Bi-State Board of Commissioners meeting summary

Meeting info

Quick summary

  • 36 public comments submitted
    • Due to “time constraints” the board chose to read none of them.
  • Service cuts to 27 bus lines are still coming November 29
    • The $2000 starting bonus has helped fill ~45 bus driver roles so far
    • We are still short >100 bus drivers
  • Bi-State, local govs, and private orgs are exploring turnstiles on Metrolink
    • The project would cost $52 million.

Since the Board of Commissioners refused to read our comments, we made a word cloud of them to see what people are calling for:

Word cloud of comments

We tweeted along with the meeting, check out the below thread for a summary: