Closing STC a mistake

[binthere]

good point sk3. families must step up and take responsibility. times are changing. we cant keep throwing that word subsidize around like a tourist tipping with pesos.

[Sodbuster]

I have to agree that shutting down STC for 17 million dollars a year does not make sense and is a attack against rural, northern and senior SK residents who rely on this transportation. This infrastructure is already set up and if lost it will never be feasible to ever start again in the future. It really amounts to about $16 per person a year, which to most people is peanuts.

This is my honest opinion on this subject and my first post and I'm not a lefty.

[binthere]

if there is a proven demand for transportation service. now that stc is gone this would open the door for smaller passenger van service. our community made the transition made a lot of sense. no subsidies and created jobs.

[Goodtime]

Geez if my elderly parents need a ride to a medical appointment that will be the day I ship them there on a STC bus....I don't care if I am working 1000 miles away I will make sure I take the time and DRIVE THEM to their appointment. There is no way STC was breaking even with those diesel guzzlers hauling a couple of people a day.

[biglentil]

SF3 How can you be sure. No question the buses are not well used in many cases but in order to determine what should be done we need to see the numbers.

What do you suggest for those rural residents who don't or can't drive and need to get to medical appointments?

Are you going to step up and provide medical appointment transportation for your community? What about seniors who families are not nearby? Who is going to subsidize their transportation?

Chucky think of the all the C02 that won't get released into the atmosphere. You can't have your cake and eat it too.

[Partners]

So if very few rode the monster buses..why did they not down size to mini vans?

[sumdumguy]

I hope private bussing companies will step up to the plate. The cost of driving empty Greyhounds around this huge province seems insane but on the other hand, having no busses also seems unreal. I dunno.

[grefer]

I quit using STC years ago for parts. Very unreliable. Most times they would end up in Meadow Lake because that is where they spent the night. Then we would have to pick them up the next day on the way back through. I dont even know anyone who has rode on the bus let alone go for an appointment. Its about time its gone.