Council Fires Tough Questions at Transit Providers
In its first quarterly meeting to review bus transit changes, Greenbelt’s City Council said passengers need to have better information.
Mayor Judith “J” Davis told transit representatives Thursday night that she was disappointed with their unsuccessful efforts to get the word out about the bus changes that took effect in December 2010. “It irritated, it irked, it caused a lot of problems," she told managers from the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority’s (WMATA) and the Prince George’s County Department of Public Works and Transportation during the Greenbelt City Council’s work session. The mayor was not alone in asking tough questions. Councilman Edward Putens weighed in with his concern that some complaints were going directly to bus drivers and escaping management’s notice. He suggested to Carl Schuettler, a division chief with the Prince George’s County …
