude Subject: Ghost bus? I think we’re missing the point There’s been a long list of attacks placed on this horrible government program of a transit bus from PBO to Chapel Hill. I would just like to point out the ironyContinue Reading

I have never seen the Pittsboro “Ghost” Bus empty

On: January 11, 2011

In: 27312, 27514, Chapel Hill, Pittsboro

Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2011 10:48:29 -0500 From: Chris Garriss Subject: “Ghost” Bus I too do not believe in “wasting” money, and certainly over my 60+ years have seen more than a few examples. And while I do not have children, cutting education is (in my opinion) idiotic unless thereContinue Reading

Eliminating Pittsboro Express bus was easy

On: January 11, 2011

In: 27312, Government, Pittsboro, Transportation

Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2011 00:55:31 -0500 From: Chatham Ghost Subject: Ghost bus I find it interesting the transit bus is nick named the Ghost bus. I know a bit about ghost and it definitely haunts one to know that tax money from a stimulus package was wasted on somethingContinue Reading

Free Rides and Donuts on the Pittsboro Express

On: October 26, 2010

In: 27312, 27510, 27514, 27516, 27517, Chapel Hill, Government, Pittsboro

Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2010 11:18:13 -0400 From: Gene Subject: Free Rides and Donuts on the Pittsboro Express Chapel Hill Transit is offering a FREE RIDE on the Pittsboro Express (PX) route during October. http://www.townofchapelhill.org/index.aspx?page3D1220 The free ride pass will also be honored on Chatham Transit Network’s Cross-County route http://www.chathamtransit.org/crosscounty.htmlContinue Reading

Mass transit

On: October 26, 2009

In: 27312, 27514, 27516, Chapel Hill, Pittsboro

Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2009 13:15:54 -0400 From: Laura Young Subject: mass transit Whenever a debate about funding mass transit comes up, there are many who do not want to spend the money because the numbers do not justify the expense. I would hope that we consider the monetary costContinue Reading

Pittsboro Bus

On: October 26, 2009

In: 27312, 27514, 27516, Chapel Hill, Pittsboro, Transportation

Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2009 12:49:59 +0000 From: Stephanie Peterson Subject: Pittsboro Bus I would like to thank Randy Voller, Chatham County Commissioners, Chapel Hill Transit, and everyone else responsible for the Pittsboro bus to Chapel Hill. I ride this bus every day and am happy to say that theContinue Reading

The Bus

On: October 26, 2009

In: 27312, 27514, 27516, Chapel Hill, Pittsboro, Transportation

Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2009 13:13:52 -0400 (EDT) From: Linda Allred Cooper Subject: The Bus I am lovin all the bus comments – pro and con. Stimulating, entertaining, and constructive conversation is my goal. Randy (not Voller), thanks for asking about my son’s racing career (although, you sly thing, youContinue Reading

“Saving the Earth” argument does not justify overpriced Pittsboro Express bus

On: October 26, 2009

In: Uncategorized

Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2009 08:08:00 -0400 From: Rusty McIntosh Subject: Saving the Earth “Global warming, gas emmissions, cost of gas, traffic, etc.? That is what the bus is for.” Sigh. And the sky is falling. Using these arguments to”justify” the overpriced Pittsboro to Chapel Hill bus at best, tiresome.Continue Reading