The City of Lawrence and their public transportation department, in an attempt to form a more perfect bus union with KU on Wheels, is looking into a joint venture to build a bus garage in the North West Lawrence Industrial Park. The total cost will be $4.5 million and split, not so evenly, between the [...]
Monday, September 21, 2009
It’s been nearly a year since the voters of Lawrence decided to waste $55 million on a duplicate bus service for the students of KU. With the passage of the sales tax measure ridership has gone up on the “T” Bus while fare box totals continue to decline. This may be attributed to the free [...]
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Thanks to Skanda Skandaverlfor the great shot!
Monday, March 30, 2009
During the run up to the November Elections, the local newspaper was the biggest media proponent for the passage of three separate sales tax increases. The drumbeat at the time was “It’s Only…” That’s why the second sentence of Chad Lawhorn’s Journal World article for today reads : “If you’re in the market for a [...]
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
Big Blue is making headlines again. The Lawrence Transit System announced a coordination with KU on Wheels for certain routes running through campus. First, the good: This is the first announcement of any coordinated effort between the two systems. After eight years of speculation and desire for a better synchronized transportation service, Lawrencians are finally seeing something [...]
Friday, January 23, 2009
The mushroom cloud liberal has been critical of the Voice of Merrill for writings and observations about the “T”. Their emotionally based brains interpret any opposition to their ideals to be a personal assault. In the instance of public transit in Lawrence, those who favor sensibility over the Big Blue (bus) have been accused of [...]
Friday, December 12, 2008
Most voters in Lawrence would be able to identify the Voice of Merrill as the most outspoken opponent of the Lawrence Transit system prior to the last election. Now that the voters have spoken, however, the prevailing thought of this infotainer must change. The “new” bus system must succeed. Far from being a director of [...]
Wednesday, November 26, 2008
Lawrence wants their transit system. On November 4th, Lawrence bought hook, line and sinker the myths of the leftists in the community that the town needs two bus systems. Much of the propaganda was based on the notion that KU on Wheels and the “T” might merge. While a merger, or at the very least [...]
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
The growl of diesel engines and the settling of smog from oversized empty buses will now be a permanent fixture in the River City. The citizens of Lawrence have committed $54+ million over the next 10 years to a bus system that has yet to prove its usefulness to the city. With the passing of [...]
Monday, November 3, 2008
Christopher Brott recently did a documentary for KUJH-TV regarding the differing views on public “T”ransit in Lawrence. Mr. Brott interviewed the Voice of Merrill for the documentary in hopes of finding a foaming lunatic who hates public transit. Mr. Brott did not get what he wanted but instead found an informed voter opposed to Questions [...]
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