Bus Riders Union of Austin, Texas | El Sindicato de Pasajeros

Due in part to public pressure for greater transparency, the transit authority has begun publishing the President's monthly report to the board online:
http://www.capmetro.org/news/news_detail.asp?id=6516
In the past this was merely a point at the end of board meetings (the part after the part when McCracken leaves) that Gilliam does his blithering best to "hypmotize" the board.
The most noteworthy element of the reports for '09 is that ridership is DOWN every month so far. Not just down, but way down-about 10%. (prorating for leap year of course)
This does not bode well for CMTA's widely stated "goal" of doubling ridership by 2025. We all knew it was bullshit when they started the campaign because that is the year the population is expected to have doubled by, so logic says ridership would naturally double even without an expensive PR campaign.
Capital Metro's real goal, however, is to reduce ridership and it's right there in the President's report. Each month the report shows on the first line a ridership goal that is 20,000 lower than last year!
At this rate they could actually HALVE ridership by 2025.
Kirk Watson is well on his way to changing out this board and the sooner the better. Their cluelessness is off the charts.