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Date: 08/25/2010

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  • Dear Editor:

    Please bring to the attention of your readers a potentially dangerous situation involving public transit buses on Gulf off Mexico Drive during darkness hours. As I personally experienced twice today (September 1) between 6am and 7am, neither the SCAT or MCAT drivers watch for people waiting at bus stops in the dark. Even standing in the street (as I had to do today) and waving my arms at the drivers will not get them to stop. So, in addition to the potential danger to people trying to get the buses to stop, this also makes the transit system unreliable. When I finally got a bus to stop during daylight hours, I queried the driver about this. She responded that people wanting to use the transit system during darkness hours should have flashlights and wave them in the street at the bus drivers to get their attention. I confirmed this when talking with other bus drivers at the main SCAT terminal on Lemon in Downtown Sarasota. This is outrageous! Shouldn't SCAT and MCAT drivers be trained and instructed to look for passengers at bus stops in the dark? Why should riders have to take their lives into their hands to wave flashlights in the middle of Gulf of Mexico Drive in the dark to get the SCAT and MCAT buses to stop? Do the executives at SCAT and MCAT even care?

    I am hopeful that the Longboat Key Obervor's voice can get something done about this.

    Respectfully,

    David A. Milberg
    Longboat Key
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  • David Milberg
    Wed 1st Sep 2010
    at 9:09am
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